Smaller amounts of plaque buildup can trigger cardiovascular problems for women. Researchers say new guidelines are needed.

Pain or tightness in your chest can be not only uncomfortable, but also unsettling. Especially when it comes seemingly out of nowhere and you’re not sure of the cause. Many of us immediately begin to ...

While the base symptoms are the same — warning signs of chest pain, shortness of breath and gradual weakness — cardiologist Dr. Sepideh Darbandi with MercyOne in North Iowa says the symptoms can be ...

Women who present with chest pain or angina may be at greater risk for heart attack, hospitalization, and death than men with the same plaque burden.

It turned out that women face increased heart risk at lower levels of plaque compared to men, researchers said. Women’s heart ...

More than 60 million women in the U.S. live with cardiovascular disease and about 37,000 die from heart attacks each year.

Women’s heart attacks often go unnoticed due to atypical symptoms that differ from classic chest pain. Signs like shortness of breath, nausea, fatigue, jaw or back pain, and dizziness can be mistaken ...

Chest pain represents one of the most alarming symptoms a person can experience. The immediate fear—”Am I having a heart attack?”—creates tremendous anxiety, and rightfully so. Heart attacks claim ...

Women’s chest pain can be a commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition, but Northwell Health’s newest program is seeking to address this issue. “It treats a condition, or set of conditions, I ...

Chest pain is the most recognized sign of a heart attack, but Mercy Health physicians want the community to know heart attacks often present differently. In reality, symptoms can be much subtler — ...

63.5% of practices were located in urban areas and 67% of the participating 74 PCPs were male (mean age of 49 years). PCPs included 1355 patients with chest pain, seven patients did not meet the ...

From a young age, many women are taught to accept discomfort as part of life.