She thought her dizziness, exhaustion came from being a mom
Oct 22, 2019
A wedding planner with two young boys thought exhaustion was a side effect of her busy life. It turned out to be a heart problem.
Heart Failure News
Women and men tolerate heart transplants equally well, but men may get better hearts
Oct 11, 2019
Women are just as likely as men to survive after a heart transplant despite often getting poorer-quality donor hearts, according to new research.
Vitamin D is good for the bones, but what about the heart?
Sep 17, 2019
Vitamin D is important to your body, but research shows taking supplements may not help you fight off heart problems.
Women with heart failure less likely to get heart pump device
Sep 13, 2019
Left ventricular assist devices, or LVADs, are increasingly the norm for people with advanced heart failure, but women are less likely to get them, according to new research.
A guide to a custom-tailored era of heart failure treatment
Sep 12, 2019
Precision-oriented medicine, which takes individual factors into account, offers exciting possibilities in heart failure, experts say.
Poorer counties have higher heart failure death rates
Sep 4, 2019
Researchers say levels of diabetes and obesity explain most of the connection between poverty and heart failure deaths.
Treatment for childhood cancer increases risk of heart disease
Aug 26, 2019
Childhood cancer survivors are at heightened risk of developing heart disease compared to their peers without cancer, new research finds.
Meth and heart disease: A deadly crisis we don't fully fathom, report says
Aug 21, 2019
Methamphetamine has potentially fatal long-term effects, but researchers say the public's knowledge hasn't kept up with the problem's scope.
Researchers examine dangerous combination of diabetes, heart failure among Asians
Aug 21, 2019
Diabetes and heart failure can cause structural changes in the heart and increase the risk of death, a study in Asian people shows.
A new heart saved her – and it came with the name of the teen who gave it
Aug 20, 2019
After a heart transplant transformed her life, an Arizona woman honors the donor who made it possible.