People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.

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Calcium pills pose ‘heart risk’

The drug, which prevents clots among heart attack patients, will no longer be promoted by Bristol-Myers Squibb because of an influx of cheaper generic alternatives.

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Clot-Fighting Drug Plavix Set to Lose Patent Protection

LOUISVILLE — At about 7 p.m. Saturday, 25-year-old Mario Gutierrez was escorted by a group of handlers and several police officers into the paddock at Churchill Downs. The sign over his head, the one touting the 138 years of Kentucky Derby history by listing the first and last winners, had already been changed to add: I’ll Have Another. Read full article > >

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138th Kentucky Derby: I’ll Have Another catches and passes Bodemeister to win at 15-1 odds

A County Down woman who nearly died after having a heart attack on the street wants defibrillators to be installed in public places.

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Heart attack woman’s cardiac call

Naked senators, Dick Cheney downing fried chicken and a “hobo” Fed chairman. Former senator Arlen Specter’s new book , “ Life Among the Cannibals ,” has its moments. On Tuesday, we brought you the squirm-inducing revelation from its pages that Specter thought vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin “radiated sensuality.” Read full article > >

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In new book, Arlen Specter gives the naked truth about senators

Former vice president Richard B. Cheney was reportedly “doing exceedingly well” after a heart transplant Saturday that ended a 20-month period of waiting during which he was kept alive with an artificial heart. Read full article > >

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Cheney doing ‘exceedingly well’ after heart transplant

Smoking during the teenage years stunts lung growth and accelerates the decline in their function that inevitably comes with age. At the same time, the habit damages blood vessels in ways that can later lead to a heart attack, stroke and aortic rupture. Read full article > >

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Surgeon General’s report takes aim at youth smoking

WFewer women than men suffering from a heart attack appear to experience chest pain symptoms, according to a study in the US.

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Heart symptoms ‘differ in women’

This was a bad year for bad guys. Departing the political scene — or departing the scene altogether — were Osama bin Laden , North Korea’s “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong Il , and a trio of Arab leaders: Tunisia’s Zine el-Abidine ben Ali, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Libya’s Moammar Gaddafi. There isn’t much tying these farewells together. Bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. Navy SEALS in Pakistan in May, died of what might be described as unnatural but unsurprising causes. Kim, meanwhile, died of a heart attack last week but had been in failing health after a stroke several years ago. Both men could have died at any point in the past several years — 2011 just happened to be their time. Read full article > >

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For the world’s bad guys, 2011 was a dangerous year

Had heart attack on train.

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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il Dies

Bollywood screen legend Dev Anand dies in London of a heart attack at the age of 88, his relatives say.

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Bollywood great Dev Anand dies

Christopher Ma, The Washington Post’s senior vice president for development, died Nov. 23 at a hospital in New York City. He was 61. He had a heart attack, said his wife, Nathalie Gilfoyle. Mr. Ma was the publisher of Express, The Washington Post Co.’s free commuter tabloid. In the late 1990s, he was a vice president and executive producer at Digital Ink, The Post’s online subsidiary, which was renamed Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI). Read full article > >

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Christopher Ma, Washington Post Co. vice president, dies at 61

Firefighters from across Nevada came close to taming a sudden wildfire that sent 16 people to hospitals and was blamed for the death of a 74-year-old man who had a heart attack while trying to flee.

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Wildfire Outside of Reno Damages 25 Homes

Exposure to heavy traffic fumes raises heart attack risk for the following six hours, researchers discover.

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Car fumes ‘trigger heart attacks’

Murder detectives are continuing to question six people about the death of a Wales fan who was injured and suffered a heart attack before the match with England at Wembley.

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Murder police probe fan’s death