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Aspirin Won’t Prevent Heart Attack in Healthy-Looking (Update1) BusinessWeek Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:11 PM PST Aspirin doesn’t prevent heart attacks or strokes in people who have a high risk of heart disease yet show no symptoms, a study in Scotland found. Volunteer Nurse From Wash. Dies In Haiti FOX 12 Oregon Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:11 PM PST An emergency room nurse from Renton who was working as a medical volunteer in Haiti has died of a heart attack. Daddy goes fast; bobsledder meets newborn CNews Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:09 PM PST CALGARY - Canadian bobsledder Chris Le Bihan says he was shaking and fighting back tears, his heart rate through the roof. Le Bihan wasn't describing the death-defying plunge down Whistler's sliding track that netted him a bronze medal last weekend as part of Lyndon Rush's four-man team. Treasure Coast hospitals honored by medical consulting company for care St. Lucie News Tribune Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:09 PM PST FORT PIERCE â€" Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute is among the nation’s 50 best hospitals, according to HealthGrades, a Colorado-based medical quality consulting company. HealthGrades’ yearly ratings are based on Medicare data. The company also is employed by hospitals to improve their quality of care. Hospitals on the list, which also included Lawnwood last year, on average have ... Medical volunteer from W. Wash. dies of heart attack in Haiti KING5 Seattle Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:08 PM PST Matthew Bouthillier of Renton was pronounced dead Monday from cardiac arrest at the University of Miami field hospital in Port-au-Prince. Cutting salt could prevent almost 500,000 heart attacks WAFF 48 News Huntsville Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:07 PM PST MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- A combined government-industry initiative to reduce U.S. sodium consumption by as little as 10 percent would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars, according to new research. Health care not about one visiting politician Daily Record Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:59 PM PST In his latest newsletter, Rep. Rodney P. Freylinghuysen, R-Harding, tells us that a Canadian politician, Danny Williams, premier of Newfoundland/Labrador, came to Florida for heart surgery. This was presented as an indictment of the Canadian health care system. Gangstarr's Guru Undergoes Surgery Following Heart Attack, In Stable Condition Baller Status Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:59 PM PST As we reported Monday (March 1), legendary rapper Guru had suffered a heart attack over the weekend, leaving him in a coma. Here's an update... The Brooklyn rapper underwent surgery Monday afternoon, His Gangstarr partner-in-crime, DJ Premier, revealed that the surgery was a success... NW Medical member has heart attack, dies in Haiti KATU Portland Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:52 PM PST Matthew Bouthillier, who worked as a volunteer nurse with Medical Teams International, died of a heart attack in Port-au-Prince on March 1. Secondhand smoke raises risk of hardened arteries among 13-year-olds PhysOrg Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:51 PM PST Frequent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among 13-year-olds is associated with an increased risk of future blood vessel hardening and greater risks of other heart disease factors, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.

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