A normal resting heart rate is anywhere between 60 and 100 beats per minute, according to the Mayo Clinic. But during a heart attack, that rate is altered due to disrupted blood flow. An abnormal ...

A new testing protocol identifies patients whose chest pain is heart-related even though their main heart arteries look ...

Dr. Jeremy often emphasises that breathlessness is a warning sign of a heart attack. It may also appear when there is no ...

Here's a sobering fact: Every 40 seconds, someone in the US has a heart attack, and heart disease still kills more Americans than all cancers and accidents combined. It’s the number one killer of both ...

According to new research, a thick neck can be an accurate predictor of cardiovascular risk, as well as indicate type 2 diabetes – even after adjusting for BMI and waist circumference.

Epidural steroid shots for back pain had mixed results, an AAN review showed. The treatment demonstrated promising short-term benefits for radiculopathy patients. In other situations, benefits were ...

For anyone who has ever felt paralyzed with chronic low back pain, it won’t be surprising that back pain is the leading cause of disability: What may be surprising is the best way to treat it. “We ...

Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. Most people will experience ...

Bay Area pain management clinics can help when chronic pain, injuries or post-surgical discomfort persist. These top pain clinic doctors stay on the cutting edge of scientific and medical advancements ...

Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...

People with chronic bad backs may soon have cause to jump for joy—carefully, of course. A large-scale, randomized, double-blinded, and controlled clinical trial has shown that a specifically ...