heart attack

Lawmakers in some states — including Missouri — are considering legislation to require automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, in schools. But mandating these devices is a complicated decision.

During heart health awareness month, a cardiologist shares what's known about SCAD, a condition that led one woman to suffer three cardiac events in three years. It's the leading cause of heart attacks in women under 50.

Once considered predominantly a men's disease, heart disease kills more women each year than cancer. One Kansas City doctor says that men and women are mistakenly prescribe different preventative treatment regimens.

Some common heart procedures may be more common than they should be, a large-scale study led in part by a Kansas City doctor suggests.The study, which…

TOPEKA ― The “Kidney Stone Belt” is a thing, and it’s coming for Kansas.Climate change is expanding that swath of America, currently in the south and…

Segment 1: Local leader of Fight for $15 told his personal story at a U.S. House hearing to support an increase of the federal minimum wage. It's been a…

Legendary KCUR and Kansas City radio reporter Dan Verbeck recently had a brush with death. With the help of his speedy arrival at the hospital, and the…

While doctors typically focus their time caring for living patients, one Kansas City cardiologist has spent the last few years examining the health of…