New report details what to know about cardiovascular disease symptoms
Aug 18, 2022
A scientific report from the American Heart Association looks at the latest science on symptoms of cardiovascular diseases and suggests what could be done better.
Heart Failure News
Heart failure at age 30 brought on by pregnancy
Aug 16, 2022
Six weeks after giving birth, Fatima Mathews of New York was diagnosed with postpartum cardiomyopathy. Today, an LVAD keeps her heart pumping.
Research captures unfolding cardiovascular toll from meth use
Aug 1, 2022
A large new study of California hospital patients suggests methamphetamine use may be as big a risk to heart health as alcohol misuse and cocaine use.
She was being treated for her lungs, but the problem was her heart
Jul 25, 2022
Maria Philippon of Orange County, California, had been sick for a year before a specialist figured out she had heart failure, leading to open-heart surgery.
Family's hereditary heart condition discovered after her father and two sisters died young
Jul 6, 2022
DeAnn Bartram of Ohio got a defibrillator implanted in her chest after doctors discovered she has the same genetic condition that caused the deaths of her father and two sisters.
Falls can be a serious, poorly understood threat to people with heart disease
May 19, 2022
Cardiovascular disease, and some medications for it, can increase the risk of potentially dangerous falls. But a new report highlights the many gaps in understanding.
Uncontrolled blood pressure, diabetes may be common among people with heart failure
Apr 28, 2022
Among U.S. adults with heart failure, about half have uncontrolled high blood pressure, and 1 in 5 being treated for diabetes didn't have it under control, new research shows.
Overworked single mom collapsed at work and wound up with a new heart
Apr 21, 2022
Alicia Wilson, who lives outside of Philadelphia, needed a heart transplant because of a rare disorder that damaged her heart. Now, she advocates for patients and organ donors and stresses the importance of self-care.
The challenges of studying marijuana's effects on the heart and brain
Apr 20, 2022
Though studied for decades, many of marijuana's effects on heart and brain health remain unclear. Researchers say that's because it's not one substance but many, used in different ways by different groups of people.
Stroke, heart failure death rates accelerating in some Hispanic adults
Apr 4, 2022
Hispanic adults are less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than their non-Hispanic white peers. But new research reveals a different picture when looking at individual types of disease.