Recognizing the signs early increases the chances of surviving a heart attack. You should also remember these five key steps. This guide will help you be better prepared, with life-saving tips for ...

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.

In today's fast-paced world, heart disease continues to be one of the leading causes of death globally, and India is no exception. While dramatic, crushing chest pain is often associated with heart ...

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 ...

Heart attack treatment: The number of heart attacks has increased rapidly in the past few years. Let's take a look at the number of cases reported in a week and what measures should be taken to ...

They aren’t all sudden or intense, experts says. By Jancee Dunn I had a relative who experienced chest pain one afternoon. He brushed it off, and said that he’d sleep on it and that if he still felt ...

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, ...

The risk of having a heart attack or stroke rises during the holiday season, with a spike in cardiac deaths between Christmas and New Year's. "We definitely see it in the ER over the holidays," says ...