Stroke and heart attack are life-threatening conditions that require emergency medical attention, but they differ in the affected organ and symptoms.

The study reveals that widely used heart-attack risk calculators fail to flag nearly half of those who will soon experience a ...

Current cardiac screening tools used to prevent heart attacks fail to identify nearly half of the people who are actually at ...

A simple neck scan could help to pick up early warning signs of heart failure in men, a study suggests.The method – similar to ultrasounds offered during pregnancy – is “safe, cheap and painless”, and ...

Catching the signs early increases the chances of surviving a heart attack, but the most vital part is being able to identify when one is happening and remembering five key steps. This guide will help ...

Measuring antibody levels in the blood could be used to detect a person's heart attack risk after researchers, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), discovered that higher levels of these ...

The Target-D clinical trial recruited 630 adults with heart disease from April 2017 to May 2023 About 78 percent of ...

Chest pain isn’t always a heart attack. Doctors say it can also come from muscle strain, anxiety, acid reflux, lung issues, ...

I got the worst text message of my life from a stranger. — -- I was waiting for my husband to come home for dinner when I got the text message every spouse fears. It was from Sean's number, but ...

There's more to worry about this winter than a runny nose and slippery roads. — -- Fluffy, white snow may be the stuff of holiday greeting cards but, to cardiologists, it's a heart attack waiting ...