Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans experience what medical professionals call “silent” heart attacks—cardiac events so subtle that victims often dismiss them as minor discomfort or stress.

The incidence of heart attacks has increased significantly compared to the past. Some are normal, while others are silent. Let's learn what the first signs of a heart attack are. First signal of a ...

Aortic aneurysms and dissections are silent killers often mistaken for heart attacks. Early screening and awareness can ...

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America—it causes roughly one out of every five female deaths, which is more than breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, or accidents—yet there’s still ...

A team at Massachusetts General Hospital uncovered that an immune defense protein, Resistin-like molecule gamma, attacks heart cells after a heart attack—literally punching holes in them. This ...

Heart attack and heart failure are two distinct but often confused cardiovascular conditions. A heart attack occurs suddenly when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, causing tissue ...