Cardiac Rehabilitation

Like thousands of young Americans, Irvine resident Samir Jaka never thought that a heart attack could happen to him. When the 30-year-old collapsed during an afternoon basketball game with friends in April 2010 at Lemongrass Park in Irvine, the pain...

The newest addition to Orlando Health's growing family of health-care facilities is the Orlando Health Heart Institute. The new building opened this month at 1222 South Orange Ave., across from MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando. Most of the institute's...

Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum is an attending cardiologist and the Director of Women and Heart Disease at the Heart and Vascular Institute of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. She has done fellowship training in both Preventive Cardiology and Cardiology....

The fifth annual Red Pump Ball will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Residents Club Ballroom at Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace. The fundraiser, held in conjunction with Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation, presented by Jiffy Lube of...

Dr. Jerome S. Tobis, a former professor and founding chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UC Irvine whose long career included a number of precedent-setting studies on physical therapy, cardiac rehabilitation and other...

It was written in the stars that V. Krishnan Nair would become a doctor. The Somerset cardiologist was born in Kerala, the southern most state in India. When he was born, astrologers said the stars foretold that he would be a doctor. “From the...

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital has received the Get With the Guidelines — Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that Northern Michigan Regional Hospital has reached an...

The 11th annual HealthStyles 5K Race and 1.5 mile Fun Walk will take place Sept. 3 at Windber Medical Center in Windber. Registration for the event is 8 to 8:45 a.m. that day at HealthStyles. Gary Pagano, the director of HealthStyles and Cardiac...

Teri Arnold of the American Heart Association asks: "How much do you know about your heart's health? It's easy to be fooled by misconceptions. After all, heart disease only happens to your elderly neighbor or to your fried food-loving uncle, right? Or...

Five heart attack survivors were honored for success at maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the King and Queen of Hearts event sponsored by the Glendale Memorial Heart Center at Glendale Memorial Hospital Thursday. Crowned for their dedication to...

The February Walk for Wellness program will feature Rebecca Mattern, a registered nurse in cardiac rehabilitation at Avera St. Luke's Hospital, speaking on “Controlling Cardiac Risk Factors.” The public is invited to this free presentation at 7 p.m....

Running a red light saved Sue Chlebek's life. On the morning of March 31, 2010, Chlebek completed her routine three-mile walk and felt a pain in her chest. When she returned to her home, she felt two more pains in her chest before she researched heart...