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Teen's scars tell a story of her frightening first 2 years
Jan 5, 2021
Maddie Ramon had three open-heart surgeries before she was 2. Now 19, she offers advice for other children with her diagnosis.
Jan 5, 2021
Maddie Ramon had three open-heart surgeries before she was 2. Now 19, she offers advice for other children with her diagnosis.
Dec 28, 2020
Frankie Saldivar was born with three holes in his heart. Two closed on their own. The third required a frightening operation.
Dec 8, 2020
After riding an emotional roller coaster navigating their newborn daughter's heart defect and open-heart surgery, this couple's second child had the same diagnosis.
Dec 2, 2020
New research adds details to a problem that could affect millions of women and men: the impact of single parenting on heart health. Health care providers could do more to help, experts say.
Nov 24, 2020
The more ultra-processed food – think chips, soda and pizza – that teenagers eat, the worse they fare on measures of heart health.
Nov 12, 2020
A roundtable discussion brings out personal experiences with racism – and ideas for how to make the world better.
Nov 4, 2020
The Urban Farming Institute in Boston grows vegetables and minds as it teaches people how to work the land and eat healthily.
Oct 29, 2020
Young survivor regains love of reading, teams with mom to make people aware kids can have a stroke.
Oct 28, 2020
A large national study found smokers are three times more likely to die prematurely from cardiovascular diseases, with the highest risk among those who began to light up during childhood and adolescence.
Oct 26, 2020
Being born extremely early or underweight is linked to cardiovascular risk factors in 25-year-olds, new research shows.