These are not the joyful, helpful SMuRFs of your childhood. Yet a significant portion of cardiac events occur in people without SMuRFs. A new study from Mass General Brigham reveals one reason why.

In a new study, researchers found that inflammation had an impact on heart disease risk similar to that of cholesterol.

Cases of heart attack and heart-related diseases are now seen a lot. It can make both women and men its victims, but after a certain age, the risk increases in women (Heart Attack in Women). Hormonal ...

Having a seemingly random heart attack when you have no history of heart disease or clogged arteries is absolutely terrifying. And when the reason for that heart attack goes misdiagnosed by doctors, ...

COVID-19 could leave behind a hidden problem that lingers in women’s bodies for years, a new study has found. The research revealed the virus can prematurely age women’s blood vessels by around five ...

A new Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65 - especially women - are caused by factors other than clogged arteries, challenging long-standing assumptions about how heart ...

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America—it causes roughly one out of every five female deaths, which is more than breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, or accidents—yet there’s still ...

A type of drug used to help treat heart attacks does not work on the majority of patients and may actually contribute to hospitalization and death for women, new research has found. However, a study ...

A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack— doesn’t benefit the vast majority of patients and may contribute to a higher risk of ...

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Most people know not to ignore chest pain, the most common symptom of a heart attack. But the warning signs can be much less obvious — especially in women, cardiologists warn. Dismissing them can ...