TJ Smith knew better than to let a decade pass without seeing a doctor. After all, he was a volunteer EMT in Powhatan, Virginia. He dealt with health scares all the time. And, truth be told, he’d let ...

Chest pain ranks as the second most common reason for emergency department (ED) visits, making it a key concern for patients and doctors. However, 80% of these cases are considered low-risk and not ...

Patients with severe mental illness who called emergency services reporting chest pain received more frequent acute ambulance dispatches but were less likely to be hospitalised or to receive ...

Chest pain can be triggered by many different conditions and situations, and not all chest pain is equal. Here's what you ...

Six and a half million people cannot be wrong, or could they? Millions of people each year go to the emergency room with chest pain, believing they are experiencing a heart attack, but are not. Fifty ...

Susan Russell, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist and Medical Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) for Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Medical ICU. Muscle strain commonly causes chest ...