The Latest Breaking News on Heart Disease

Heart attack symptoms for women are different from men's signs. For Jennifer, it was a near-fatal miss

Jennifer Tucker was 34, healthy and active when she began struggling to breathe. She was told she didn't need an angiogram, but subsequent testing showed otherwise.

ABC News · Jan 9, 2023

Baby spent the first four months of life in hospital after needing heart surgery

Little Noah Phelan was just six weeks old when he underwent open heart surgery

Wales Online · Jan 9, 2023

A 'medical cost-sharing' plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill

Instead of health insurance, the Rev. Jeff King had signed up for an alternative that left members of the plan to share the costs of health care. That meant lower premiums, but a huge hospital bill.

WEKU · Jan 9, 2023

Heart screening may not have prevented Hamlin's collapse

Quick on-the-field emergency care is widely credited with helping save Damar Hamlin’s life, but it's unclear if his cardiac arrest could have been prevented with screening

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2023

Doctors failed to spot that man, 22, had heart failure despite tests revealing signs of a problem

The delay in detecting Johnny’s condition made a ‘huge difference’

Manchester Evening News · Jan 6, 2023

Dying student, 22, pleaded 'put me out of my misery' after weeks of mystery symptoms

Johnny Alfrey, a 22-year-old student from Littleborough, Greater Manchester, suffered a range of symptoms in the lead up to his death last year, including migraines, vomiting, fatigue and lack of appetite

Daily Mirror · Jan 6, 2023

Uni student with big plans for future complained about migraines weeks before death, inquest hears

'He was changing colour, he said a couple of times that he felt like he was going to die'

Wales Online · Jan 6, 2023

Researchers Find Two Protein Pathways Downregulated In Postnatal Heart

Published on Thursday in Stem Cell Reports, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered two signalling pathways that are downregulated in human hearts after birth. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Jan 6, 2023

Doctor saves life of man who almost died twice on board flight to India

Doctor battles to keep man alive for five hours while mid-air on flight to India

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

Damar Hamlin's collapse showed the need for CPR skills. Here's where to get them

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Mariell Jessup, chief science and medical officer of the American Heart Association, said she couldn't say for sure what caused Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's heart to stop during an NFL game Monday night. But she was sure of one thing: "Everyone needs to know how…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 5, 2023