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heart attack

Having A Heart Attack During COVID-19

Barbara Weddle

I was so scared of risking my life going to the hospital in a pandemic, I could have died from staying away.

Thank You. Goodbye. I Love You.

Emma Margraf

What living through the same condition that killed my friend taught me about making every second of my life count.

Getting My Life Back After Open Heart Surgery

Linda Eckhardt

James Beard- and Julia Child-award-winning author Linda West Eckhardt lives for food, family, and dogs. But what happens after the cookbook writer gets her chest carved open?

Woman wearing a blue beret and a paper air mask holds up a sign reading "Stop Pollution"

How Climate Change Is Hurting Our Health

Brent Crane

More heart attacks. Worse asthma attacks. Year round allergies. And tropical diseases everywhere. That's just a taste of what climate change is doing to our health.

What Women Need To Know About Heart Disease

Kellie M. Walsh

A heart attack can look very different for a woman than it does a man. As a national heart disease spokesperson, Shalini Suryanarayana wants women to know the warning signs.