Feel free to cry over a pint of ice cream — but it’s not what’s going to mend your broken heart. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy — commonly known as broken heart syndrome — is a very real condition that is ...

Most people think of heartbreak as an emotional blow. It’s sad, sure, but not something that could land you in the ER, and doctors have a name for it: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, better known as broken ...

Unfortunately, one way or another, everyone experiences a broken heart at some point in their life. If you’re lucky, then it’s a rare experience, but that doesn’t make heartbreak any less painful. The ...

I say this over and over, but it's true every time: there is nothing worse than a broken heart. And in spite of what some novels and movies might tell you, no one dies from a broken heart — and ...

It might sound like something from a romance novel, but it is possible to die from a broken heart. However, some people are much more vulnerable to this condition than others. Newsweek spoke to ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reveals surprising gender differences in both incidence and mortality rates of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, commonly known as broken ...

Morgan feels she will never recover from the loss of her marriage. She says, “I can actually feel my heart breaking.” She comes to see me when she feels utterly hopeless and tells me, “I just don’t ...

Broken heart syndrome is also known as stress cardiomyopathy or takotsubo syndrome. Symptoms are similar to a heart attack and occur when a person experiences severe emotional or physical stress. When ...