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Heart Attacks

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

USA Today | Liz Szabo | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Cigarettes, Cardiology, Smoking, Smokers, Smoking Bans, Health, Non-Smokers, Smoking Ban Effects, Smoking Laws, Secondhand Smoke, Heart Disease, Heart Attacks, 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 Smog Limit: Agency Scraps Bush-Era Smog Rule And Will Start Over

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Smog Rules, Environmental Regulation, Obama, Smog, Justice Department, Smog Limits, Bush, Epa, Health, Asthma, Respiratory Illnesses, Air Pollution Law, Air Pollution, Heart Attacks, Green News

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 09.01.2009 | Living

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

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 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

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
Bonnie Fuller

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 06.22.2009 | Living

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

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 10.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Men's Health, Personal Health, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks, 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 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Christmas Heart Attacks, Holiday Season Heart Attacks, Holiday Season Stress, Heart Attacks, Tips for Holiday Season, Preparing for the Holiday Season, 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 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Living, Work-Life Balance, Heart Attacks, 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 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Stroke, Heart Disease, Sleep Deprivation, Heart Attacks, 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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