Heart Attacks

From Tragedy, A Life-Saving Idea

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 04.29.2012

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Marie Guion-Johnson lived an idyllic life -- she was working on her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, her 41-year-old husband, Robert Guion, was a...

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Door-to-Balloon Time Shorter With EMT Diagnosis: Heart Month -- Day 24

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Emergency Medical Technicians, Healthy Living Health News, Angioplasty, National Heart Alert Program, Yale Heart Study, Suzanne O'Malley, National Institute of Health, Yale University, Heart Disease, Heart Attacks, Cardiac-Catheterization, Personal Health, Heart Month, American Heart Month, Healthy Living News

Hospitals and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) have been implementing strategies to decrease door-to-balloon (D2B) time. Not familiar with D2B? It's the term for the time it takes to get a heart attack victim to the hospital for a cardiac angioplasty procedure (heart cath).

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10 Bizarre Heart Attacks

www.oddee.com | David Moye | Posted 12.24.2011

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Heart attacks are increasingly common in our modern-day society, some victims have attacks that are, frankly, bizarre. For instance, there's the gu...

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New Ways To Understand And Prevent Heart Attacks

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Video, Cholesterol, Heart Disease, Cholesterol Drugs, Heart Attacks, Healthy Living News

Heart disease is a prime example of how a half truth turned into a partial cure, with many people being led down the wrong path, either by themselves or by their doctors.

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Watch: Man Survived 96 Minutes Without A Heartbeat

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Howard Snitzer, Video, Cpr, Emergency Medical Technicians, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Defibrillator, Capnograph, Emergency Medicine, Heart Attack, Aed, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks, Cardiology, Home News

In January, 54 year-old Howard Snitzer suffered a heart attack outside of a grocery store in Goodhue, Minn. Luckily, two first responders were across ...

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Ambulance Traffic Could Decide Life Or Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 08.12.2011

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Imagine you call 911 and tell the operator you are experiencing the signs of a heart attack -- chest discomfort, shortness of breath and nausea. EMS e...

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WATCH: This Man Survived After 96 Minutes With No Pulse

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Howard Snitzer, Video, Cpr, Emergency Medical Technicians, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Defibrillator, Capnograph, Emergency Medicine, Heart Attack, Aed, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks, Cardiology, Home News

In January, 54 year-old Howard Snitzer suffered a heart attack outside of a grocery store in Goodhue, Minn. Luckily, two first responders were across ...

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When Hope Runs Short, a Season That Gives Life

Michelle Javian | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Organ Donation, Harboring Hearts, Heart Transplants, National Donate Life Month, Organ Donors, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Heart Attacks, Impact News

Of the 300 people waiting for a heart transplant in New York, only slightly more than half of them received one last year. Today, 18 people will die because they didn't receive one in time.

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We Don't Believe Alcohol's Good For You!

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dementia, Harvard Health Professionals Study, Mortality, Framingham Heart Study, Carl Selzer, Moderate Drinking, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Coronary Heart Disease, Eric Rimm, Heart Attacks, Health, Healthy Living News

As soon as epidemiologists started following drinkers and abstainers, they found that drinkers had less heart disease and as a result lived longer.

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Study: Mini Clip Safer Than Heart-Valve Surgery

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Heart Surgery, Heart, Mini Clip, Surgery, Health, Heart Disease, Medicine, Wellness, Heart Attack, Heart Attacks, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny cli...

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Stock Market Declines Can Lead To Heart Attacks: Study

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Duke University researchers...

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Save the Ta-Ta's ... and Your Ticker!

BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Health, Sex and Health, Valentine's Day, Pets and Health, Exercise, Heart Health Month, Heart Attacks, Heart Health, Healthy Living News

Taking good care of your heart doesn't need to be a drag. Here are seven simple ways you can enhance your heart health and have fun while you're at it!

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Hospital Heart Attack Response Getting Faster, Study Says

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Heart Association, Hospitals, American College of Cardiology, Heart Attacks, Impact News

WASHINGTON — Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives. More than three-quarters ...

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Heart Attack Rates Fall 17% After Smoking Bans Enacted: Analyses

USA Today | Liz Szabo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cigarettes, Cardiology, Smoking, Smokers, Smoking Bans, Health, Non-Smokers, Smoking Ban Effects, Smoking Laws, Secondhand Smoke, Heart Disease, Heart Attacks, Healthy Living News

Two separate analyses released Monday each found that heart attack rates fall 17% within a year after smoking bans take effect. One analysis, which in...

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EPA Scraps Bush-Era Smog Rule And Will Start Over

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is scrapping a controversial Bush-era rule that set stricter limits for smog but fell short of ...

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Emergency Physicians Can Trust Their Judgment on Chest Pain Patients

Abhinav Chandra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Emergency Care, Chest Pain, Angina, Heart Patients, Emergency Room, Academic Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks, Healthy Living News

Sometimes, emergency heart patients could be better served by staying at the hospital and having more tests rather than being treated and released or discharged.

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The Real Reason for Michael Jackson's Death? His Secret Fatal Illness

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Heart Attack, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Dies, Lupus, Michael Jackson Demerol, Vitiligo, Heart Attacks, Entertainment News

Maybe it wasn't just the stress of the child molestation charges and trials that forced him to put his performance career on hold. Maybe, he was simply unwilling to share his medical problems with the public.

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Over Your Dead Body (Last Rights)

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: David Dukes, Carol Muske-Dukes, Death Rites, Dealing With Death, David Dukes Heart Attack, Coroners, Heart Attacks, Death, Healthy Living News

These mini-DMV's of death are independent of any oversight or quality-of-care boards. Many "local" or county coroners are not even physicians; they are "political" appointments.

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Where Not To Have A Heart Attack

Newsweek | Annie Underwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Health, Men's Health, Personal Health, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks, Healthy Living News

What are your chances of surviving cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting? In a word, remote. But some doctors are turning that around, boosting su...

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The Holidays Can Give You A Heart Attack (Literally)

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Christmas Heart Attacks, Holiday Season Heart Attacks, Holiday Season Stress, Heart Attacks, Tips for Holiday Season, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Healthy Living News

Those lords-a-leaping and ladies dancing may want to consider the downside of the holidays: Heart attack season has arrived. December and January are ...

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Work Stress Puts Your Heart At Risk

WSJ | JOSEPH DE AVILA | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Living, Work-Life Balance, Heart Attacks, Healthy Living News

For those back at work after a recent heart attack, here is something else to think about along with cholesterol, blood pressure and diet: the job. A...

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Lack Of Sleep May Be Deadly

Reuters | Ben Hirschler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stroke, Heart Disease, Sleep Deprivation, Heart Attacks, Healthy Living News

People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a large British study released on Monday. Alth...

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