Understanding how emotional stress affects physical health is important; Taking care of your mental health is not just about feeling better, as it can also help prevent serious heart problems ...

Heartbreak isn’t just an emotional struggle - it can physically damage the heart. Doctors call it Broken Heart Syndrome, a condition where extreme emotional stress causes symptoms similar to a heart ...

Dying from a broken heart may sound dramatic—but it’s very much a real thing. If you’ve ever experienced a heartbreak so great that it causes your heart excruciating physical pain, you may actually be ...

The woman, a doctor, was fit and healthy, but even a small amount of exertion left her out of breath. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. It had been a tough hike, even for the experienced 74-year-old hiker. She ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Odds are your heart’s been broken before. But it’s more than a simple hurtful feeling. Broken heart syndrome is a condition where some of your heart muscle weakens rapidly. This ...

Odds are your heart’s been broken before. However, it’s more than a feeling. Broken heart syndrome is a condition where some of your heart muscle weakens rapidly. This typically happens after sudden ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Odds are your heart’s been broken before. But it’s more than a simple hurtful feeling. Broken heart syndrome is a condition where some of your heart muscle weakens rapidly. This ...

A broken heart can be more than an emotional metaphor—it can also signal a serious medical condition. News On 6 anchor LeAnne Taylor explained in this week’s Medical Minute that broken heart syndrome, ...

In December of 2022, Linda Zoslocki, a then-69-year-old retired high school counselor in Modesto, California, had a deep cough that wouldn’t go away. She was tired, and her legs had been swollen for ...

Feel free to cry over a pint of ice cream — but it’s not what’s going to mend your broken heart. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy — commonly known as broken heart syndrome — is a very real condition that is ...