A diagnosis of heart failure can be devastating, especially for someone who has been physically active and seemingly in otherwise good ... Read More
Heart Health
Shaq Gets Real About Heart Health (VIDEO)
NBA Legend, Shaquille O'Neal and Professor of Cardiology at Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Elizabeth Ofili get real about heart health ... Read More
Amyloidosis: 3 Warning Signs Doctors Don’t Warn Patients About
The diagnosis of Amyloidosis is often delayed or missed. Routine heart failure assessments such as echo and electrocardiogram (ECG), along ... Read More
Afib or Panic Attack: Which One Is It?
When your heart starts beating fast or if it "feels funny," or really just about anything related to the heart can be scary. Afib or Panic ... Read More
Amyloidosis: The Rare Disease That Has History in the NBA
On the court in the 1970s, there was nothing small about the presence of "Tiny" Archibald. And now, the mysterious heart condition he ... Read More
Which Heart Bypass Surgery Works Best?
Five years after heart bypass surgery, patients whose operation was done using a heart-lung pump lived longer than those whose surgeons ... Read More
Black Men And Heart Failure: How To Beat It This Summer
Summer is finally here and with Men's Health Month just passing, it's the perfect time to have real conversations with the special guys in ... Read More
Hip Hop Legend Kurtis Blow Rushed Into Emergency Heart Surgery
Less than a week after undergoing heart surgery to repair his aortic artery, hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow went back into emergency surgery. ... Read More
The Mechanics of hATTR: What It Isn’t
When trying to understand a disease, it's sometimes beneficial to rule out what it isn't in order to determine what it truly is. Generally, ... Read More
Changing the Course of hATTR
Amyloidosis is a disorder resulting in an abnormal protein, amyloid, depositing in different organs throughout the body. The defective ... Read More
hATTR: It Runs In The Family
The disease known as hATTR amyloidosis is an autosomal dominant disease caused by a mutation in the transthyretin (TTR) gene that results in ... Read More
Terrible Ten: Top 10 Foods That Cause Heart Disease
Ten. That's it. Just 10 foods account for nearly half of all heart disease deaths in the U.S., researchers reported this week. If people ... Read More