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Leave your tributes to cancer victim Emily Turner Evening News 24 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:08 AM PDT Tributes were paid last night to a young woman who had been looking forward to a bright future with her fiance but died from a heart attack caused by an aggressive form of lung cancer. Magic minutes Coeur d'Alene Press Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:47 AM PDT Strength training is just that, magic minutes. What strength training can do for you in a matter of 20 to 30 minutes a day, three days a week is incredible. It can change your overall health in no time, in a myriad of ways. Even those of us with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis can benefit from strength training. Here are just a few of the benefits. Latest scan can tell need for bypass New Kerala Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:39 AM PDT An ultra-fast, 320-detector computed tomography (CT) scanner can tell which people with chest pain need or do not need cardiac angioplasty or bypass surgery to restore blood flow to the heart. Scientist invents device for easy heart check-up IBN live Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:38 AM PDT Dr Ravi Mehrotra, Chief Scientist at CSIR-NPL, has made a device that will complete heart tests of patients within seconds. Over-50s advised to take statins to prevent heart disease ANI via Yahoo! India News Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:21 AM PDT London, August 29 (ANI): One of the UK's leading experts has said that statins should be given to all over-50s, regardless of their health history, because the drug can dramatically cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes in later life. Big bets aim to jolt heart drug sales back to life Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:10 AM PDT MUNICH (Reuters) - The expiry of patents on profitable heart medicines is soon going to erode one of the main sources of drug company profits, and risky bets on new medicines to replace them may not make up for the lost sales. High-octane salesmanship was still on show at giant trade stands during this week's European Society of Cardiology congress - the world's biggest heart meeting with 28,000 ... Boomer Women Prove They Can Dine Out And Still Lose Weight KERA North Texas Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:57 AM PDT When women go on a diet, we tend to avoid our favorite restaurants because they are filled with temptations â€" bread, booze and desserts. But are we doomed to sit in our kitchens eating salad alone while everyone else is headed out on the town if we want to keep the weight off? Take heart, ladies. A new study of women in their 50s and early 60s finds they could eat out and still succeed at long ... Statins fear is 'putting patients health at risk', researchers say Daily Telegraph Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:45 PM PDT Everyone over 50 should consider taking statins to reduce the risk of a heart attack because the possible side effects have been exaggerated, a leading expert has said. ANN ARBOR: Aaronson, Pagan to lead Washtenaw County Heart Ball organizing committee Ann Arbor Journal Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:28 PM PDT The American Heart Association recently announced the chairs of the upcoming Washtenaw County Heart Ball. This year, doctors Keith Aaronson and Francis D. Pagan of the University of Michigan Health System will be leading the charge. Some return to lives at Spruces North Adams Transcript Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:25 PM PDT Wednesday August 29, 2012 Editor’s note: In the final piece of a two-part series, the Transcript shares the stories of several residents of The Spruces Mobile Home Park who returned after Tropical Storm Irene hit. WILLIAMSTOWN -- Cynthia Clermont-Rebello has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and has had a heart attack, but the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene has

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