AED Saves Teenager’s Life After Cardiac Arrest
An unexpected collapse highlights the importance of automated external defibrillators in public places.
Heart and Vascular Health, Heart Failure
Category: Heart and Vascular Health
Teenage Heart Patient Aspires to Help Others
High school senior Sam Deacon is thriving after overcoming a rare and life-threatening heart condition.
Cardiology, Children's Health, Heart Failure, Patient Stories, Pediatric Medicine
Minimizing Heart Disease Risk in North Carolina
A UNC research initiative is helping providers improve the heart health of their patients and communities.
Community, Epidemiology, Heart and Vascular Health, North Carolina, Patient Stories
People Having a Stroke Now Have More Options for Treatment
Speedy action is still critical, but doctors’ tools have expanded, according to new treatment guidelines developed by a group of experts led by a UNC neurologist.
Physicians, Stroke
Four Ways Cardiac Rehab Improves Your Life if You Have Heart Disease
Participating in cardiac rehab is associated with a 50 percent drop in death rates.
Heart and Vascular Health
What a Heart Attack Really Feels Like
A heart attack can manifest in many ways, and knowing the signs can be a lifesaver.
Heart Attacks
How to Eat Out and Stay on Your Healthy Eating Plan
Trying to eat well for your heart? You can go out to a restaurant without overloading on calories, fat, salt and sugar.
dd, Heart and Vascular Health, Nutrition, Wellness
Is Your Chest Pain a Sign of a Heart Attack, or Something Else?
You should never take chest pain lightly, but it can have non-life-threatening causes
Heart Attacks
Four Reasons to Take High Blood Pressure Seriously
Hypertension is common and treatable, but also potentially dangerous
Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Health
Quick thinking, communication and intervention lead to improved out...
On a late January morning this year, Patrick Pope was in his Clinton home, juggling a grandchild on each knee. His wife, Sylvia, was in the kitchen keeping an eye on the chicken she’d just placed in the oven. She heard a loud sound from the living room and rushed in to find her husband had...
Patient Stories, Stroke
Surviving A Stroke: Every Moment Counts
Each year there are more than 700,000 strokes in the United States.* A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is halted. In the case of a stroke, every moment counts. Lack of blood causes brain cells to begin dying within minutes. Early recognition and treatment of a stroke is critical to minimize damage.…
Stroke
New Stroke Guidelines Target Women
For the first time, the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have issued guidelines aimed at reducing stroke risk in women. Each year, 55,000 more strokes occur in women than in men and represent the third leading cause of death for women (they’re the fifth leading cause for men).
Stroke