by Sallie Crawley | Jan 7, 2026 | Podcast, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Vasodilators are used to ease chest pain, and to treat and prevent angina. They help by relaxing and widening your blood vessels, reducing blood pressure, and lowering the heart’s workload, which can relieve angina symptoms. A category of vasodilators called nitrates...
by Sallie Crawley | Jul 14, 2025 | Everyday Life, Work & Travel, Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Podcast, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help
I’m in the UK, and as the temperatures begin to climb, I thought it would be good to dive into a really important topic: Staying Heart-Healthy in the Summer Heat. Hot weather can be challenging for anyone, but for those of us with heart conditions, it presents unique...
by Sallie Crawley | May 8, 2017 | Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Understanding Your Heart & Diagnosis
Did you know that women generally fare worse than men after experiencing a heart attack? One reason is that it can be difficult to identify the warning symptoms of a cardiac event when they do hit. According to the British Heart Foundation heart attacks kill more than...
