Heart Health

In 2015, when Denise Castille experienced swollen feet and then heart palpitations, she visited her doctor and a cardiologist. Both said she was fine. She wasn’t. Soon after, the then 46-year-old had a “widow-maker” heart attack, a term used to refer to a serious heart attack occurring when a major artery in the heart is blocked. It’s often called a...

Doctors are reminding all adults, and especially younger women, to be on the lookout for symptoms of heart disease for American Heart Health Month. Warning signs for women can be subtle: shortness of breath, jaw or back pain, or stroke-like symptoms including weakness in one side of the body.

February is Heart Month, an important reminder to focus on our heart health. We’re especially pumped because renowned cardiologist Dr. Louise E. Thomson, MD is getting straight to the heart of why cardiovascular disease can happen at any age and some major factors that contribute to it, like high cholesterol, activity level, stress levels, alcohol intake, and more.

Seemingly contradictory findings show why more research into the effects of cannabis on the heart and the rest of the body is needed.

Researchers say a cheap, daily pill combining four cholesterol and blood pressure medicines taken with low-dose aspirin can cut the risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart-related deaths by nearly one third.