Air pollution, traffic noise may raise heart failure risk in women
Oct 6, 2021
Years of exposure to air pollution and traffic noise appeared to increase women's risk for heart failure, a large study of Danish nurses found.
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Another barrier for Black and Hispanic people: Good mental health care
Oct 6, 2021
The frequency of mental illnesses is similar across all racial and ethnic groups, but the way people with these conditions are treated is not. The gaps in treatment widen as severity of an illness grows.
Her heart stopped while training for the 2011 Chicago Marathon. She's running it this weekend.
Oct 5, 2021
Longtime runner Marla Sewall survived a cardiac arrest in her bathtub. With an implanted device, the mother of four is back in action.
High blood pressure before midlife linked to smaller brain, greater dementia risk
Oct 4, 2021
People diagnosed with high blood pressure in young adulthood have smaller brains and a higher risk for dementia than those with normal blood pressure, new research finds.
How you feel about your place on the social ladder can affect your health
Oct 4, 2021
Subjective social status – how we compare ourselves to others in society – sounds like a psychological issue. For people who feel they are on the lower end of the scale, it also may be a health issue.
More than a decade of intermittent symptoms, then heart failure
Oct 1, 2021
After ignoring troubling symptoms and test results for more than a decade, TV news reporter and endurance athlete Erin Ivory was diagnosed with heart failure.
Severe mental health disorders may increase risk of death in men with heart failure
Sep 30, 2021
Men with heart failure may have a higher risk of death if they also have severe depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, new research finds.
Her husband died of a heart attack, but this former nurse didn't recognize her own
Sep 29, 2021
After her husband died of a heart attack, Katherine Romano thought she knew the warning signs. So when pain went from her neck to her upper back and left arm, she figured it was something else.
What heart and stroke patients should know about COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Sep 28, 2021
A booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for groups that include people with heart disease and stroke, but everyone should start by just getting vaccinated, experts say.
What doctors say about pregnancy, vaccines and COVID-19
Sep 28, 2021
Vaccination rates for pregnant women remain low, especially among Black and Hispanic women, even as doctors emphasize the vaccine's safety and urgency.
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