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Footy player loses fight The Age Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11 PM PDT Junior footballer who suffered a heart attack after taking a heavy on-field knock has died in hospital. Study Finds Weight-Loss Drug Safer for Heart FOX 8 Cleveland Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:55 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The experimental weight-loss drug lorcaserin may spur modest weight loss without the heart risks of some older drugs, a new clinical trial confirms -- though whether the medication will ever reach the market remains up in the air. Teen dies after heart attack playing football Adelaide Now Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:53 PM PDT A TEENAGE footballer who went into cardiac arrest after being injured during a juniors match has died in hospital. AMANDA SUE HOBBS Bangor Daily News Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:52 PM PDT BANGOR â€" Amanda Sue Hobbs, 24, passed away Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at a Bangor hospital, after a long battle with heart disease. She was born Oct. 30, 1986, at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, the daughter of Sally Ann (Hobbs) Williams of Argyle and Merrill Dennis Cross of Brewer. ... Daily heart pill for the healthy 'would be a huge waste of money' Daily Mail Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:49 PM PDT Giving healthy middle-aged people a pill that prevents heart attacks and strokes would waste money and needlessly medicate millions, according to an expert. Obama: US economy had a 'heart attack' Straits Times Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that the US economy had suffered a 'heart attack' and survived but is not recuperating quickly enough, as he geared up to unveil a major jobs plan. Early warning for heart attacks St. Tammany News Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:45 PM PDT At the Louisiana Heart Center at Lakeview Hospital, a study is going on that could help heart patients get to the hospital during the earliest stages of a heart attack and save lives. Heart disease boosts maternal death 100-fold Channel NewsAsia Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:30 PM PDT PARIS: Pregnant women with heart disease face a 100-fold increased risk of death, with the danger for offspring multiplied by 10, according to figures released on Tuesday at a medical congress in Paris. Killing in the real 'Weeds' fields of California | SE Smith Guardian Unlimited Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:09 PM PDT The shooting of a former mayor in the heart of California's marijuana growing area will intensify the state's drug debate Mendocino County, the heart of the "emerald triangle" of marijuana cultivation in northern California, witnessed a brutal drug-related shooting last weekend. Sitting city council member and two-time former mayor Jere Melo was investigating reports of a suspected illegal ... Long healing process from GFC: Obama thewest.com.au Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:50 PM PDT US President Barack Obama says the US economy has suffered a "heart attack" and survived but is not recuperating quickly enough, as he geared up to unveil a major jobs plan.

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