Dr. Alana Lewis from Northwestern Medicine breaks down how stress affects heart health, key warning signs to watch for, and practical ways parents and teachers can protect their hearts this school year.

The researchers behind it are hoping to reframe cardiovascular risk in a more relatable way

Dr. Gabriel Wallace, Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Jon Hansen, in for Dean Richards, for this week’s health upd…

Days after giving birth, her heart was racing. And then she started coughing up blood.

This month’s episode focuses on the complex management of acute aortic dissection. Our hosts are joined by Florian Schoenhoff and Chris Malaisrie to discuss current strategies in surgical planning and...

From pregnancy no-nos to rules to follow during menopause.

James Flaherty, MD, an interventional cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, serves as medical director of the hospital’s coronary care unit. He...

Women face greater risk factors for heart disease around the time of menopause as the body’s natural estrogen declines and drives worsening health trends, according to Dr. Priya Freaney, a cardiologis...

Many people have known how scary it can be when you go to a doctor’s office and they tell you that you have high blood pressure. Keeping your blood pressure at a healthy range is more crucial to your ...

A clinical study happening at Northwestern Medicine is looking to help patients with atrial fibrillation, of A-fib, to stop relying on blood thinners for the rest of their lives with the help of the A...

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, eliminating the risks of an extraction surgery

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Hear from #ACC25 Chair Katie Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC about all the not-to-miss sessions and destinations at ACC Annual Scientific Session in Chicago on Day 1, Saturday, March 29. #ACCAnywhere

Northwestern Medicine is looking at whether wearable devices like the Apple Watch can help AFib patients reduce or eliminate the need for lifelong blood thinners.

The American Heart Association says this is the time to understand the serious heart risks tied to snow shoveling.