Cardiologists have long warned that heart attacks and strokes rarely arrive without some kind of signal, yet those signals ...

Catching the signs early increases the chances of surviving a heart attack, but the most vital part is being able to identify when one is happening and remembering five key steps. This guide will help ...

The sudden spike in heart attack cases – which were previously seen mainly among older adults – now appears with increasing frequency among younger people, particularly those under 40 years of age.

Heart attacks don’t typically strike without warning. While movies and television often portray cardiac events as sudden, dramatic collapses, the reality is far more nuanced. The human body frequently ...

The number of heart attack deaths has plummeted in the U.S. over the course of the last half-century. Doctors have tied the remarkable shift to improved detection and more effective treatment for ...

There's lots of data to show cardiac troubles spike during the holidays amid the mix of merrymaking, travel and stress. But ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans experience what medical professionals call “silent” heart attacks—cardiac events so subtle that victims often dismiss them as minor discomfort or stress.

One night, Lindsay Shanks sat up from bed and felt a sharp pain. “It felt like someone stabbed me right between my shoulder blades,” said Shanks, who was 37 at the time. “My hands started tingling, ...

“Shoveling snow can be a very vigorous activity, and you’re basically doing it in a freezer,” says Dr. William Gill, a ...

Dr. Besser's father suffered a heart attack and had ignored every symptom. April 19, 2012 -- It's the phone call you never want to receive. "Hi, it's mom. We're at the hospital. They are admitting Dad ...