Heart disease is the number one cause of death for American women. This is partly because women often have lesser-known heart attack symptoms, and because heart disease can affect a woman’s body ...

As large parts of the U.S. dig out from a major winter storm, health officials are renewing warnings about the serious and potentially deadly risks of shoveling snow, which has been linked to heart ...

Following a heart attack, the brain picks up and acts on signals that come directly from sensory neurons located in the heart. The discovery suggests there is a feedback loop, which involves the ...

Miryam Naddaf is a science writer based in London. In the study, scientists identify a brain–immune circuit that exacerbates cardiovascular pathology during a heart attack. They identified neurons in ...

Digging out from the weekend’s massive snow and ice storm could be hazardous to your heart. Pennsylvania health officials announced three snow-removal related deaths Sunday. All were between the ages ...

The human heart can lose up to one-third of its cardiomyocyte (heart muscle cells) following a severe heart attack, but a new study found that the heart can regrow these cells following ischemia.

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading cause of death. The conventional approach to studying and treating these ...

Hit maker Phil Vassar was fit and muscular but nearly died from a 'widow-maker' heart attack. He wants to warn others.

When I ask women who are in, or approaching, midlife to name their biggest health fear, they usually say, “breast cancer.” While regular mammograms are certainly a critical part of preventive health ...

WORCESTER − Eight patients suffering from major heart attacks were rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center between Sunday and Monday morning, Jan. 25 to 26. What triggered seven of those heart attacks ...

A 66-year-old man in Tennessee died after suffering a heart attack while shoveling snow at his home in Tennessee, according to multiple reports citing the Haywood County Sheriff's Office. Paramedics ...