One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery, and women are far more likely to develop one, according to recent studies. Black patients also had higher rates of ...

Women are more likely than men to die of complications from high-risk cardiovascular surgery, a new study finds. These life-threatening complications, such as heart attacks and infections, were more ...

A routine mammogram saved Nancy Preston’s life, but not because it found breast cancer. The 66-year-old woman’s screening ...

Both Fokum and Morgan said the atypical signs of a heart attack in women include shortness of breath, nausea, indigestion, acid reflux, discomfort right below the rib cage, unexplained fatigue, neck ...

FOX 12 sat down with Gergana and Providence cardiologist Dr. Lori Tam to share her inspiring journey of resilience, healing, ...

When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. By Jessica Alpert I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting ...