Menopause causes certain hormones in women to decrease and that can lead to an increased risk for heart disease.
Diabetes can make controlling heart disease among African Americans more difficult but it’s the social and economic inequities that form the biggest barriers to decreasing deaths from the disease.
Cardiac arrest can happen to someone with no heart problems but there are some other risk factors you should be aware of.
The American Heart Association is working to combat health inequities in several ways.
Shocking someone with a defibrillator can sound scary but all of them come with step-by-step directions that will guide you through the procedure.
Do you really know about heart disease? Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, causing about 1 in 4 deaths. The term “heart disease” refers to several types of heart conditions. In the United States, the most common type of heart disease is coronary artery disease (CAD), which can lead […]
There are many tests and procedures for diagnosing heart diseases, which can be confusing for patients. In an interview with the Health Channel, Dr. Harry Aldrich, Medical Director at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, helps clear things up. Dr. Aldrich says that the first examination doctors typically do with their patients is a review of […]
You may have heard of the term “silent heart attack”, but do you know what it means? In an interview with the Health Channel, Dr. Jonathan Fialkow, Chief Population Health Officer with Baptist Health South Florida, defines what a silent heart attack is and what its symptoms are. Dr. Fialkow explains that, essentially, silent heart […]
