9 ways to protect your heart and brain from the summer heat
Jun 28, 2022
Hot weather can strain heart and brain health. Here's expert advice on staying safe.
Heart Disease News
5 steps for a heart-healthy grilling season
Jun 27, 2022
Cooking fatty meats on high heat is a time-honored tradition of backyard barbecues but can be bad for the heart. Some tasty alternatives and healthful hacks may help.
Why the world of LGBTQ health doesn't fit under a single label
Jun 14, 2022
Though issues such as discrimination unify everyone under the LGBTQ umbrella, it's important to acknowledge the differing health challenges, experts say.
New research sheds light on a leading cause of heart attacks related to pregnancy
Jun 3, 2022
P-SCAD, or pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection, is one of the most common causes of heart attacks during or soon after pregnancy, but it's been a challenge to study.
Family's heart disease history inspired her fitness – and got her to the base of Mount Everest
May 24, 2022
Lisa Abbott of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, is mindful that heart disease has touched her father and grandfather. It's also helped inspire her fitness and mission.
She was a prime candidate for a heart attack, if only she'd realized it
May 20, 2022
Although heart disease ran in Dottie Lewis' family, she figured staying active would exempt her. After her heart attack, the Plymouth, Massachusetts, woman learned that wasn't enough.
Rate of high blood pressure disorders in pregnancy doubled in 12 years
May 18, 2022
One-fifth of all births now results in either a preterm delivery, a hypertensive disorder such as preeclampsia or gestational hypertension, or a baby with low birth weight, a study has found.
College athletes rarely develop heart problems one year after having COVID-19
May 12, 2022
College athletes who keep playing sports after having COVID-19 have a low risk of developing heart problems, according to new research that suggests stringent cardiac testing isn't necessary.
Report calls out gaps in women's heart disease research, care
May 9, 2022
A presidential advisory from the ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ seeks better science, education and treatment for cardiovascular disease in women.
She's been a nurse for 50 years; the last 30, she's also been a heart patient
May 6, 2022
Doctors thought Marilyn Rantz had 10 good years left after undergoing a quadruple coronary bypass operation at 40. More than three decades later, she's still going strong.