Jul 10, 2018
For decades, Bernard Dennis had a high-pressure technology career and an unhealthy lifestyle. Three heart attacks and quadruple bypass surgery made him into an advocate for heart health.
Jul 10, 2018
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a significant risk factor for heart attack and stroke, according to a new study of first responders who cleaned up debris at the World Trade Center after 9/11.
Jul 9, 2018
Chicago construction executive Jim Hill transformed grief over the loss of a friend to a lifesaving campaign. The effort won Hill a Meritorious Achievement award from the American Heart Association.
Jun 28, 2018
One in 10 heart attacks in younger patients aren’t caused by blocked coronary arteries, but a new study found survivors have similar outcomes as those whose heart attack was triggered by the most common source – a blockage.
Jun 27, 2018
Sara Hoffman is proof that heart attacks don’t strike only older, unhealthy men.
Jun 13, 2018
This Father’s Day will be the second without Oscar Washington Jr. for his wife Doris and two daughters. Oscar died of a heart attack at age 49.
May 10, 2018
Belinda Waggoner saw a video of women describing their heart attacks, and three weeks later, she had one on Mother’s Day.
Feb 28, 2018
A new study shows women whose waists are bigger than their hips have a higher risk of heart attack then men with a similar body shape.
May 12, 2017
Millions more people worldwide may benefit from cholesterol-lowering statins after a global study showed the drugs help reduce heart attacks and strokes in people at moderate risk.
Mar 27, 2017
In September, Bobby Z. bid an emotional farewell to his former bandmate Prince at First Avenue, the legendary Minneapolis nightclub where the two musicians performed in the 1984 movie Purple Rain. Two months later, Bobby came all-too close to becoming the subject of a memorial concert himself.