This content was written by Tania Chao, MD, Cardiologist with Kaiser Permanente in Tysons Corner, VA. Listening to your body can be a lifesaver when it comes to heart health. Elizabeth “Tookie” ...

Heartbreak doesn’t always come from grand betrayals or dramatic fights; sometimes it’s the quiet actions, the ones that seem small or go unnoticed, that hurt the most. Women often carry these wounds ...

Merryl Hoffman knew she was taking good care of her heart. The 63-year-old attorney didn't smoke or drink, and she was an avid hiker who used to run marathons and other distance races. In her 40s, she ...

A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed stem-cell-derived heart tissue grafts. When you purchase through links on our ...

A woman may have no symptoms of heart disease, but still have hidden heart problems as she goes through life unaware of her risk. But one major life event can bring those silent issues to light, ...

An older woman had a relatively common heart problem, but it had a very rare cause. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The symptoms: ...

Heart disease in women rarely arrives with drama. More often, it whispers — through fatigue, breathlessness, disturbed sleep or an unexplained heaviness that’s easy to dismiss. Yet behind these subtle ...

About two years ago, Kristina Auwarter was leaning over to pick up her son from his crib when she felt a spot of pain bloom in her chest. Initially, nothing about it raised her suspicion; she’d just ...

A century ago, so little was known about heart disease that people who had it resigned themselves to years of bed rest or, worse, an early death. Even less was known about how heart disease affected ...