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Screening athletes could prevent sudden deaths MSNBC Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:05 PM PST Several of the nearly 100 young U.S. athletes who die suddenly and unexpectedly during sports every year could be saved through more effective screening for heart problems. Targeting inflammation can ease obesity ills MSNBC Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:05 PM PST What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key. Proposed industry effort to reduce salt in food could save lives, money, study shows PhysOrg Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:51 PM PST A voluntary effort by the U.S. food service industry to reduce salt in processed foods could have far-reaching implications for the health of the U.S. population, preventing strokes and heart attacks in nearly a million Americans and saving $32.1 billion in medical costs, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto ... Tiny umbrella that means you can throw away your heart pills Daily Mail Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:47 PM PST Around 400,000 Britons suffer from a faulty heart rhythm - or atrial fibrillation - which increases the risk of stroke. Kathleen Gaster was one of the first to undergo a remarkable new procedure to prevent this. They hoped he was cured but the cancer cruelly returned: BBC presenter Nick Clarke's widow tells the heart-rending ... Daily Mail Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:19 PM PST In the final, powerful extract from this moving love story, Clarke's widow Barbara Want recalls how he relapsed - and the profound closeness they achieved in the weeks before he died. Study shows tests could identify at-risk youth athletes Los Angeles Times Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:18 PM PST Researchers find that electrocardiograms may be a cost-effective way to reduce sudden cardiac deaths in high school and college athletes. Screening young athletes for heart abnormalities with an electrocardiogram test may be a cost-effective way to identify at-risk youth and save lives, according to a new study. Last of US$4.1bil Vioxx patient payouts to be made in June MalaysiaNews.net Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:13 PM PST TRENTON, New Jersey: Drugmaker Merck & Co. has made its final, US$4.1 billion payment into a fund to settle tens of thousands of U.S. claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or str... Victory over heart disease North Platte Telegraph Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:11 PM PST The North Platte Telegraph When Allen Parr steps back on the competitive stage of bodybuilding, it's not his fellow competitors he's thinking about defeating. It's a step that will proudly proclaim his victory over a battle with heart disease. Merck: Last Vioxx patient payouts to be made soon Daily Record Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:11 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. Man slams into 2 cars, dies AsiaOne Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:03 PM PST AN ELDERLY motorist, who apparently had a heart attack, died after he crashed his car into two vehicles on Joo Chiat Road on Sunday.

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