Peter Carpenter, who had a near-death experience at 55 - Rii Schroer for The Telegraph In the summer of 2012, I started to feel really unwell, and over time, I began to feel seriously ill. I went to ...

Not being able to breathe freely is terrifying—especially when you don't know why it's happening. In January 2018, I was finding it increasingly difficult to lie down at night. I felt as if something ...

One of the scariest health-related things anyone can go through is having a heart attack. The good news is that, if treated early, your chances of surviving improve dramatically. Unfortunately, heart ...

It's not hyperbole to stress that time is a life-or-death factor in surviving a heart attack. It's also true that heart attack signs and symptoms vary and that chest pain may not be the first one you ...

If you're a woman, there's a good chance you've had an unfortunate healthcare experience at one point or another. Well, Redditor riverthenerd asked, "What was your craziest symptom that a medical ...

Katherine Fitzgerald, then 57, had just arrived at a graduation party when she began feel uncomfortably hot and nauseated. Her chest tightened in pain, and she began “violently vomiting,” she recalls.

I woke up in the ICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee ten days after my heart transplant. Despite a successful surgery, complications kept me on the ventilator until that ...

When I think about the day I had my heart attack, nothing stands out. (I was walking up a hill on my way to coach a youth soccer team when it happened.) But when I look at the amount of stress I was ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., yet experts agree the condition is often misdiagnosed in women. For American Heart Month, doctors and patients are speaking out to help ensure ...