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Secondhand smoke raises the stakes in America's casinos Stanford Report Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT New research from Stanford and Tufts universities shows secondhand smoke is a danger to tens of millions of casino patrons and hundreds of thousands of workers. Threats range from heart attacks to cancer. Dentists offer free dental work Saturday North Shore News Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:09 AM PDT SURREY - When money is tight, most people delay a visit to the dentist. As part of the Dentistry from the Heart campaign, a team of local dentists is offering free dental work to people who can't afford it. Android Version of Groundbreaking iPhone App for First Responders Becomes Available Today PRWeb via Yahoo! News Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PDT With New App, One Touch Can Expedite Dispatch of Medical Helicopter, Send Vital EKG Heart Studies to Emergency Departments in Seconds, Among Other Unique Features Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 The Capital Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:58 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen life was often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died Wednesday at age 79. She died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks, publicist Sally Morrison said. "My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the ... Washington man dies trying to revive dead wife KXLY-TV Spokane Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:50 AM PDT Authorities in Washington state say a man who called 911 to report that his wife had collapsed apparently suffered a heart attack and died as he was trying to revive her. Costessey woman had heart attack days after seeing doctor EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:46 AM PDT A Norwich woman died from a heart attack just days after seeing a hospital consultant about chest pains, an inquest heard. Cranberry shows heart health benefits: Study Nutraingredients.com Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:43 AM PDT On the other hand, the Boston-based scientists report no benefits from cranberry juice consumption were observed for other measures of vascular or cardiovascular function, including blood pressure or brachial artery flow-mediated dilation, a measure of endothelial dysfunction since a low value is indicative of a blood vessel's inability to relax. Tiny heart pump helps heart attack, heart failure patients PhysOrg Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:40 AM PDT In 2008, physicians at the West Virginia University Heart Institute became the first in the state to use the Impella left ventricular assist device. Now, they are among the first in the nation to use it in heart attack and heart failure patients. Bedford Groves, World War II veteran Baltimore Sun Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:30 AM PDT Washington College administrator was wounded twice in World War II and met his future wife in Munich Bedford Groves, a retired Washington College administrator who earned two Purple Hearts in the infantry during World War II, died of heart disease March 15 at Chester River Manor. He was 90 and lived in Chestertown. Washington man apparently suffers heart attack trying to revive wife; both found dead Brandon Sun Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:29 AM PDT JOYCE, Wash. - Authorities in Washington state say a man who called authorities to report that his wife had collapsed apparently suffered a heart attack and died as he was trying to revive her.

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