While "broken heart syndrome" is relatively rare, this sometimes life-threatening heart condition is on the rise, especially among women over the age of 50. Also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy ...

People have long known that emotional trauma can affect the body, especially the heart. One heart condition, often called ...

Your emotional well-being is important. If you are a woman over 50 years of age and feel emotionally drained, you might be at ...

Broken heart syndrome is a temporary condition caused by extreme emotional or physical stress, like the death of a loved one. It mainly affects middle-aged women and the signs are similar to a ...

The exact condition is called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and survivors of it are now believed to be twice as likely to suffer ...