Experts say if a heart attack patient receives help immediately, the new drugs that are available to the heart attack victim can stop the heart attack or limit the damage that a heart attack can cause. The damage that a heart attack can cause is irreversible if the person having the heart attack does not ...
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), heart attack symptoms in women are often much different from those in men. In fact, according to recent studies, women may experience symptoms of a pending heart attack for up to thirty days preceding the episode itself. The problem is that most women don’t know what symptoms ...
Men feel chest pain more than women do before and during a heart attack. Women are more prone to feel what is called “Atypical” symptoms. These may be jaw, neck or back pain, nausea, vomiting, indigestion, weakness, fatigue, dizziness, and or light headed. Women do feel chest pain but it is typically not as severe, ...
On February 4th, Amy Yasbeck, John Ritter’s wife and widow, announced that she was filing suit against two doctors to the tune of $67 million dollars. While that amount of money may seem breathtaking, Amy Yasbeck noted that she intends to use much of the money (if she wins) to start the John Ritter Foundation ...
A lot of people around the world die because of heart attack. Unfortunately, there is a general lack of awareness amongst people about heart attack symptoms and the ways to avoid heart attacks and the precautions needed. Heart attack, which is also called myocardial infarction, is caused due to heart diseases because of the blockage ...
It was a Friday morning in August when my husband announced that he wasn’t feeling well and was not going to work. He thought his blood pressure might be high. What he initially described was a tingling sensation in his head and some light pressure in his chest. Although tingling and chest pressure can be ...
