Confused about the differences between a heart attack and heart failure? Learn the distinct symptoms of each and when to seek emergency medical care.

Heart failure is when the heart no longer functions properly and cannot pump enough blood throughout the body. Here's how to ...

We often think of heart disease as dramatic — sudden chest pain, collapse, or heart attack. But these days, it hardly is. Rather, it builds up bit by bit with silent symptoms that we tend to either ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF), also known as heart failure, is a condition where the heart muscle weakens and can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. While the condition is not reversible ...

When we think of heart attacks, many of us imagine a stressed middle-aged male executive, addicted to ready meals and ...

“Sometimes it is felt in the shoulders, arms, back, jaw, or abdomen,” Harvard Medical School explains. “Particularly when ...

Chest pain and shortness of breath are two symptoms that grab your attention quickly, potentially signaling a heart attack if they come on suddenly. And if they develop gradually and worsen over time, ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) means your heart can’t pump enough blood to keep up with your body’s needs. Problems can emerge when not enough oxygen-rich blood gets pumped back out to the organs. CHF ...

Cardiologist Dmitry Yaranov highlights amyloidosis as an underdiagnosed cause of heart failure, often mistaken for ...

Heart failure is often diagnosed late because its early symptoms such as fatigue swelling in the legs or shortness of breath ...

Prepregnancy counseling, assembling multidisciplinary care teams, and referring to centers with expertise are critical in ...

Low doses of the injectable weight-loss medication semaglutide may improve symptoms of a hard-to-treat type of heart failure. This effect happened through direct action on the heart muscle and blood ...