A heart attack, or myocardial infarction to use the medical term, happens when the blood supply to a part of the heart muscle, or myocardium, is interrupted or stops. This interruption to the blood flow is usually the result of a blockage caused by a blood clot or thrombosis which has formed on the plaque due to atherosclerosis.... Read more...

Some complementary therapies, such as relaxation techniques, yoga and others, are now found on many rehabilitation programs and recommended by conventional doctors. If you do decide to go complementary you may be pleasantly surprised by your doctor’s response, as Barbara Rowland, author of The Which? Guide to Complementary Medicine, points out: ‘Some doctors are still opposed to complementary treatments but they tend to be the older ones. Four out of ten doctors now offer complementary therapies, so they are not all against them and so long as you are taking the correct drugs most would be quite happy to endorse complementary therapy and some may even offer it under the NHS.’... Read more...

Women are, on average, 10 years older than men when they experience heart disease symptoms, the most basic of which is angina or chest pain. During menopause, women are more prone to heart diseases because their bodies have stopped producing protective hormones, particularly estrogen.... Read more...