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Lifelong tennis player has heart attack on the court
Jul 16, 2021
Kumar Seetharam had a heart attack while playing tennis with his teenage daughter. Four of his arteries were 90% blocked.
Jul 16, 2021
Kumar Seetharam had a heart attack while playing tennis with his teenage daughter. Four of his arteries were 90% blocked.
Jul 15, 2021
People who live in neighborhoods with fewer resources have higher rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cognitive issues, research shows.
Jul 14, 2021
Genetic testing helped Leilani Graham's family learn the extent of life-threatening hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. It also uncovered something astonishing about her new heart.
Jul 14, 2021
The past decade saw a staggering increase in people being hospitalized for methamphetamine-related heart failure in California, a new study finds.
Jul 13, 2021
The world's leading heart health organizations are calling for action to ease doctor burnout, which continues to rise globally from the added stress of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jul 13, 2021
The statistics are stark, but the challenges in diabetes among Black people can be addressed at both the personal and community level, experts say.
Jul 12, 2021
Risk assessment equations used by doctors to prevent or treat heart disease may fail to accurately predict the greater heart risks faced by people of South Asian descent, new research finds.
Jul 12, 2021
The deaf community has long confronted roadblocks when it comes to accessing reliable health information. But technology is helping to fill the gap.
Jul 9, 2021
At 9, Bennett Sayles has survived five open-heart surgeries and countless other procedures, all with a smile.
Jul 8, 2021
Transgender and gender diverse people experience higher rates of cardiovascular disease and death, likely from the chronic stress of discrimination, a new American Heart Association report finds.
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