Health News: [heart]

3 cups of black tea a day can cut heart attack risk by 60 per cent New Kerala Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:03 PM PST London, Dec 31 : Drinking just three cups of black tea a day can slash the risk of a heart attack by 60 per cent and dramatically reduce the threat of diabetes, experts say. TTA offers CPR class on Jan. 17 Tri-County Citizen Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:52 PM PST NEW LOTHROP â€" An American Heart CPR class will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Twin Township Ambulance in New Lothrop. The BLS for Healthcare Provider class includes adult, infant and child CPR. Upon successful completion of the class, students will be issue a CPR card. read more Trial by fire for heart surgeon The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:41 PM PST BY JIM HALL It was about 11:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve when the emergency room doctor at Mary Washington Hospital called Dr. Alex Na.... Volunteers needed to raise funds for heart disease and stroke this February. Altona Red River Valley Echo Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:34 PM PST The Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) in Manitoba is looking for 5,000 volunteer canvassers to brave the cold for a good cause during its annual Door-to-Door campaign during Heart Month in February 2012. New treatment offers hope to patients who have aortic stenosis Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:13 PM PST An experimental heart valve is placed in the body by using a catheter in much the same way that doctors place heart stents to open clogged arteries. They insert the catheter through the femoral artery in the groin or the subclavian artery near the neck. It requires an incision smaller than 2 inches. Heart rhythm devices cut down on hospital visits: doctor C-Health Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:10 PM PST Decreasing hospital visits is one of the main benefits of a program targeting patients with heart rhythm devices. British heart group calls for plain tobacco packs AsiaOne Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:00 PM PST Heart health campaigners urged the British government Thursday to follow Australia's lead and ban all eye-catching designs and branding from cigarette packs to stop young people being lured into smoking. 'Chuck' 5.09 Preview: Sarah Takes Pregnancy Test AceShowbiz Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:52 PM PST While Chuck and Sarah are trying to find out whether they will welcome a baby or not, Casey has to use his heart when his forbidden love walks back into his life. Firefighter revived, tortoise saved during Elkton fire Baltimore Sun Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:47 PM PST Seven people displaced by fire, dog died, fire official said Seven people and a tortoise, among other pets, were displaced by a duplex fire in downtown Elkton Friday afternoon that also caused one firefighter to have a heart attack and sent another to the hospital.

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