Tag: heart

Each morning John Lefrois is “grateful to open my eyes and take a breath. It’s a daily reminder that I’m lucky to be alive.” LeFrois and nearly 400 others have received new hearts, thanks to generous ...

Taking a daily aspirin was long touted as a simple way to stave off a heart attack or stroke, but recent evidence suggests that the risks of daily aspirin outweigh the benefits for people over 60 and ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common type of birth defect. While most are minor and can be detected early, knowing what's normal—and what needs evaluation—can help parents act quickly ...

“I thought someone had a heart attack and maybe needed CPR. I came to the scene to find a girl had been struck by lightning. Another person had started pressing on her chest…he said he really didn’t ...

Females are typically underrepresented in clinical heart research, but a recent study enrolled enough females to reveal that males with heart failure were twice as likely to die or experience heart ...

UR Medicine and the American Heart Association teach hands-only cardiopulmonary (CPR) skills to fans during Buffalo Bills Training Camp July 23 through August 7 at St. John Fisher University. The ...

Understanding the link between the heart and brain is an important step to decreasing your stroke risk, no matter your age. Here’s how.

Karis Hanna never expected to perform CPR on anyone, let alone her own daughter. But on January 21, 2024, her swift actions saved the life of Mary Sarah, one of her six children.

UR Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital recently provided its 1,000th heart pump, a lifesaving therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. This milestone has been attained by only a handful of ...

Denise Abbey felt her “life was slowly slipping away” in 2022, as her heart was failing and doctors added her to the wait list for a new heart. She feared she wouldn’t survive to raise her teen boys. ...