Stress doesn’t just affect your mental health. High stress can increase your risk of having a heart attack, as can a sudden surge of excitement or fear. Whether it is short-term or chronic, stress can ...

Find out what the quiet process is that leads to a heart attack. Cardiologist shares what happens inside the arteries ...

HOUSTON – A growing body of research is challenging the idea that heart attacks are mostly an older person’s problem. Cardiologist Dr. Majid Basit with Memorial Hermann Medical Group says he’s seeing ...

Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she’d have a heart attack. The possibility “just wasn’t registering with me,” said the ...

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have discovered a path between the brain and the immune system that could potentially lead to new ways to ease heart attacks. They showed that ...