Improved fitness gave man chance to walk daughter down the aisle after heart attack

May 13, 2022

Heart attack survivor Justin Ballard. (Photo courtesy of Justin Ballard) Justin Ballard of Prairie Grove,…

Theater director has a stroke the day after a crushing fall

May 10, 2022

Stroke survivor and theater director Victoria Shepherd on the set of a play she is…

Report calls out gaps in women’s heart disease research, care

May 9, 2022

(kotoffei/iStock via Getty Images) Women continue to be underrepresented in research for heart disease, and…

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What expectant moms need to know about mental health during and after pregnancy

May 9, 2022

(Justin Paget/DigitalVision via Getty Images) Lea en español Having a baby, especially a first child,…

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Smoking both traditional and e-cigarettes may carry same heart risks as cigarettes alone

May 6, 2022

(Neydtstock/iStock via Getty Images) Smokers who think they can lower their risk for cardiovascular disease…

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She’s been a nurse for 50 years; the last 30, she’s also been a heart patient

May 6, 2022

Heart disease survivor and nurse Marilyn Rantz (right) at an aging-in-place community in Columbia, Missouri….

5 ways to support, relieve and remember moms on Mother’s Day

May 3, 2022

(FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images) Moms deserve a break. It’s not news that parenting is…

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Opioid prescriptions after heart device procedures down slightly

May 2, 2022

(ah_designs/iStock via Getty Images) Federal guidelines geared toward curbing the overprescription of opioids have modestly…

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Limited by stroke at 48, his wife helps him make the most of their ‘new normal’

May 2, 2022

Stroke survivor John Cathey (left) with his wife, Paula. (Photo courtesy of the Cathey family)…

She retired from playing football at 41, had heart attack at 43

April 29, 2022

Heart attack survivor Tammy Spencer Bey (left) and her husband, Barata, are coaches of the…

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