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  • Vocal Cord Paralysis: Where Did My Voice Go?

    Temporarily losing your ability to speak can be frustrating. But what if you lose it for weeks, months or even years?

  • Heart Attack vs. Cardiac Arrest: Knowing the Signs

    Sudden cardiac arrest and heart attacks may sound like the same thing, but they are different conditions. If you imagine your body as a house, cardiac arrest is like an electrical problem, while heart attack is like a blockage in the plumbing. Both are life-threatening conditions, but heart attack is far less deadly, and its risks can be mitigated.

  • Not Getting Enough Sleep? It Could Affect Your Heart

    Think you can go without a good night’s rest? Recent research indicates that sleep problems may compromise your heart health.

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Heart Disease You May Not Know You Have

    You probably haven’t heard of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but it’s the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in people younger than 35 years old. The condition, which causes your heart muscle to thicken for no apparent reason, is often inherited. You can have the disease and never know it.

  • Protecting Your Heart May Help Your Brain, Too

    Lifestyle and medical conditions that make us vulnerable to heart problems may also increase our risk for cognitive decline, recent research shows.

  • 7 Ways To Reduce Your Heart Attack Risk

    There’s no way to guarantee you won’t have a heart attack. Heart disease is the leading cause of death of in the U.S. for both men and women, with a heart attack occurring every 40 seconds somewhere in the nation.

  • Feeling Stressed? You May be Stressing Your Heart Out Too

    Stress—we’ve all felt it at some point. For many of us, it’s a normal part of our lives that we experience on a daily basis. You might be running late one morning and feel stressed as you rush to make it to work on time. Or perhaps you’re feeling stressed at work as you put in extra hours to meet a last-minute deadline. You might also find that your health, relationships, major life changes or difficult situations in your family life are the cause of your stress.

  • Heart Disease & Gender: How Men and Women Differ

    Did you know that heart disease affects men differently than women? It's true. While we all may have the same heart muscle, research has shown over the years that heart disease has a much different effect on women than it does on men. So, what are these differences exactly? Here is a breakdown of several ways that this common condition can affect each gender:

    How does heart disease in women differ from heart disease in men?

    Heart disease has often been thought of as a problem that affects mostly men. However, more women than men die every year of heart disease. Women tend to experience heart disease approximately ten years later than men, and they also tend to have a worse prognosis with heart disease once they've been diagnosed. The risk for stroke and heart failure for women is greater than for coronary artery disease. This is in contrast to what we see in men.

    How do the symptoms of a heart attack in women differ from the symptoms in men?

    Women usually present with milder symptoms, although chest pressure is still the most common symptom. However, it can be very mild and may be mistaken for minor discomfort. In contrast to men, women can experience more of the following symptoms during a heart attack: shortness of breath, nausea and vomiting, indigestion, fatigue, sweating, dizziness or lightheadedness, and pain in the arm, shoulder, neck, jaw or upper back.

    Are there any risk factor differences between women and men that make women predisposed to have a less positive outcome from a heart attack?

  • Adam’s Story: “Space-Aged Machine” Helps Patient Overcome Heart Condition

    "This sounds just like Star Wars. You'd expect Captain Kirk to walk up."

  • How Does Napping Affect Your Heart? It’s Complicated