Willie Hatchett was eager and ready for the start of the Peachtree Road Race, a 10K held on July 4 in Atlanta. Hatchett had run it nearly every year for two decades and was confident he could get to the finish line.
Florida is experiencing a measles outbreak with 9 people currently infected. “Measles is not just a rash,” and shouldn’t be something to dismi…
Soon after his 97th birthday, Dr. Edward Cooper sat down and began writing.
Using cannabis – either by smoking, eating or vaping it – may raise the risk for heart attacks and strokes, new research suggests.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to change many aspects of cardiovascular care, but not right away, a new report says.
On a ride to high school one morning, Shelley Marshall asked her daughter how things were going with her field hockey team.
Every 52 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from an eating disorder. Some of those deaths will be from cardiovascular complications.
When Stephanie Jenness found out she was pregnant with her third child, she and her husband, Dan, were ecstatic. They started preparing for life as a family of five, even purchasing a minivan.
Along each side of the neck are a pair of arteries that supply blood to the brain. It's rare for one of those blood vessels to tear. But it's one of the most common causes of a stroke in younger adults, according to a new report that comes on the heels of research showing that cases appear to be rising, especially among women.
Major advances over the past decade have changed the thinking about which congenital heart defect survivors are most at risk for challenges with neurological development, learning, emotions and behaviors across their lifespan, according to a new American Heart Association report.
At seven months pregnant, Debi Corrigan was shopping for spring flowers at a Wichita, Kansas, garden center when she took a tumble.
Fresh out of college with a degree in nutrition, Olivia Hart went home to Martha's Vineyard to waitress and figure out her next steps. In her spare time, she rode horses, a lifelong passion Olivia shared with her fraternal twin sister, Sofia.
Heart disease is no stranger to the White House.
While the other kids went out to play during kindergarten recess, Katherine Herrmann had to stay inside.
Once a week, social connectedness expert Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad takes an afternoon to ski with her husband, Nathan. During the pandemic, the Salt Lake City couple started hiking together regularly. And after 30 years of marriage, they still set aside time to go out on dates.
During an era of discrimination and segregation, Dr. William Montague Cobb fought racism with science.
Memphis Zabawa loves playing soccer. Yet because he has asthma, all the running can be especially taxing.
On Super Bowl Sunday, you look forward to watching your favorite NFL team raise the championship trophy. All fun and games until the clock runs out, and the score leaves you feeling angry, blue or disappointed.
The room buzzes with activity as a team of nurses races against the clock. But instead of working to manage a medical crisis, they're playing a game that involves tinkering with jigsaw puzzles, black lights and locks to solve medical mysteries.

