Angina News

Not all heart attacks begin with the sudden, crushing chest pain that often is shown on TV or in the movies.

BERLIN — When the French neurosurgeon Alim-Louis Benabid developed deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's disease in the early 1980s, it was pure serendipity.

Heart disease is the leading killer of both women and men in the United States, and Florida Heart Group reminds women to prevent heart attack by having a regular checkup.

From the Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Heart Center Bremen, Bremen, Germany ; Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA ; and Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego State University .