Despite many years of experience taking care of heart patients, this physician went into denial when he first felt it while working out. | Opinion ...

A young woman who underwent major life-saving surgery to remove cancerous lumps says she was first told to meditate after ...

While chest pain is the most common symptom of a heart ... caused by inflammation of the cartilage that connects your breastbone (sternum) to your ribs. The pain can closely mimic a heart attack ...

During medical school, I learned the characteristic triad that makes up the most common presentation of coronary artery disease: exercise-induced chest pain that is felt under the breastbone and ...

exercise-induced chest pain that is felt under the breastbone and relieved promptly by rest. I also learned about denial in illness — the tendency to disregard ominous symptoms. When challenged ...