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Boxing promoter Frank Maloney, who was taken to the hospital after finding Olympic bronze medalist Darren Sutherland hanged at home, had a heart attack three days earlier at a contested heavyweight fight.
A new generation of blood tests can quickly and reliably show if a person is having a heart attack soon after chest pains start — a time when current tests are not definitive, two studies found.
NHL executive Jim Gregory had a heart attack in the league's Toronto office and is in critical condition.
Tim Russert was a good patient, taking medications for his heart disease and exercising, his doctor said. He had no chest pains and he passed an exercise stress test weeks ago. Yet at 58, he suffered a heart attack and died.
In an April 1 story about a study of heart attacks among AIDS patients, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number who suffered heart attacks. There were 517 who had heart attacks, not 754.
A commonly used AIDS drug appears to nearly double the risk of a heart attack, researchers said Tuesday. In a study published online by the medical journal Lancet, the researchers also said another less frequently used AIDS drug increased the chances of a heart attack by 50 percent. Experts said doctors should be aware of the increased risks, but they did not recommend that patients abandon the two drugs, Ziagen and Videx.
Only about 1 in 4 Americans know the warning signs of a heart attack and what to do first, according to a new government report. That's a decline in knowledge since the last survey in 2001, which showed nearly 1 in 3 to be well informed.
An 80-year-old Hampden woman who was watching the Super Bowl alone faked a heart attack to scare off a man who had broken into her home and was pushing her toward the bedroom, police said.
A pilot suffering a heart attack made an emergency landing on a highway, saving his three passengers shortly before he died.
The lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney during a hunting trip was being discharged from a hospital on Friday and told reporters he was sorry for all the trouble Cheney had faced over the past week.
BBC News - United Arab Emirates footballer Saad dies at trainingA striker with the national United Arab Emirates football team has died of a heart attack suffered during a club training session. Salem Saad, 31, collapsed while training with his club Al Nasr and could not be revived in hospital.
Alcohol cuts heart risks PARIS - MEN who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.
Smoking Bans Reduce the Risk of Heart Attacks Associated With Secondhand SmokeSmoking bans are effective at reducing the risk of heart attacks and heart disease associated with exposure to secondhand smoke, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
Thank goodness for government run health care on Capitol HillAbout 20 minutes into yesterday's right-wing rally on the Hill in opposition to health care reform, one of the protestors suffered a heart attack. Fortunately, as Dana Milbank reported, medical professionals were able to respond quickly.
The heart attack myth: Study establishes that women do have same the heart attack symptoms as men The gender difference between men and women is a lot smaller than we've been led to believe when it comes to heart attack symptoms, according to a new study presented to the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardi …
Surprise (to some anyway), you are going to die. As Jim Morrison once said "No one gets out of here alive" and he was right. Sooner or later each and everyone of us dies and many of us us wonder how. How will we die.
Appeals court: Jail supervisor can be sued in inmate death caseA Muskogee County/City Detention Facility supervisor can be sued individually by the family of an inmate who suffered a fatal heart attack at the jail, an appeals court has ruled.
Drug Combo May Prevent Heart Attacks, StrokesGiving daily doses of a statin and a blood pressure-lowering ACE inhibitor to people at high risk for a heart attack or stroke reduced their incidence by more than 60 percent in two years, researchers report.
N.J. State Police rescues hiker after he suffers heart attack in Passaic CountyState Police aviation units rescued an 82-year-old hiker who apparently suffered a heart attack today in a wooded section of Passaic County, authorities said.
Study: Flu Viruses Can Spark Heart AttacksHeart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows.
British TV chef Keith Floyd dies at 65Keith Floyd, a flamboyant chef who shared his passion for good food and fine wine with a generation of British television viewers, has died of a heart attack in Bridport, southwest England. He was 65.
An Unnecessary Operation by Fred BarnesObamacare threatens what's right with American health care.
Heart Disease experts say pay poorer people to quit smoking - a strategy that PAYSKey example: study of more than 800 GE employees in the US found those who were offered rolling payments of up to $750 a year to quit smoking and remain abstinent were about three times more likely to quit long-term.
KFC's Double Down sandwich turning heads, stomachs (Poll) - Kansas City StarKFC has a new sandwich called the "Double Down" that uses two fried chicken filets instead of a bun. (My arteries clogged up just typing that sentence.)
Girl, 16, takes control of school bus after driver has heart attack and dies A New York teenager has been hailed as a hero for saving a school bus full of children after the driver suffered a heart attack and collapsed behind the wheel.
From beer bellies to low libido, how women's hormones make MEN ill Believe it or not, women's bodies depend on testosterone - and men can't get by without oestrogen.
Chocolate cuts death rate in heart attack survivors: studyHeart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who never touch the stuff, scientists have reported.
'Chocolate is good for your heart': studyHeart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who never touch the stuff, Swedish scientists have reported.
Chocolate 'cuts death rate' in heart attack survivorsHeart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who never touch the stuff, scientists have reported.
How Twitterers came to the defence of the NHS After reports yesterday of the attacks made by US Republicans on the NHS, Twitter users grabbed their keyboards and mobiles to defend the health system.
Autopsy shows bear killed Colorado womanAn autopsy has confirmed that a bear killed a 74-year-old southwestern Colorado woman known for leaving food outside her home, despite wildlife officers' repeated warnings not to.
Espanyol captain Jarque diesThe 26-year-old defender died at the hotel where the team were staying in the town of Coviciana. He was found after teammates realized he had not come for an evening meal.
Autopsy uncovers cocaine in Billy Mays' bodyAn autopsy report says cocaine contributed to the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays.
When is the last time you checked your health provider's contract concerning your health care coverage? What % do you receive for in-home care? At what point does it run out? Or are you even covered? What % do you receive for post cancer care? At what point does it run out?
Questions loom about N.Y. crash that killed 8So far, no one can pinpoint why Diane Schuler drove the wrong way July 26 on a New York parkway for nearly 2 miles before slamming head-on into another vehicle, killing herself and seven others.
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