Stress and insomnia linked to irregular heart rhythm after menopause
Aug 30, 2023
Older women who struggle with stressful life events and poor sleep may be at higher risk for atrial fibrillation, new research suggests.
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The real-life health effects of fantasy sports
Aug 29, 2023
Drafting actual players for pretend teams can offer healthy social interaction. But watch out for these potential problems.
After a lifetime of being blue, heart surgery restores color to woman's life
Aug 28, 2023
Patti Allbritton was born with a heart defect that was too complicated to fix at the time. Last year, when she was 48, doctors were finally able to surgically correct the problems.
Here's the latest on dietary cholesterol and how it fits in with a healthy diet
Aug 25, 2023
Advice has evolved over the years, but here's what experts say now about dietary cholesterol – including eggs.
Her heart stopped during a procedure to treat her stroke
Aug 24, 2023
Six years after a pair of life-threatening events, Holly Page of Dublin, Ohio, is almost entirely healed.
A lifetime of challenges – including a spinal stroke – leads dancer to infinite possibilities
Aug 23, 2023
Marisa Hamamoto was determined to be a dancer. But life threw a series of obstacles in her way. She overcame many, including a spinal stroke.
Promotores create a bridge between healthier living and a growing Hispanic population
Aug 22, 2023
Community health workers, known as promotores, are helping connect Hispanic people with programs and services to reduce health disparities.
Thanks to his wife's quick reaction, postal worker fully recovered from a stroke
Aug 21, 2023
After receiving clot-busting medication within an hour of his stroke symptoms appearing, Levan Singletary of Aliso Viejo, California, had no physical or cognitive impairment.
COVID-19 may be more likely to cause high blood pressure than the flu
Aug 21, 2023
People with COVID-19 in a New York hospital system were more than twice as likely to develop persistent hypertension than people with influenza, a new analysis suggests.
'I feel like I'm dying': Days after giving birth, TV anchor couldn't make sense of symptoms
Aug 18, 2023
Lauren Lowrey found herself gasping for air five days after her baby was born. She had severe postpartum preeclampsia.
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