Heart Attacks

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YAKIMA, Wash-- Many people know that chest pains and Heart attack are serious aspects of vascular disease. Leg pain can be just as serious. Peripheral Arterial Disease can cause leg loss. ...

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Study: Heart ills linked to inhaled drugs for emphysema, bronchitis patients. ...

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CNN's Linda Ciampa reports on the recovery process for people who have suffered a Heart attack. ...

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They were able to identify a number of changes in metabolites just ten minutes after the procedure. The findings were confirmed in a second group of patients and also in patients who had spontaneous Heart Attacks. ...

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A young writer tells how he conquered the high anxiety that afflicts millions of Britons. ...

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From the back yard, I heard my ten-year-old say to my six-year-old, “And that is how you do the hammer throw in the Olympics.” I paused before asking, “Do I want to see this hammer throw?” Logan replied, “It’s not really a hammer throw; it’s The Death Throw.” “Okay, I’m going to go back to reading, mmmkay?” See? No [...] ...

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A new study shows that survival rates for cardiac arrest vary dramatically across the country depending on where patients live. Jon LaPook reports. ...

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Title: Heavier People Have Heart Attacks Earlier Category: Health News Created: 9/10/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/10/2008 ...

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Pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccination was associated with a 50% lower risk of Heart Attacks 2 years after vaccination, suggests a large hospital-based case-control study published in CMAJ. http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg773. ...

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Pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccination was associated with a 50 percent lower risk of Heart Attacks two years after vaccination, suggests a large hospital-based case-control study. ...

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It's not what you take but the way that you take it that can produce different results in women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to new research on the association between HRT and Heart Attacks, published online in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] today (Wednesday 1 October). ...

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Women, the elderly, and patients admitted to the emergency department on weekends are all less likely to receive same-day coronary angioplasty for a life-threatening Heart attack in Florida, University of South Florida researchers found. Their study was published this month (Oct. 1) in the American Journal of Cardiology. ...

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UC experts say studies show Heart Attacks are more likely to occur over the breakfast table or during your morning shower than any other time of day. ...

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I've done a bunch of research and spent a lot of time reading this thread. I'm pretty sure that my questions won't be definitively answered here, but I need to get this off my chest (pun intended). First of all, background info: 44 year old... ...

Source: www.healthcentral.com --- 31 days ago
A team of researchers has found that the heavier you are, the more likely you are to have a Heart attack earlier in life. ...

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Nearly 1.2 Million Men & Women suffer a Heart attack each year in the U.S. according to the American Heart Association. But now there is an increasing level among those under the age of 40. ...

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INHALERS prescribed for a serious lung disease could cause Heart Attacks, according to research. ...

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Last week, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found a 34% increased risk of dying from a Heart attack or irregular heartbeat in COPD patients using ipratropium, which is in the same class as Spiriva, compared with those using albuterol, another COPD drug, or using nothing. The study focused on veterans diagnosed before Spiriva was approved in 2004. In case you are unaware, COPD refers to two incurable lung ailments, chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Most COPD patients have both. The most common cause of COPD is cigarette smoking . Spiriva (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) taken as directed is being said to help manage COPD. Boehringer Ingelheim, a German company that markets Spiriva with Pfizer, says worldwide sales rose 35% in 2007. Boehringer also makes Combivent, and Pfizer makes Atrovent. However in the article, Lung drugs might be taking toll on the Heart , researchers say overall, 1.8% of patients given tiotropium or ipratropium died of cardiovascular disease or had a non-fatal Heart attack or stroke, compared with 1.2% of patients on other drugs, a statistically significant difference. Spiriva is said to not be a treatment for COPD but a maintenance medicine to help you control COPD and breathe better. Researchers pooled the results of 17 clinical trials of 14,783 patients that compared the drugs tiotropium or ipratropium with other COPD treatments. The studies followed patients for six weeks to five years.For ever ...