Heart Attack

You're Never Too Young For A Broken Heart, Nonprofit Says

Posted 12.16.2009 | Impact


Heart attacks kill nearly 300,000 people a year, according to the American Heart Association. Holly Morrell knows too much about what happens when h...

Was Fla. Man Harassed To Death By Debt Collectors?

Posted 12.10.2009 | Impact


A Florida woman is suing her mortgage company, Green Tree Servicing, for allegedly harassing her husband to death with debt collection phone calls, CN...

Under Pressure: Your Body The Weathervane

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living


Mehmet Oz, M.D.

Your mood, headaches, and heart health are much more subject to changes in the weather than you might think. You could say your body is its own perfect weathervane.

Joaquin Rivera Robbed While Dying In Emergency Room: UPDATE (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York


UPDATE: Authorities have released footage of the terrible robbery: ******** PHILADELPHIA (Associated Press) - A school counselor suffering an app...

Health Care Savings May Start In Employee Diets

nytimes.com | Melanie Warner | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living


A company called Full Yield is undertaking its own version of health care reform by using a low-tech premise: Eat healthier food and you'll become hea...

Meditation Has Physiological Benefits, Study Says

nytimes.com | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living


Could the mental relaxation produced by transcendental meditation have physiological benefits? A study presented last week at the American Heart Assoc...

Meditation 'Eases Heart Disease'

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


Heart disease patients who practice Transcendental Meditation have reduced death rates, US researchers have said....

A Heart Benefit For Chocolate

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living


In a study that will provide comfort to chocoholics everywhere, researchers in Sweden have found evidence that people who eat chocolate have increased...

Why It's So Hard Not To Be Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Christina Pirello

Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...

Rumours, Lies and Truth: Life After Death of "King of Pop'

Deborah Hobson | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment


Deborah Hobson

I've been angry with Michael Jackson for some years now. His sudden death from a heart attack last week at the age of 50 shocked and saddened me.

Michael Jackson's Death: The Difference Between Heart Attacks And Cardiac Arrest

health.com | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living


Iconic pop star Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Thursday at the age of 50. While details of his death have not yet been released...

Top 10 Foods to Lower Your Cholesterol

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living


Dr. M.J. Wegmann

When it comes to education and testing, greater numbers amount to greater success, but when it comes to cholesterol the higher the score the worse you often are.

Sam Stein

Obama, Others, Send Get-Well Wishes As Prominent Jewish Democrat Falls Ill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics


Fate, occasionally, can be cruel. On Sunday night, Ira Forman and his wife Caryn were honored by a local Washington D.C. Jewish Day School for the wo...

CNN's Gupta: Not What the Doctor Ordered

James Floyd, M.D. | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


James Floyd, M.D.

Gupta downplays safety risks in treatments, and was criticized for his reporting on Vioxx, a pain medication that was withdrawn from the market in 2004 because it causes heart attacks.

Don't Take the Election TOO Seriously

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living


Dr. Michael J. Breus

Vote early. And get to bed early!

How To Vent Election Anxiety

Eli Davidson | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living


Eli Davidson

Conventional wisdom has told us that venting your anger is important. New studies are finding that the opposite may be true. Simply spewing anger isn't healing.