Improved fitness gave man chance to walk daughter down the aisle after heart attack
May 13, 2022
Justin Ballard of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, couldn’t escape his family history. After he’d dropped weight and gotten in shape, he had a heart attack.
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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.
Women and Black adults wait longer to be seen in the ER for chest pain
May 4, 2022
Among people 55 and younger experiencing chest pain, women and Black adults wait longer to be seen in the emergency room than their male and white counterparts, new research shows.
She retired from playing football at 41, had heart attack at 43
Apr 29, 2022
Tammy Spencer Bey of Pittsburgh had moved on to coaching football when she learned she had a 100% blockage in her right coronary artery. Now healthier than ever, she implores women to stay aware of heart disease.
Air pollution exposure may cause heart attack within an hour
Apr 22, 2022
Exposure to various types of air pollutants may quickly increase the risk for heart attack and unstable angina, even when pollution levels are low, a study from China finds.
The challenges of studying marijuana's effects on the heart and brain
Apr 20, 2022
Though studied for decades, many of marijuana's effects on heart and brain health remain unclear. Researchers say that's because it's not one substance but many, used in different ways by different groups of people.
Decades-long heart study shows longer lives, lower cardiovascular risks
Apr 18, 2022
Cardiovascular disease risk fell and life expectancy rose since 1960 among participants of the landmark Framingham Heart Study, a new analysis shows.
Undiagnosed heart disease may be common in people with heart attacks not caused by clots
Mar 28, 2022
Many people who experience heart attacks caused by acute illnesses other than blood clots may also have undiagnosed heart disease, new research shows.
With a heart attack and stroke behind him, pilot plans transcontinental adventure
Mar 24, 2022
At 75, heart attack and stroke survivor Romi Singh will celebrate a return to fitness with a two-week, 3,000-mile ultralight flight this summer from Florida to his hometown of Point Roberts, Washington.
Stroke tied to higher risk for depression and other mood disorders
Mar 23, 2022
Stroke survivors may have a higher risk of developing a mood disorder than both heart attack survivors and the general population, according to new research.