New answers to questions about sports safety and heart issues
Feb 20, 2025
Athletes with certain heart conditions can safely participate in some competitive sports, according to a new report from the 91ÐÓ°É and American College of Cardiology.
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No joke: Learning about urine offers healthy lessons
Feb 19, 2025
Pee is the product of a delicate balance managed by the kidneys that's essential to your health, including the heart. Here's what's going on whenever you go.
When the pandemic closed her mom's nursing home to visitors, she moved in
Feb 18, 2025
JoAnne Klimovich Harrop stayed with her mother in a nursing home during the COVID-19 lockdown. She supported her mother – who had survived a stroke – and other residents, creating a new family.
'Sandwich generation' caregivers caught between two generations in need
Feb 17, 2025
Sandwich generation caregivers must care for ailing parents while still raising their own children. This dual responsibility takes a toll – physically, emotionally and financially.
Could her heartburn, she wondered, be a symptom of a heart attack?
Feb 14, 2025
After a heart attack, Angie Loving wasn't about to be married in the hospital. "I will get married to you," she told her fiancé, "as long as … I can walk down the aisle wearing a wedding gown and shoes." On Leap Day 2020, that's what she did.
5 things parents should know – and do – to keep kids' hearts healthy
Feb 13, 2025
Heart disease, typically thought of as an adult problem, can develop much earlier in life – even before birth. Here's what parents can do to protect their children's hearts.
Blood pressure patterns differ between South Asian and East Asian adults in UK
Feb 12, 2025
South Asian adults in the United Kingdom may experience higher blood pressure earlier in life than East Asian adults, a new analysis projects.
How a lung doctor copes with health threats from the California wildfire that took his home
Feb 11, 2025
Pulmonologist Dr. Reza Ronaghi, who lost his home in the Palisades fire, offers advice about how to protect health in a wildfire's wake.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with actual hearts in mind
Feb 10, 2025
Looking for ways to put some healthy changes into your holiday? You'll love these Valentine's Day ideas.
During family vacation, 39-year-old mother's heart stopped at a water park
Feb 7, 2025
Thanks to first responders and months of rehabilitation, Tara Yell returned to her kids at home and at school after having a cardiac arrest.
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