THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Two weeks after giving birth and a week before Christmas 2016, Ashley Hammontree was enjoying a snowy day at home in Greenwood, Missouri. Wearing pajamas, she nursed her baby, Elijah, and set him in a swing. Her husband, Ryan, came insideContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Plenty of people enjoy a cup or two, or maybe three or four, of coffee every day. But new research shows that people with severe high blood pressure (“hypertension”) should steer clear of drinking too much java. The study found that for thoseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Imagine living day-to-day with one hand that feels like it’s a baseball mitt, or another that feels like a small clutching claw. That’s the experience of many stroke survivors who suffer from chronic pain, according to a new study in the journal BrainContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Even now, years later, Linda Jara’s voice resonates with notes that can only be fully appreciated by certain people – people like her who carry someone else’s heart. Her tone is filled with gratitude. Awe. Contemplation. Thoughtfulness. Sorrow. Exuberance. The overwhelmingContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — People born with heart defects may face a nearly ninefold higher lifetime risk for heart failure and develop it decades earlier than people born without heart abnormalities, new research shows. Though heart failure is extremely rare in young people, any occurrenceContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The holiday season is filled with to-do lists, but one should rise to the top: Take care of your heart. Whether from stress, cold weather or falling out of good habits in terms of eating, sleeping and drinking, heart attack rates spike asContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — The sudden death of celebrated sportswriter Grant Wahl at a World Cup match in Qatar last week shocked those who knew him – and of him. He had just turned 49 and seemed healthy, aside from recent complaints about chest pressure,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Richard Samuelian recently got back from a hike in Yosemite National Park. A few years ago, the 52-year-old couldn’t walk down the hallway of his home in Fresno, California, without help. Richard was watching television one day when he noticed heContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As yet another winter blizzard barrels down on the U.S. East Coast, the the American Heart Association (AHA) is cautioning people to take care when shoveling snow, since the exertion and the cold can cause serious heart problems. Many people, especially those whoContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — When Dr. Arianna Heyer left medical school in Philadelphia for an internal medicine residency in Miami, she found herself working constantly, with little time or opportunity to take care of her own health or make new friends. A longtime soccer andContinue Reading