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Today from VOA: Voice of America Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:15 PM PDT Preliminary results of Gabon's presidential election are scheduled to begin trickling in Monday. The winner of Sunday's vote would replace long-time President Omar Obongo who died this year of a heart attack in a Spanish clinic. Funeral arrangements mande for father of Terri Schiavo ABC Action News Tampa Bay Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:51 PM PDT Robert Schindler Sr, who became a national figure during the fight to keep his daughter Terri Schiavo alive, died Saturday at a St. Petersburg hospital after suffering heart failure, his... Exercise better than treatment Straits Times Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:51 PM PDT BARCELONA (Spain) - WORKING up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say. Studies have shown heart patients benefit from exercise, and some have even shown it works better than surgical procedures. At a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology on Sunday, several experts said doctors should focus more on persuading their patients to exercise rather than ... Daily aspirin could be BAD for you The Malaysian Insider Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:47 PM PDT LONDON, Aug 31 â€" Healthy people who take aspirin as an “insurance policy” against heart attacks could be doing more harm than good. A British study has found that daily use of aspirin almost doubled the risk of dangerous internal bleeding, while having no effect on heart attacks or strokes. The results will add to the confusion around the drug. Concerns voiced over daily aspirin Liverpool Echo Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:46 PM PDT Healthy people taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks could be doing themselves more harm than good, experts have concluded. Millions of Britons are believed to be taking a daily dose of the drug in the hope that it acts as an insurance against heart trouble. Heart attack study warns against aspirin The Scotsman Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:30 PM PDT HEALTHY people taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks could be doing themselves more harm than good, experts concluded yesterday. New Heart Drug Could Be a Lifesaver CBS News Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:30 PM PDT In German Study, Replacement for Irregular Heartbeat Drug Coumadin Performs Well with Far Fewer Side Effects UK & World News: Concerns voiced over daily aspirin icNewcastle - Sunday Sun Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:28 PM PDT Healthy people taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks could be doing themselves more harm than good, experts have concluded. Mon, 31/08/2009 - 08:54 | mlipen The National Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:20 PM PDT A RISE in lifestyles among the people, especially the “elites”, has also brought with it their killer diseases, a medical officer said. The common ones are diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension and heart-related diseases caused by poor diets and a lack of exercise. Rat Poison Alternative Cuts Clots; Approach to Benefit Millions Bloomberg Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:03 PM PDT Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Millions of heart patients worldwide may benefit from a breakthrough blood thinner that is likely to replace warfarin, a rat poison doctors crafted into a potent and unwieldy medicine half a century ago, cardiologists said.

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