Is a heart attack a painful death?

I "died" of a heart attack while riding my bicycle in April of 2020.

I had an immediate full cardiac arrest and no heart beat for 5–10 minutes. Medical staff at the scene go...

Not necessarily. I was cutting grass in my field when I heard my phone trying to call out. So I pulled it out of my pocket and looked at the screen and saw it was calling 9...

Your next move should be to stop looking for alternative treatments. Herbal medicine does not cure cancer. When it does, it becomes one more kind of chemotherapy.

If her onc...

The camera used for cystoscopy is much wider than a Foley catheter. I personally experienced a lot of pain as the camera passed into the prostatic urethra and into my bladd...

Much of the latest medical advice on this now counsels moderation in walking and in all exercise for seniors. Yes, I think 3–4 miles per day may be overdoing it, especially...

I noticed small amounts of blood in stool and a sore spot right under my rib cage I thought the soreness was due to me always sleeping on my stomach. The blood in stool wou...

The test is 99.9% accurate after 45 days. HIV is never diagnosed with symptoms because the symptoms vary widely and are never used to diagnose. Frequently you don't see sym...

Let me weigh in on this, not because I'm a medical authority or have a riveting personal story to tell, but because I've looked into the issue a little and want to share wh...

Hi. I was sentenced to 180 months in prison when I was 24. I spent the majority of that time in Petersburg FCC, a medium security federal prison in southern Virginia. My en...

After-effects of prostate surgery may include urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and changes in ejaculation. However, these effects can vary in severity and durati...

This is VERY common for a lot of people. Here is a simple solution. Assuming you're perfectly healthy with no kidney or bladder issues - try filling up a 32oz water bottle ...

I was a paramedic for 35-years and have seen people die in almost every way possible. All that I can say with certainty, is that it's harder on the family and loved ones, t...