What effect is stress having on our health, and what can we do about it? Stress can cause increasing physical demands on the body constriction of the coronary blood vessels and heightened electrical instability in the heart, says Keith Churchwell, executive medical director of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute. ...more

January 31, 2009

When her husband lost his battle with cancer 15 years ago, Bella Canasi threw herself into community service. ...more

July 15, 2008

If you have heart disease and you are having or want to have sex, questions and anxieties almost always arise. Reduced sexual desire and avoidance of sexual activity are the most common problems encountered by heart patients. These problems can be compounded by drug therapy, depression and fear by the patient — or his or her partner — that sex will bring on a heart attack, rhythm disturbance or other cardiac abnormality. ...more

February 8, 2008