Broken heart syndrome is more common in women, but men are more than twice as likely to die of it. Emotional or physical stress can trigger broken heart syndrome, and symptoms can mimic a heart attack ...

Two days after fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia was killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, her husband, Joe Garcia, suddenly died as well. Family members attributed his death to a broken heart.

Researchers have found that a severe form of physical or emotional stress that causes a condition colloquially known as “broken heart syndrome” results in more deaths among men than in women, ...

Not-so-good news for men in a new study of broken heart syndrome. It’s a sudden or dramatic weakening of the heart brought on by emotional or physical stress. No one’s quite sure why this happens, but ...

It sounds poetic, but dying from a broken heart is a documented medical reality known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Triggered by extreme emotional stress, the condition causes the heart’s left ...

You think you’re having a heart attack, your pulse is high, you’re sweating, you feel like you might be dying. And you are, but not in the way you think. After being released from the ER, being told ...

Experiencing chest pain and breathlessness can be frightening, often making people worry about a heart attack. However, medical experts emphasise that not all chest pain is heart-related. Even though ...

Most people think of heartbreak as an emotional blow. It’s sad, sure, but not something that could land you in the ER, and doctors have a name for it: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, better known as broken ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Health professionals are warning the public about a rare but serious medical condition known as broken heart syndrome as Valentine’s Day approaches. The condition, also ...