Experiencing pain on the left side of the chest can be alarming, especially when it strikes suddenly and without warning. While left-sided chest pain is often associated with heart-related conditions, ...

It can be confusing and worrisome to wake up in the morning with pain on your left chest. Even when you take a deep sigh, that pinching sensation in your left chest can be alarming. At some point, ...

Pain is always disconcerting regardless of where it occurs, but it can be especially worrisome if it emanates from the left side of the body, where vital organs like the heart are located. The good ...

In college, my roommate thought she heard me choking in my sleep through our bedroom walls. I found the comment alarming, but not surprising. I was more annoyed by how thin the walls were. My ...

Inevitably, the person experiences sudden and intense pain, firmly clutches their left chest, and then collapses. The problem with the “Hollywood heart attack” commonly depicted on big and small ...

Chest pain is one of those symptoms that immediately makes you think the worst: that maybe you’re having a heart attack. But there are a lot of reasons you may feel discomfort, pressure, or tightness ...

Chest pain following pull-ups can stem from several causes, some of which are serious and others that should respond to simple care at home. It may indicate a muscle pull or spasm. However, it's not ...

So there you are, settling into your stride about halfway through a run, when a sudden pain punches you square in the chest. As the feeling tightens, you clutch your collar in a panic. Is it a totally ...

Six and a half million people cannot be wrong, or could they? Millions of people each year go to the emergency room with chest pain, believing they are experiencing a heart attack, but are not. Fifty ...

Feeling pain under your left breast can be especially worrying. After all, important organs and structures sit on that side of the body, like your heart, left lung, stomach, spleen, oesophagus, ribs, ...

A 47-year old woman went to the hospital with chest pain and shortness of breath. When she arrived, doctors discovered a wire that had been left behind from a previous surgery four years ago. The ...