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California county sues Glaxo over diabetes drug San Diego Union-Tribune Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:13 PM PST A Northern California county has filed suit against GlaxoSmithKline accusing the pharmaceutical company of supressing evidence that its diabetes drug Avandia causes increased risk of heart attacks. Umaga died of ‘acute toxicity’ Slam! Sports Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:12 PM PST The results are in for the toxicology study of World Wrestling Entertainment performer Eddie "Umaga" Fatu, who died at age 36 of a heart attack in Houston on December 4, 2009. Merck: Last Vioxx patient payouts to be made soon Daily Record Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:09 PM PST WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) â€" Drugmaker Merck & Co. says it's finished paying $4.85 billion into its fund to settle tens of thousands of claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or strokes. Cutting Salt Could Prevent Almost 500,000 Heart Attacks HealthDay via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:03 PM PST MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- A combined government-industry initiative to reduce U.S. sodium consumption by as little as 10 percent would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars, according to new research. Routine Heart Tests for Athletes Would Save Lives HealthDay via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:03 PM PST MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that routine electrocardiogram testing of young American athletes would save lives and be cost-effective. T-Bone Wolk, bass player for Hall & Oates, dies MalaysiaNews.net Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, the mainstay bassist of Hall & Oates' band for nearly 30 years, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 58.The band's manager, Jonathan Wolfson, says Wolk died ... Last Vioxx payouts coming soon from $4.85B fund to settle heart attack, stroke lawsuits MalaysiaNews.net Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:55 PM PST WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. - Drugmaker Merck & Co. says it's finished paying $4.85 billion into its fund to settle tens of thousands of claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or st... Investigations continue at hospital prestontoday.net Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:47 PM PST Investigations are still on-going into heart monitoring equipment at the Royal Preston Hospital. (01/03/2010 09:50:36) Nationwide Children's Hospital Accepted into CIGNA LifeSOURCE Transplant Network Newswise Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:40 PM PST Nationwide Children's Hospital recently was accepted into the CIGNA LifeSOURCE Transplant Network, becoming the first Center of Excellence (COE) for Pediatric Heart Transplant designated by the Network in the state of Ohio, and one of 25 COE's in the United States. Weight-loss diets may reverse atherosclerosis in obese, overweight people EurekAlert! Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:35 PM PST A low-carbohydrate diet, a low-fat diet and the Mediterranean diet were equally effective in helping obese people to reverse carotid atherosclerosis after losing moderate amounts of weight and improving their blood pressure, in a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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