CHEST PAIN CAN feel like your body is setting off an alarm. "Chest pain can range from mild in severity to excruciating, innocent to life-threatening, and anywhere in between," says says Joseph Behn, ...

Is right-side chest pain a big deal? If you have chest pain on your left side, you know to pay attention. After all, that’s where your heart is, so you might worry you’re having a heart attack.

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 ...