In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist reveals a major life event that can unmask a woman's heart problems, ...

Pregnancy is a stress test for a woman's heart, cardiologist says. High blood pressure during pregnancy increases heart disease risk later in life.

For women, the long-term fallout of an early-in-life heart attack is also magnified. A host of studies have shown that young ...

Women with fibroids have an 81% higher risk of cardiovascular disease, with Black women disproportionately affected and often dismissed when seeking care.

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When Rebecca Chen felt a slight discomfort in her chest during her morning yoga class, she dismissed it as heartburn. At 42, physically active and with no family history of heart disease, she never ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Heart disease has long been the leading killer ...

If you’ve been focusing all your health anxiety on breast cancer screenings, there’s something else you need to add to your radar. A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital has unveiled a ...

In women, heart attacks may not present with the obvious chest pain commonly associated with men. Instead, cardiologists ...

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First Alert 7 News anchor Jay Hendricks is the volunteer chair of this year’s Go Red for Women event. (Courtesy Photo) Odessan Jay Hendricks is familiar to all of us through his more than three ...

A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack— doesn’t benefit the vast majority of patients and may contribute to a higher risk of ...