Election stress didn't end on Election Day
Nov 5, 2020
Election Day is over, but the stress goes on, and that can be bad for your health. Here's some advice on how to cope.
Heart and Stroke News
Stories about people, science and health, from American Heart Association News
Farming program delivers agricultural know-how and nutrition
Nov 4, 2020
The Urban Farming Institute in Boston grows vegetables and minds as it teaches people how to work the land and eat healthily.
The connection between diabetes, kidney disease and high blood pressure
Nov 3, 2020
Diabetes, kidney disease and hypertension affect millions, but new medications are changing treatment.
After heart valve surgery and heart attack, he came back to 'finish the run'
Nov 2, 2020
Born with a heart problem, Chad Lorenz eventually got it fixed. A remnant of the repair almost killed him.
ICU teams, daily checklists among strategies for critical heart care
Oct 29, 2020
A new American Heart Association report outlines strategies to prevent complications – and death – in the cardiac intensive care unit.
These scans could help quickly detect COVID-19 in stroke patients
Oct 29, 2020
Computed tomography angiogram, or CTA, scans helped researchers screen for and detect COVID-19 earlier than traditional nasal swab tests in acute stroke patients, according to a new study.
How could it be a stroke, mom asked – 'she's only 8'
Oct 29, 2020
Young survivor regains love of reading, teams with mom to make people aware kids can have a stroke.
Smokers, especially those who start young, face higher risk of early death from heart disease
Oct 28, 2020
A large national study found smokers are three times more likely to die prematurely from cardiovascular diseases, with the highest risk among those who began to light up during childhood and adolescence.
Can video games help you level up your health?
Oct 28, 2020
Sedentary behavior is a serious health risk, but video games might not be the worst thing you can do with your time.
Heart attacks linked to pregnancy on the rise, most often in women 30 and older
Oct 27, 2020
Although pregnancy-related heart attacks are still uncommon, a new study shows they are on the rise, most often after childbirth and among women 30 or older.
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