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Events The Memphis Daily News Fri, 27 May 2011 14:14 PM PDT Methodist North Hospital will host a free seminar on heart attack symptoms Tuesday, May 31, at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Total Joint Center Classroom a... Young At Heart Practice Habits That Are Good For The Heart WCBI Columbus Fri, 27 May 2011 14:14 PM PDT TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) - For more than two decades Jack Price has been a part of an exercise class. "He's the bionic man, knees hips, just a little bit of everything," said Hank Boerner of the NMMC Wellness Center. Margo Dydek, 7-foot-2 ex-WNBA player from Poland, dies at 37 after heart attack in Australia Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Fri, 27 May 2011 14:11 PM PDT BRISBANE, Australia - Margo Dydek, a 7-foot-2 former WNBA player who led the league in blocks nine times, died Friday after being placed in a medically induced coma following a heart attack a week ago. She was 37. San Francisco Giants Buster Posey: What His Injury Means for Defending Champs Bleacher Report Fri, 27 May 2011 14:04 PM PDT The San Francisco Giants took a blow that hit the hearts of all 41,000-plus fans in AT&T park Wednesday night and millions more that were watching and listening. The blow also did irreparable damage to the heart of the Giants order. The heart of every witness to replays of the gruesome injury fell to the pit of their stomachs as one of baseballs best young talents writhed in the dirt in pain ... Margo Dydek, 7-foot-2 ex-WNBA player, dies at 37 Seattle Times Fri, 27 May 2011 14:02 PM PDT Margo Dydek, a 7-foot-2 former WNBA player who led the league in blocks nine times, died Friday after being placed in a medically induced coma following a heart attack a week ago. She was 37. Combo Cholesterol Drugs Show No Added Heart Benefits ABC News Fri, 27 May 2011 14:02 PM PDT Combination of statins and niacin, both cholesterol modifying medications, don't reduce the chances of having a heart attack, according to findings by the AIM-HIGH trial conducted by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). These findings prompted the NHLBI to stop its trial a year and a half early. Study: Boosting Good Cholesterol With Niacin Did Not Cut Heart Risks NPR Fri, 27 May 2011 13:13 PM PDT A federal study testing prescription-strength niacin as an add-on to cholesterol-lowering statins to prevent heart disease was stopped early because the niacin did not work. There was also a slight increase in stroke risk for people taking the prescription-strength niacin. Fmr. Sparks Basketball Player Dies at 37 KTLA-TV Los Angeles Fri, 27 May 2011 13:03 PM PDT Former Connecticut Sun center Margo Dydek has died. Dydek had a heart attack a week ago. She was 37. Super-sticky 'ultra-bad' cholesterol ups people's risk of heart disease New Kerala Fri, 27 May 2011 12:57 PM PDT Washington, May 27 : Scientists have discovered that a newly found form of cholesterol that seems to be "ultra-bad", could lead to an increased risk of heart disease, as it is "stickier". The HDL Conundrum: What's Bad about Drugs for Good Cholesterol? Scientific American Fri, 27 May 2011 12:32 PM PDT After federal officials announced on May 26 the halting of a trial probing whether Abbott Laboratories' formulation of the B vitamin niacin can help prevent heart disease and strokes, scientists and physicians were left with an  immediate follow-on question. Specifically, was this event just another nail in the coffin of the premise on which that trial was based, the so-called HDL Hypothesis ...

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