Does chest pain on the left side mean a heart attack? Who hasn’t seen an actor on TV or in a movie fall to their knees clutching the left side of their chest, clearly in pain and in distress? The ...

Left-sided chest pain can point to various underlying issues, and although it’s where your heart sits, they don’t all involve the heart. Chest pain in this area could also indicate a problem with the ...

From push-ups to the bench press, our expert shares the easiest ways to build your chest muscles and benefit the rest of your ...

A chest CT indicated bilateral lower-lobe atelectasis. Some residual scarring on the left was attributed to his recent pleurodesis. Since this procedure was considered curative and expected to prevent ...

The lungs have few pain receptors, so pain in the lungs usually starts elsewhere in the body. Possible causes of left-side lung or chest pain when breathing in include costochondritis and pneumothorax ...

Pain caused by pericarditis (shown here) is usually described as sharp and stabbing. Many sources of chest pain have nothing to do with the heart. Whether the pain is cardiac or noncardiac in nature ...

Chest pain caused by gas can feel like sharp pains or tightness, and may be accompanied by belching, indigestion, or bloating. While often caused by food intolerances or digestive issues, gas pain in ...