Right-sided chest pain can feel alarming, but it is not always a sign of a heart attack. Often, it’s linked to less dangerous causes such as muscle strain, indigestion, anxiety, infections, or issues ...

Pain or tightness in your chest can be not only uncomfortable, but also unsettling. Especially when it comes seemingly out of nowhere and you're not sure of the cause. Many of us immediately begin to ...

Millions of Americans experience chest pain every year. The American Heart Association (AHA) says that chest pain accounts for more than 6.5 million emergency room visits annually in the United States ...

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

Hundreds of thousands of Americans suffer a heart attack every year, and heart disease remains the biggest cause of death here in the U.S. And when those heart attacks happen, typically you’ll feel it ...

Should you be taking a toothache to heart? Dental issues are among several surprising symptoms of a heart attack, according to Dr. Guruprasad “Guru” Srinivas, director of Cardiac Rehab at Northwell ...

Dr. Jeremy London is a heart surgeon and a heart attack survivor. He operates on diseased hearts, but like many people, he ignored his own symptoms of a coronary artery blockage until it became an ...

The woman, a doctor, was fit and healthy, but even a small amount of exertion left her out of breath. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. It had been a tough hike, even for the experienced 74-year-old hiker. She ...

Reena Caprario ate a healthy diet, exercised almost every day, maintained a good weight and felt well while doing cardio, so she never worried about the possibility of a heart attack. “Absolutely not.

Oklahoma cardiologist Dr. TJ Trad was fast asleep on his flight from Uganda last month when a member of his team woke him up to say someone needed a doctor. Trad rushed over to the passenger who ...