4 Signs You Are Headed For Heart Failure
February might be the shortest month of the year, but it gives us a lot to celebrate. You ...
Heart Health
Navigating the Data, Treatments and Breakthroughs of hATTR Amyloidosis
ATTR amyloidosis means A for Amyloid and the TTR is short for the protein “transthyretin.” ATTR is one ...
Black Patients May Not Gain Heart Benefit From Low-Dose Aspirin
The daily use of low-dose aspirin against heart disease may have taken another knock. New research shows that ...
Advocating for Your Loved One’s Health: How It Saved One Man’s Life
We all juggle so many daily responsibilities – whether it’s navigating a career, caring for children or attending ...
Battling Transthyretin (TTR) Cardiac Amyloidosis? Learn More About Your Treatment Options
1 in 25 Blacks is stricken with the Val122Ile mutation in the transthyretin gene that results in an ...
Christmas Miracle! Teen Gets Life-Saving Heart AND Kidney Transplant
A teen living with a heart defect just received a huge Christmas miracle. But Santa wasn’t the one ...
Four Years After World’s First Double Hand Transplant: “I Can Wrap My Hands Around My Mom”
**UPDATE**: It’s been four years since the first child to receive a double hand transplant, Zion, returned home ...
New Therapy May Combat Rare Genetic Disorder, Amyloidosis
Transthyretin (TTR) mutations known to cause cardiac amyloidosis include V122 which is found almost exclusively in Blacks at ...
Miracle Baby Taken Off Life Support Wasn’t Supposed To Survive Celebrated 1st Birthday!
In April, Monique Goldring decided to take her 8-month-old daughter, Phoenix, off life support and prepared to say ...
Why the Cleveland Clinic Began Screening Carpal Tunnel Patients for Amyloidosis
Cleveland Clinic researchers identified amyloid deposits in 10.2 percent of patients undergoing carpal tunnel release surgery, suggesting biopsies ...
John Witherspoon’s Cause of Death Revealed
The death certificate for 77-year-old John Witherspoon just came out and now the public knows how one of ...
One Man’s Journey To A Rare Disease Diagnosis
Imagine if what you thought were common features of aging were actually signs and symptoms of a life-threatening ...
A Life-Threatening Cause of Heart Failure That Often Goes Overlooked
A diagnosis of heart failure can be devastating, especially for someone who has been physically active and seemingly ...
Are These 5 Health Conditions In Your Family Tree?
The branches of your family tree bear much more than the years your grandparents were born. Knowing your ...
