heart attack

Hundreds of calls come in every single day to the 911 call center at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, but recently dispatchers got an emergency call for one of their own. “I was actually on the stretcher and they were rolling me to the ambulance (before) I realized what had happened,” said Timothy Bingham. Bingham was wrapping up…

Hundreds of calls come in every single day to the 911 call center at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, but recently dispatchers got an emergency call for one of their own. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen shares the dramatic story.

Gianna Kasper knows what you think: she’s a girl, so she should play softball, but the 15 year-old is only interested in playing baseball. “I do not like softball,” Gianna says. “I’ve always been with baseball, my whole life, and it hasn’t been softball just because baseball is more of a challenge, and I’d rather be challenged.” “She would...

As the first female baseball player at Downers Grove South High School, Gianna Kasper is blazing a trail for other female student-athletes. NBC 5’s Mike Berman shares her inspiring story.

After suffering a heart attack, a HSBC manager in the U.K. vowed to change his work-life balance in a post on LinkedIn, which has gone viral.

The rapper suffered a heart attack on April 2 and has been on life support for the past few days prior to his passing.

In 2015, when Denise Castille experienced swollen feet and then heart palpitations, she visited her doctor and a cardiologist. Both said she was fine. She wasn’t. Soon after, the then 46-year-old had a “widow-maker” heart attack, a term used to refer to a serious heart attack occurring when a major artery in the heart is blocked. It’s often called a...

Kalie and Cora Sagan were enjoying a last weekend at home in Deerfield, before heading back to college at the University of Minnesota, when the family movie night there were having with their parents took a dramatic turn.

Kalie and Cora Sagan were enjoying a last weekend at home in Deerfield, before heading back to college at the University of Minnesota, when the family movie night there were having with their parents took a dramatic turn. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

A North Carolina woman recognized as the oldest living U.S. Marine has died at age 107

John Ginino and Leo Andrade, both Chicago Cubs fans, were complete strangers to each other before an Aug. 5 baseball game at Wrigley Field. It was that game where Ginino collapsed unconscious during the 2nd inning and Andrade, a Burbank firefighter, quickly jumped into action. The pair discuss what happened and how they have become good friends since that fateful…

Bernie Sanders suffered “modest heart muscle damage” during his recent heart attack but has since recovered well and is fit enough for the rigors of the presidential campaign and the White House should he win it, according to letters released Monday by his primary care physician and two cardiologists. The 78-year-old Vermont senator is the oldest candidate in the 2020 presidential...

A lack of notice. Past failures to level with the American people. A tough week for the White House as public impeachment hearings got under way. Add it all up, and President Donald Trump’s unscheduled weekend visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center raised suspicions about his health, despite White House officials’ insistence that the president was merely getting...

People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the following few years, a big federally funded study found. The results challenge...

Some good health news: Americans’ cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment. Researchers say Monday’s report suggests a controversial change in recommendations for cholesterol treatment may be starting to pay off. “It is very heartening,” said Dr. Pankaj Arora of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who led the study. “But there is...

Joe Biden said Saturday he is undeterred by the ascendancy of Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren, noting that some of his supporters are already treating the primary campaign as a general election contest between him and President Donald Trump. “She doesn’t affect my strategy, period,” the former vice president said in an interview with The Associated Press before a town hall...

Basking in loud chants of “Bernie’s back,” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders resumed campaigning weeks after being sidelined by a heart attack and told supporters he was ready to resume “the epic struggle” for the White House.

Elizabeth Warren repeatedly came under attack during Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate as rivals accused the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the cost of Medicare for All and her signature “wealth tax” plan in an attempt to derail her rising campaign. The pile-on reinforced her new status as a front-runner in the contest to take on President Donald Trump next...

The Democratic presidential primary hopefuls debated Tuesday in the shadow of the House impeachment inquiry, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, giving an update an hour before. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the leading contenders in polls, was on the campaign trail for the first time since his heart attack at...

Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar are endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. The Sanders campaign confirmed the backing of two members of “The Squad” on Tuesday.