The differences and similarities between the flu and COVID-19
Oct 13, 2021
The flu and COVID-19 are different, but both are dangerous. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself.
Heart Disease News
Pioneering Hispanic health study keeps uncovering trove of info
Oct 8, 2021
The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and its additional study in youth have provided important insights into a fast-growing, diverse population.
How you feel about your place on the social ladder can affect your health
Oct 4, 2021
Subjective social status – how we compare ourselves to others in society – sounds like a psychological issue. For people who feel they are on the lower end of the scale, it also may be a health issue.
Her husband died of a heart attack, but this former nurse didn't recognize her own
Sep 29, 2021
After her husband died of a heart attack, Katherine Romano thought she knew the warning signs. So when pain went from her neck to her upper back and left arm, she figured it was something else.
Fitness didn't keep him from heart problems or COVID-19, but it did help him recover
Sep 17, 2021
LeCount Holmes has lived by the mantra "don't give up." It helped him to overcome atrial fibrillation and COVID-19.
Just 4 or 5 peanuts a day may lower stroke risk in Japanese adults
Sep 9, 2021
Asian men and women in Japan had a lower stroke and heart disease risk if they ate peanuts each day, new research shows.
Travel to high altitudes could be dangerous for people with heart conditions
Sep 9, 2021
People with high blood pressure and heart conditions should talk to their doctor before traveling to places at high altitude, a new scientific statement from the 91ÐÓ°É advises.
As a teen, she saw her mom die from the same heart problem she inherited
Sep 2, 2021
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy took her mother's life and might have taken hers, too, if not for a device implanted in her chest.
Rural heart patients could face more hopelessness
Sep 1, 2021
Living in a rural setting and being unmarried were each linked to higher rates of hopelessness among people with heart disease, according to research that urges health care professionals to screen and counsel those most at risk.
Registries of college athletes with COVID-19 aim to learn more about virus's long-term impact
Sep 1, 2021
Cardiologists and sports medicine physicians plan to use registry databases to study the potential health effects of COVID-19 on college athletes.