May 24, 2018
Orthopedic resident Dave Levy was on a flight with his pregnant wife Allison Pataki when he had a stroke. Pataki's memoir details the couple's resulting struggles and triumphs.
May 18, 2018
Before her pre-dawn runs, Sarah Belliveau likes fueling herself with a cup of coffee. The morning of June 15, 2017, she couldn’t. She forgot how.
May 7, 2018
Med school student helps save a patient's life -- his
May 3, 2018
When Kevin Duane saw his wife Alyssa sprawled on the floor, surrounded by an EMT crew, he feared she had been attacked in an home invasion. Actually, Alyssa was having a stroke.
Aug 16, 2016
Anyone watching the Olympic swimming events and wondering why lifeguards surround a pool filled with expert swimmers should talk to Ashley Dumais. She was revived after having a cardiac arrest, sinking to the bottom of the pool.
Aug 7, 2015
Gabby McManus awoke in the middle of the night with severe heartburn and feeling like there was a huge weight on her shoulders. She was having a massive heart attack, and went into cardiac arrest 14 times in the hours afterwards.
Dec 4, 2014
After four heart attacks, quintuple bypass, and 35 stents, the best part of Justin Faloon's story is about the lives he's saved.
Sep 18, 2014
The chest pains began during a board meeting for the public library Cheryl Lawson oversaw. After ignoring symptoms all day, an ambulance rushed Cheryl an hour and a half to a hospital in Dallas. There, she was diagnosed with broken heart syndrome.
Aug 28, 2014
Nicole Smith thought she had the flu when she went to the ER, thinking she would get a prescription and head back to work. Doctors found something else: congestive heart failure and an enlarged heart.
May 15, 2014
Vandna Mittal describes having a stroke at age 15 as “dodging the ultimate curve ball in life.”