Sometimes, the best advice comes from the people who know best what you’re going through. We asked four people who have heart disease patients what helped them the most during their heart attack recoveries and beyond.
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). About heart attack symptoms, risk, and recovery.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). Heart disease facts.
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Brittany DoohanBrittany Doohan was the Content Director at HealthiNation and is currently the Editorial Director at Medscape. Through her work with Medscape, she won a Silver Telly Award in May 2022 for "Sleepless Nation: A Public Health Epidemic — Episode 2: A Decade Without a Diagnosis." She has worked in health journalism and video production for more than 8 years, and loves the challenge of explaining complex topics in an easy-to-understand and creative way.
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Sarah Gupta, MDSarah Gupta, MD, is a licensed physician with a special interest in mental health, sex and gender, eating disorders, and the human microbiome. She is currently board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
