What to know about SCAD, a less common type of heart attack that disproportionately affects women
A spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, leads to bleeding inside the artery wall. A survivor shares her symptoms.
What Is SCAD, A Less Common Type of Heart Attack That Mostly Affects Women?
More women are prone to spontaneous coronary artery dissection or SCAD—a life-threatening heart condition that occurs when ...
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Heart health crisis: One mother's scare with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
National Wear Red Day raises awareness about the number 1 killer of women, cardiovascular disease. One mom shares her story ...
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"I consider myself very lucky": Wausau woman shares heart attack survival story for Wear Red Day
WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) -- A Wausau woman is sharing her heart attack survival story in honor of American Heart Month and Wear ...
These siblings had identical cardiac events one after the other: ‘Worse than any heartburn’
Earlie Smith experienced an aortic dissection. Months later, her brother, Larry Smith, also had one. The same doctor helped ...
‘Like someone took a hot poker and stabbed it through my heart’: Women left behind by medical research
Australian medical research currently does not account for the needs of women, a scoping review from the Department of Health ...