Anxiety vs. heart attack: How to tell the difference

Chest pain can be terrifying, especially when you're unsure whether it's anxiety or something more serious like a heart ...
The Stranger

When a Bad Day at Work Means Getting Strangled: Patient Attacks on Harborview Caregivers

Last Tuesday, two psychiatric ward nurses at Harborview Medical Center were reportedly attacked by patients on the same day. This isn’t particularly unusual—psych ward nurses and other mental health ...

Patients with congenital heart defects are more likely to suffer a heart attack at an earlier age

Patients born with heart defects experience their first acute heart attack at a significantly earlier age than others. This ...
Medical Xpress

Dual imaging identifies cause of heart attack in patients without blocked arteries

When Ashley Perlow felt a sharp pain shoot across her chest and into both wrists, she didn't think it could be a heart attack. She was 36, a new mom, and otherwise healthy. At the hospital, blood ...
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Targeted cholesterol-lowering therapy can prevent first heart attack or stroke in high-risk patients with diabetes

Mass General Brigham researchers found that the intensive cholesterol‑lowering therapy evolocumab reduced the risk of a first major cardiovascular event in high‑risk patients who did not have known ...