Why more people don't call 911 when stroke symptoms hit
Jan 30, 2019
When stroke symptoms hit, many people don't call 911 because they prefer a specific hospital and they don't know where the ambulance will take them, a new study shows.
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Health experts 'sound the alarm' on medical misinformation
Jan 28, 2019
A group of cardiologists and science journal editors warn in a new editorial that medical misinformation has become a life-threatening problem.
What can the ability to balance reveal about brain health?
Jan 25, 2019
Yoga lovers, among others, have always preached the importance of balance in health and fitness. Some experts believe a simple one-leg test could be an indicator of health problems, particularly stroke risk.
Ethnicity a 'risk-enhancing' factor under new cholesterol guidelines
Jan 11, 2019
Indian or Japanese? Puerto Rican or Mexican? Ethnic background plays a role in cholesterol screening and treatment.
News anchor opens up to viewers about dad's stroke
Dec 21, 2018
Kansas television reporter uses her platform to educate viewers about stroke after her once-estranged father nearly died from one.
The eyes have it for high blood pressure clues
Dec 13, 2018
Doctors may one day be able to peek into your future cardiovascular risk by looking at your eyes.
Husband's deadly heart disease inspires mother of four to action
Dec 12, 2018
Her husband's heart disease prompted Ritru Davis to take a lead role in the American Heart Association's Heart Walk.
12-year-old endures surgeries and health scares, inspires NFL player's foundation
Dec 6, 2018
Born with a rare heart defect, Gavin Kuykendall is now an active sixth-grader who inspired a foundation started by friend and Houston Texans quarterback Brandon Weeden.
'Plateau' in progress on heart disease, stroke deaths
Nov 29, 2018
The rate of deaths from heart disease barely decreased last year while deaths from stroke increased slightly, and life expectancy continued to slip in the U.S., according to new federal statistics.
Infections may be a 'trigger' for heart attack, stroke
Nov 28, 2018
New research links pneumonia and other infections to an increased risk of having a heart attack or stroke within three months.