heart attack

Gallagher, the prop comic known for smashing watermelons, has died.

D.C.’s MedStar Washington Hospital Center is among the first hospitals in the country with new technology to diagnose coronary microvascular dysfunction. It’s more likely to affect women and can lead to a heart attack but is hard to diagnose.

Fans were surprised at what happened to Chris Noth’s Mr. Big in the premiere of “And Just Like That…” Experts weighed in on the scenario.

Bob Odenkirk is back shooting “Better Call Saul,” six weeks after a heart attack.

After suffering a heart attack, a HSBC manager in the U.K. vowed to change his work-life balance in a post on LinkedIn, which has gone viral.

The rapper suffered a heart attack on April 2 and has been on life support for the past few days prior to his passing.

In 2015, when Denise Castille experienced swollen feet and then heart palpitations, she visited her doctor and a cardiologist. Both said she was fine. She wasn’t. Soon after, the then 46-year-old had a “widow-maker” heart attack, a term used to refer to a serious heart attack occurring when a major artery in the heart is blocked. It’s often called a...

A North Carolina woman recognized as the oldest living U.S. Marine has died at age 107

Daniel Mitchell gets emotional when he talks about his fiancé, Alexis Gioia, and the life they were planning together. “We were ready to get married and then all of a sudden, this happened,” he said.  Daniel says that on April 18th, just days before their wedding, Alexis went on a walk but never made it back to her home...

A woman’s life is forever changed following a medical emergency while out on a walk just days before her wedding. Her fiance reached out to NBC 6 Responds for help in dealing with the woman’s car lease. Consumer Investigator Alina Machado explains.

Bernie Sanders suffered “modest heart muscle damage” during his recent heart attack but has since recovered well and is fit enough for the rigors of the presidential campaign and the White House should he win it, according to letters released Monday by his primary care physician and two cardiologists. The 78-year-old Vermont senator is the oldest candidate in the 2020 presidential...

A lack of notice. Past failures to level with the American people. A tough week for the White House as public impeachment hearings got under way. Add it all up, and President Donald Trump’s unscheduled weekend visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center raised suspicions about his health, despite White House officials’ insistence that the president was merely getting...

People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the following few years, a big federally funded study found. The results challenge...

Some good health news: Americans’ cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment. Researchers say Monday’s report suggests a controversial change in recommendations for cholesterol treatment may be starting to pay off. “It is very heartening,” said Dr. Pankaj Arora of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who led the study. “But there is...

Joe Biden said Saturday he is undeterred by the ascendancy of Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren, noting that some of his supporters are already treating the primary campaign as a general election contest between him and President Donald Trump. “She doesn’t affect my strategy, period,” the former vice president said in an interview with The Associated Press before a town hall...

Mark Richt, who now works as a commentator for the ACC Network, posted a message on social media saying he was “doing fine” after suffering the incident.

Basking in loud chants of “Bernie’s back,” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders resumed campaigning weeks after being sidelined by a heart attack and told supporters he was ready to resume “the epic struggle” for the White House.

Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar are endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. The Sanders campaign confirmed the backing of two members of “The Squad” on Tuesday.

Elizabeth Warren repeatedly came under attack during Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate as rivals accused the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the cost of Medicare for All and her signature “wealth tax” plan in an attempt to derail her rising campaign. The pile-on reinforced her new status as a front-runner in the contest to take on President Donald Trump next...

The Democratic presidential primary hopefuls debated Tuesday in the shadow of the House impeachment inquiry, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, giving an update an hour before. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the leading contenders in polls, was on the campaign trail for the first time since his heart attack at...