Newer drugs, which prevent costly complications, should be made much more affordable

​Erica Garner, a prominent activist against police brutality has died after suffering a heart attack

Hundreds of millions of rands in healthcare costs can be saved if South Africans reduce their salt intake, says deputy health minister Gwen Ramakgopa

South Africans have been warned that the emotional stress of watching Bafana Bafana play may double their risk of a heart attack.

A drug that combines four different medicines and could halve deaths from heart attacks and strokes around the globe will enter human trials soon.

The Hollywood heart attack (think Elliott Gould in <i>Ocean’s 13</i>) involves dramatic chest clutching and collapse. But in reality, symptoms vary.