Posts Tagged ‘heart-attack’

Calcium pills pose ‘heart risk’

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

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

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Clot-Fighting Drug Plavix Set to Lose Patent Protection

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

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

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

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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Heart attack woman’s cardiac call

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

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

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

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

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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Cheney doing ‘exceedingly well’ after heart transplant

Monday, March 26th, 2012

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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Surgeon General’s report takes aim at youth smoking

Friday, March 9th, 2012

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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Heart symptoms ‘differ in women’

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

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’

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

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

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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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il Dies

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Had heart attack on train.

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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il Dies

Bollywood great Dev Anand dies

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

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

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

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

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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Wildfire Outside of Reno Damages 25 Homes

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

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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Car fumes ‘trigger heart attacks’

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

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

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Murder police probe fan’s death

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

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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