Did you know that your chest houses some of the largest muscles in the upper body? Home to the pectoralis muscles, your chest is responsible for moving and controlling the arms. Even daily functional ...

Chest pain is the predominant symptom in young men and women presenting to the hospital with acute myocardial infarction, but women are more likely to also have additional warning signs such as ...

It can happen anywhere—at a sunny café sipping your favorite drink, on your morning walk, winding down from a long day at work, or enjoying a night out with friends. Out of the blue, you notice ...

Chest pain in men is mostly heart–related. But there is an overall denial when it comes to seeking medical attention because they see themselves as healthy and are reluctant to seek medical help. This ...

Women are more likely than men to present without chest pain during myocardial infarction (MI) and to suffer higher in-hospital mortality, according to a new study published online February 21, 2012, ...

For those up to age 55 who go to hospital emergency departments with chest pain in the United States, women are less likely than men to be triaged as urgent, receive an electrocardiogram (ECG), or be ...

Women with chest pain who have low hemoglobin levels are more likely to die or suffer a heart attack, heart failure, stroke or other cardiovascular event than women with normal hemoglobin levels, ...

Women with coronary artery disease that reduces blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle (ischemia) have significantly more chest pain caused by plaque build-up, yet less extensive disease as ...

The signs of a heart attack in women might be different from those in men, but this may not be the case when it comes to chest pain, new research reveals. A European study found that the symptoms of ...

ASHEVILLE — Little do many know, the huge mounds of help the Hope Chest for Women dishes out to women with cancer across Western North Carolina, come from a tiny, roughly 300-square-foot room tucked ...