Dr. Zipes answers the question: 'Heart Attack vs. Heart Rhythm Problems?' — -- Question: What is the difference between a heart attack and heart rhythm problems? Can one cause the other? Answer ...

Heart attacks are increasingly affecting people in their 40s due to poor lifestyle habits and chronic stress. Experts say the risk builds silently over years but can be reduced through simple ...

Feeling sudden chest tightness, breathlessness, or a racing heart can be terrifying. Many people instantly fear the worst, a ...

It’s hard to stay active when it feels like you’re being pulled in a million directions, but cardiologists recommend doing ...

An influenza infection brings with it an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, data published in the Journal of the ...

Low levels of vitamin D seem to raise your risk of heart attack but scientists are still figuring out why—and whether ...

Indians face heart attacks even with normal cholesterol due to a unique lipid pattern, low HDL, high triglycerides, insulin ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five decades dropped by 66% in American adults age 25 and older, according to a ...

Heart attacks have become more survivable in the past 50 years, and are no longer the leading cause of heart disease-related deaths, a new study reports. As heart attack deaths fall, fatalities from ...

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.

A new study suggests that more than half of all heart attacks in women under 65 are actually not the result of a clogged artery – which is the most common cause of heart attacks in men. The majority ...

"Holiday heart syndrome" is an umbrella term for several cardiac complications that occur during the winter holiday season.