Picture this scenario – you’re sitting at dinner when suddenly you feel intense chest pain, difficulty breathing, and a sense of impending doom. Your first thought is heart attack, so you rush to the ...

Picture this scenario – a woman in her fifties starts feeling unusually tired, experiences some jaw pain, and feels nauseous during what should be a normal day. She mentions it to friends who suggest ...

Share on Pinterest More than half of heart attacks in younger females could stem from causes other than artery blockage. Tashdique Mehtaj Ahmed/Getty Images Doctors often assume heart attacks in ...

Having a seemingly random heart attack when you have no history of heart disease or clogged arteries is absolutely terrifying. And when the reason for that heart attack goes misdiagnosed by doctors, ...

Heart attacks often happen when something blocks blood flow in a heart artery. Atherosclerosis, or plaque build-up in your arteries, is the leading cause of heart attacks. You can make lifestyle ...

While heart attack rates are declining in older populations, they’re rising among younger adults — those in their 30s, and even their 20s. Heart attacks have traditionally been thought of as a concern ...

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 ...

It can be tough to figure out if you or someone else is having a heart attack, especially since they're easily confused with panic attacks. Panic attacks generally aren't life-threatening, although ...

A silent heart attack, also known as silent myocardial ischemia, is a heart attack with either no symptoms or minimal, unrecognizable symptoms. The presence of a silent heart attack is a strong ...