Health News: [heart]

Funeral For Sheriff’s Department Dive Team Member CBS Detroit Tue, 03 May 2011 18:11 PM PDT Authorities say 56-year old John Makuch died after suffering a heart attack during training at the Port Huron YMCA Sunday morning. To the Editor Issaquah Press Tue, 03 May 2011 18:07 PM PDT New hospital Tell us what medical services it has, not the latest retail amenities Gee, how about talking about what facilities for medical care will be located at the new hospital? Who cares about a Starbucks or retail amenities â€" will they do operative procedures like heart surgery, stent catheterizations, tumor removal? How about some [...] Text of Robert Bentley's Remarks Tuesday Evening WAAY-TV Huntsville Tue, 03 May 2011 17:45 PM PDT It is with a heavy heart, but a hopeful spirit that I speak to you tonight. The events of the last six days have been like none other in our state's history. Heart Disease Among Women FOX 26 Houston Tue, 03 May 2011 17:38 PM PDT It comes as no surprise that women are the primary caretakers in most families. Many of us take care of kids AND aging parents. Huh? Low-salt diet ups risk of fatal heart attack? CNN Tue, 03 May 2011 17:19 PM PDT Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by raising blood pressure to unsafe levels. So how to explain a new study that suggests low salt intake actually increases the risk of dying from those causes? Low-salt diet, more heart attack risk? CNN Tue, 03 May 2011 17:19 PM PDT Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by raising blood pressure to unsafe levels. So how to explain a new study that suggests low salt intake actually increases the risk of dying from those causes? Purple Heart Found KXII Sherman Tue, 03 May 2011 17:19 PM PDT ECTOR, TX - A "purple heart" is one of the most valued medals a U.S. service member can receive - it's awarded to those who've been wounded or killed in the line of duty. When one Texoma family discovered a purple heart that had been lost they went on a mission to restore history. Coronary bypass rates drop Science News Tue, 03 May 2011 17:18 PM PDT Fewer people have undergone heart surgery since 2001 News in Brief: Body & Brain Science News Tue, 03 May 2011 17:16 PM PDT A genetic cause for small brains, heart links to HIV and calcium, and more in this week’s news Heart Bypass Surgery Rate Is Declining WebMD Tue, 03 May 2011 17:16 PM PDT There has been a dramatic drop in the rate of heart bypass procedures performed in the U.S. over the last decade, even though more hospitals are offering the open-heart surgery.

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