Heart Diseases & Stroke - Symptoms & Diagnosis

February 1 is National Wear Red Day®, an annual health observance sponsored by the American Heart Association, to highlight the facts about heart attack risks and symptoms. Part of this observance is a Go Red For Women campaign, to educate women abo...

In a statement issued May 2, Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month and Stroke Awareness Month. These events, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Inst...

Heart Attack/ Heart Disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. Knowing the warning signs and symptoms of heart attack, and calling 911 immediately, can save your life or the life of your loved ones. Though not commonly known, the signs in...

Take this new Quiz which has been posted as part of the "Know Stroke Campaign" on the website of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). NINDS is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the U.S. Department o...

Heart Disease, Website of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Contains extensive information about heart disease: facts and statistics, signs and symptoms, prevention, CDC funded public health p...

The Heart Truth for Women: If You Have Heart Disease (Fact Sheet), by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Health Information Center, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Four page pamphlet, which inclu...

Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. A 95 page Small Group Lesson Plan, teaching the warning signs of a heart attack, the urgency of act...

10-year Cardiovascular Risk Calculator, A Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack- by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. View Info...

Know the Signs & Symptoms of a Heart Attack, by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. A website and brochure listing the major signs of a heart attack, and providing ...

Various Diagnostic Procedures for Heart Disease, from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, including: »What Is Cardiac Catheterization? »What...

The Heart Truth: Questions to Ask Your Doctor (a Wallet card), by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. »View Info (pdf)

Diagnostic Tests and Procedures, Heart Information Center, Texas Heart Institute. Information on the various diagnostic tests and procedures used to diagnose heart and vascular disease. »View Info

Coronary Angiography and Possible Angioplasty, MedlinePlus, Patient Education, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. A tutorial and pdf document explaining the diagnostic procedure called an angiogram through which doctors lo...

Heart Tests & Procedures, Cleveland Clinic »View Info

Invasive Testing for Heart Disease – Cleveland Clinic »View Info

Cleveland Clinic Florida has announced that it will offer Free Stroke Screenings to the public on May 3, 2013. Phone registration is required: To register, call toll-free 800-691-6555. The Cleveland Clinic states: "Strokes can happen at any age......

The Cleveland Clinic Florida will present a free Heart Health Symposium, open to the public, on Saturday, February 23, 2013. The event will include free Heart Health Screenings and Education (from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.) and a Panel discussion (f...

September 29 has been designated as "World Heart Day," an annual health observance sponsored by the World Heart Federation. "This year in continuation from our 2011 World Heart Day theme of home heart health One World, One Home, One Heart, we will m...

The Palm Beach County Medical Society announced that it will hold its sixth annual Future of Medicine Summit on September 27-28, 2012. A number of notable national and regional health care experts will speak at the Summit, which will be open to the pu...

The Cleveland Clinic Florida is offering free stroke screenings at its Stroke Screening Day, to be held Friday, May 4, at its main facility in Weston, Florida. The event will be held from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm - U.S. Eastern Time) in the Jagelman Con...

In their new book entitled, Heart 411: The Only Guide to Heart Health You'll Ever Need, two renowned heart experts, heart surgeon Marc Gillinov and cardiologist Steven Nissen, both of the Cleveland Clinic, tackle some prominent misconceptions about hea...

The American Heart Association and other organizations are holding a series of nationwide events in February as part of "American Heart Month." The purpose of this annual initiative, sponsored by the American Heart Association, is to call attention to...

A new survey published on October 19 found that while almost eight in ten people who reported having a recent blood test claim they understood the results, in fact 48 percent did not know their cholesterol level, and 65 percent did not know their blood...

According to a Canadian study one in eight strokes is preceded by a warning stroke. Watch Dr. Rishi Gupta, Stroke Expert from the Cleveland Clinic describe the warning signs and suggest some risk factor modifications»

Take this Quiz -- a new assessment tool to estimate your 10-year risk of having a heart attack, posted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on its Health Information website.  Called the " Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of...

Enlightening Video: Radiation exposure from CT Scans can vary up to six fold between different CT Scan providers. Up to now CT Scan radiation has not been regulated. Watch video »

Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease, by the World Health Organization. Charts and graphs showing the leading risk factors for cardiovascular disease, worldwide. View Info: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis, Heart Health Online, by U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Links to detailed information on the many different diagnostic tests used to detect heart disease. »View Info

Heart Disease Tests, by labtestsonline.org. Information on laboratory blood tests used in the detection of heart disease. »View Info

Computer Imaging / Tomography, American Heart Association. Explanation of several types of scans and X-ray computed tomography diagnostic tools used in the diagnosis of heart disease. »View Info