From left: Siblings Jaxon, Isabel and Jason Siqueiros all had heart transplants before they turned 3. (Photo courtesy of the Siqueiros family) Lea en español Nine weeks after giving birth to twin sons, life was a blur of diaper changes, feedings, laundry and sleepless nights for Sara and Jason Siqueiros. In the midst of the…
(aldomurillo/E+ via Getty Images) Lea en español Rosa Jaime Alcantar started feeling extreme fatigue last summer. She couldn’t quench a constant thirst, and her legs felt as if they were on fire. She went to a nonprofit health center in California’s Central Valley, where she learned she had diabetes. She’d been living a sedentary lifestyle…
Two-time stroke survivor and heart transplant recipient Olivia Rose. (Photo courtesy of Olivia Rose) When she’s not baking cookies for her dessert business, Olivia Rose can often be found pumping iron at the gym. For years, she participated in amateur bodybuilding competitions and even hoped to go pro. At 25, she had the chance to…
Two-time stroke survivor Bill Ramsey. (Photo courtesy of Kacy Meineke) Bill and Marilyn Ramsey were excited about going to Galveston, Texas, to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Their friend, a pilot, flew the couple, along with his wife, in a four-seater plane from their hometown of Wichita, Kansas. It was a tight fit, especially for four…
Jamie Stevens had to relearn how to walk after untreated high blood pressure caused her to have a stroke. (Photo courtesy of Jamie Stevens) Jamie Stevens went back home to Garnett, Kansas, for her grandmother’s funeral and to spend time with her family. After watching her niece’s soccer game, Stevens felt a stronger headache than…
(Cavan Images via Getty Images) Lea en español Saving lives after an opioid overdose isn’t just the job of emergency department workers, according to guidelines on how to treat heart-stopping poisonings. Opioids are just one of the substances addressed in the updated American Heart Association guidelines. But the threat posed by overdoses from such drugs,…
(Jolygon/iStock via Getty Images) Lea en español Norma Hernández was preparing for choir practice for a church service when someone came looking for help. Another church member, a friend of hers, had fallen ill. Hernández rushed to her friend and found him slumped in a chair, his wife standing beside him. He looked tired and…
(andresr/E+ via Getty Images) The simple act of having someone lie down for a blood pressure reading might reveal more than expected about their heart health, preliminary research has found. Using data from a large, long-running study, researchers discovered that when compared with readings taken while someone was sitting, readings that showed high blood pressure…
(andresr/E+ via Getty Images) A bilingual program that connected people and health care workers via an app and at-home monitoring showed the potential of such an effort to manage high blood pressure, new research shows. More than half of patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure brought it under control after participating in the program, according…