Chest pain can be caused by anxiety or serious conditions like heart problems—learn how to tell the difference, recognize key symptoms, and know when to seek urgent medical care.

Reproducible chest pain means that a doctor or medical team can reproduce the pain under specific circumstances through pressing or touching. Doctors often use it as an early diagnostic tool when a ...

In some cases, a pinched nerve in the upper back can cause chest pain. However, upper back pinched nerves are less common than those that occur in the neck or lower back. Pinched nerves can cause pain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sensation of chest pain can immediately send your mind racing to: "Oh no, am I having a heart attack?" And, it's true that ...

A new test at UNC Health Pardee is helping find heart issues that are often missed during standard examinations. Courtney ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has released an Expert Consensus Decision Pathway (ECDP) on the evaluation and disposition of acute chest pain in the emergency department (ED). Chest pain ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) expert decision pathway for chest pain can safely and effectively rule out acute coronary syndromes in most patients, but not for those with known coronary ...

Researchers identified 11 studies for the systematic review, 10 of which were included in the meta-analysis that assessed 3,052,540 pediatric patients (mean age, 10.1-13 years) who presented to the ED ...

Though more study needs to be done, new research suggests that a simple blood test could help predict the heart attack risk of patients experiencing chest pain. The Swedish study found that patients ...

Chest pain represents one of the most alarming symptoms a person can experience. The immediate fear—”Am I having a heart attack?”—creates tremendous anxiety, and rightfully so. Heart attacks claim ...

The sensation of chest pain can immediately send your mind racing to: "Oh no, am I having a heart attack?" And, it's true that severe pressure or tightness in the chest is the most common symptom of a ...