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Health report a wake-up call Delaware Coast Press Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:44 AM PDT » We eat too many fatty foods and too many of us smoke, triggering heart disease. » We spend too much time in the sun, triggering skin cancers. » Type II diabetes is chronic, primarily because of our unhealthy lifestyles -- which includes not enough preventative health care. First to Merge Two High-Tech Systems for A-Fib Therapy Newswise Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:44 AM PDT THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano became the first hospital in the world on Friday to merge two highly advanced technologies for atrial fibrillation therapy. Racing in memory of Christopher Lancashire Evening Post Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:42 AM PDT A stepmum will be taking part in the Preston Guild series of races to boost funds for the LEP Lifesaver Appeal in memory of her 31-year-old stepson who suddenly died of a heart attack. Daughter who suffered heart trauma after mum died in Leeds Race for Life ties the knot Yorkshire Evening Post Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:26 AM PDT It was a special day that Kelly Endeacott had been planning for months. Daughter who suffered heart trauma after mum died in Leeds Race for Life race ties the knot Yorkshire Evening Post Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:11 AM PDT It was a special day that Kelly Endeacott had been planning for months. JAMESBURG: Former J'burg BOE president dies suddenly The Cranbury Press Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:12 AM PDT MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA â€" Former Board of Education President Darren Larsen, 46, died suddenly from an apparent heart attack Wednesday afternoon while vacationing with his family in South Carolina, according to officials there. Prasugrel as safe as clopidogrel in preventing heart attack, stroke and death News-Medical-Net Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:05 AM PDT The first trial to study patients with acute coronary syndrome who do not undergo coronary stenting or bypass surgery found no significant difference between two anti-clotting drugs - prasugrel and clopidogrel - in preventing the first occurrence of death, heart attack or stroke, according to Duke University Medical Center cardiologists. Soon, heart pills 'as good as statins without side-effects' ANI via Yahoo! India News Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:47 PM PDT London, August 27 (ANI): A major breakthrough by British scientists could lead to a new cholesterol-busting pill without the potentially dangerous side effects of statins. Study examines factors associated with improvement in survival from heart attack in France EurekAlert! Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:30 PM PDT ( JAMA and Archives Journals ) The overall rate of death in patients hospitalized with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI; a certain pattern on an electrocardiogram following a heart attack) decreased from 1995 to 2010 in France, with possible factors associated with this decline including an increase in the proportion of STEMI patients who were women younger than age 60, and an ... Why Severe Heart Attacks Are Becoming Less Deadly ABC News Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:29 PM PDT By DR. TIFFANY CHAO, ABC News Medical Unit Severe heart attacks may not be as deadly as they used to be, according to new research. A new French study demonstrated that in patients who are hospitalized for severe heart attacks â€" technically known as ST-elevation...

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