Patient Intuition Leads to Urgent Life-Saving Heart Surgery at NYU Langone

The Power of Intuition: Why Listening to Your Body Is the Future of Preventive Cardiology For Shana Hale, a 43-year-old technology executive from Brooklyn, a mild burning sensation during her daily walks felt like a minor inconvenience. It wasn’t the stereotypical “crushing” chest pain often depicted in movies, yet her intuition told her something was … Read more

Patient intuition leads to urgent open-heart surgery at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

The Silent Risk: Why Women’s Heart Health is Getting a Reboot For decades, the “classic” image of a heart attack has been a man clutching his chest in sudden, crushing pain. But as the case of Shana Hale—a healthy, active 43-year-old who experienced only a “mild burning sensation”—illustrates, the reality for women is often far … Read more