{"id":10671,"date":"2016-10-11T14:17:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viamedic.com\/blog\/?p=609"},"modified":"2012-10-11T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:17:08","slug":"darlene-love-has-heart-attack-does-show-anyways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/darlene-love-has-heart-attack-does-show-anyways\/","title":{"rendered":"Darlene Love Has Heart Attack; Does Show Anyways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many women don’t realize they’re having a heart attack even as it’s happening. (Photo by ghandiji40 on Flickr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Darlene Love, often known as Danny Glover\u2019s wife \u201cLethal Weapon,\u201d had a heart attack this summer just hours before going on stage. —\u00a0Click to Tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She experienced the heart attack as stomach pains and acid reflux, so she asked her husband for an aspirin and went on stage. After completing her performance, she went to bed.<\/p>\n

The next day, however, the pain got worse, and she couldn\u2019t bear it any longer. Her husband Alton rushed her to the hospital, where her condition was assessed. The 71-year-old singer was shocked to hear the news: she had just had a heart attack.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, the choice she made to go to the hospital was crucial. If she\u2019d stayed home and taken another aspirin instead, she\u2019d have died shortly afterward.<\/p>\n

Love\u2019s Recovery<\/strong>
\nDarelene Love was released from the hospital a few days later, just a day before her birthday. \u00a0Shortly afterward, Darlene told a radio station she was “home and doing fine. They [the doctors] told [her she would be] fine a couple of days.<\/p>\n

Just a few days after that, she was performing a sold-out show in New York on August 6th.<\/p>\n

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Darlene’s other work includes writing the 1960\u2019s hits \u201cHe\u2019s a Rebel,\u201d and \u201cChristmas (Baby Please Come Home). (Photo by T Hoffarth on Flickr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recognizing a Heart Attack<\/strong>
\nMany women are surprised to find out they can have a heart attack without even realizing it. In fact, they’re completely taken aback that the symptoms they mistook for acid reflux, the flu, or some other minor illness are actually life-threatening signs of heart disease.<\/p>\n

Heart disease is actually the number one killer of women, though it’s often not recognized, according to the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n

But women can work to fight heart disease by minimizing their risk, which means eating a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables, while reducing processed foods and fatty, greasy dishes.<\/p>\n

Women should also educate themselves on the symptoms of a heart attack. They can be quite different depending on the person, and are sometimes more subtle in women than in men. According to Heart.Org<\/a>, these are the symptoms a woman should recognize:<\/p>\n