Here's the latest on dietary cholesterol and how it fits in with a healthy diet
Aug 25, 2023
Advice has evolved over the years, but here's what experts say now about dietary cholesterol – including eggs.
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Her heart stopped during a procedure to treat her stroke
Aug 24, 2023
Six years after a pair of life-threatening events, Holly Page of Dublin, Ohio, is almost entirely healed.
A lifetime of challenges – including a spinal stroke – leads dancer to infinite possibilities
Aug 23, 2023
Marisa Hamamoto was determined to be a dancer. But life threw a series of obstacles in her way. She overcame many, including a spinal stroke.
Promotores create a bridge between healthier living and a growing Hispanic population
Aug 22, 2023
Community health workers, known as promotores, are helping connect Hispanic people with programs and services to reduce health disparities.
Thanks to his wife's quick reaction, postal worker fully recovered from a stroke
Aug 21, 2023
After receiving clot-busting medication within an hour of his stroke symptoms appearing, Levan Singletary of Aliso Viejo, California, had no physical or cognitive impairment.
COVID-19 may be more likely to cause high blood pressure than the flu
Aug 21, 2023
People with COVID-19 in a New York hospital system were more than twice as likely to develop persistent hypertension than people with influenza, a new analysis suggests.
'I feel like I'm dying': Days after giving birth, TV anchor couldn't make sense of symptoms
Aug 18, 2023
Lauren Lowrey found herself gasping for air five days after her baby was born. She had severe postpartum preeclampsia.
Understanding the link between long COVID and mental health conditions
Aug 17, 2023
People who experience symptoms of COVID-19 that linger for months or even years may struggle with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and PTSD.
His heart stopped while watching TV. His wife kept him alive.
Aug 16, 2023
Paramedics shocked Dave Ogle's heart seven times with an AED before it started beating. After a slow recovery, he has a new outlook on life.
Feeling pain a year after a heart attack may predict mortality
Aug 16, 2023
Heart attack survivors who experience moderate to extreme pain a year later may face a higher risk of death within a decade, new research out of Sweden suggests.
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