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Blood Sugar Control Can
Kill Diabetics

Scientists nix study after patients suffer heart attacks, strokes

Jun 6, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Intensive blood sugar control can actually provoke heart attacks and strokes in some diabetes patients, USA Today reports. Scientists canned one US study 4 months ago after high-risk diabetes 2 subjects died more often under aggressive treatment. In another study, blood-sugar control helped their kidneys, but failed to stop heart-related... More »

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drugs • diabetes • United States • heart attack • stroke • type 2 diabetes • scientific study

Kelsey Grammer Has Heart Attack in Hawaii

Actor is recovering in hospital after mild attack while boating

Jun 3, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kelsey Grammer suffered a mild heart attack while paddle-boating in Hawaii with his wife  over the weekend, Reuters reports. The star of Frasier and the recently-canceled Back to You is resting in a Hawaiian hospital and should be released this week. Grammer, 53, was recently cast in a pilot for... More »

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heart attack • Hawaii • actor • Kelsey Grammer

Colombian Rebels Confirm Leader's Death

Marulanda, 78, died of a heart attack 'in arms of his companion'

May 25, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top Colombian rebel confirmed the death of FARC chief Manuel Marulanda in a TV interview today. Marulanda died of a heart attack 2 months ago, at age 78, "in the arms of his companion," he said. With "Sureshot" gone, new rebel leader Alfonso Cano may struggle... More »

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Colombia • obituary • heart attack • drug trade • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Manuel Marulanda • Communists • rebel fighters

Chronic Disease Top Cause of Death Worldwide

Lifestyle-related ailments overtake illness as No. 1 killer

May 20, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chronic ailments such as heart disease have become the top causes of death around the world, Reuters reports. Infectious disease, such as tuberculosis and AIDS, has traditionally been the planet's number-one killer. But new World Health Organization stats show noncommunicable conditions, many of which are associated with a Western lifestyle,... More »

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disease • death • heart attack • stroke • World Health Organization • chronic disease

 Beta Blockers 'Killing Patients' 

Research uncovers dire effects of pre-surgery drug

May 13, 08 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beta blockers routinely given to patients before surgery do far more harm than good, with patients 35% more likely to die within a month than those given a dummy pill, according to a study reported in the Lancet.  While the blood pressure drugs did cut the number of heart... More »

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surgery • heart attack • stroke • American Heart Association • atrial fibrillation • beta blockers • McMaster University • catecholamine • AstraZeneca • Toprol XL • hyptertension • metoprolol

Pot Linked to
Heart Attack Risk

Smoking 78-350 joints a week boosts level of protein that hardens arteries

May 13, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy users of marijuana have elevated levels of a protein that can raise the risk of heart disease, stroke and heart attacks, according to US government researchers.  The drug apparently causes the liver to overproduce the protein, raising serious health issues for long-term smokers, researchers warned. The survey studied... More »

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heart disease • medical research • marijuana • heart attack • arteries • stroke risk

Despite Danger, FDA Sanctioned Artificial Blood Studies

Product tripled heart attack risk in subjects

Apr 28, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration repeatedly approved experiments using artificial blood despite data showing the products to be dangerous, the Washington Post reports. Investigators from the National Institutes of Health found heart attack risk tripled and death increased by 30% for subjects in 16 studies testing five kinds of artificial... More »

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FDA • blood • medical research • heart attack • clinical trials • blood transfusions • artificial blood

Eating Right Slims Risk of Strokes, Heart Attacks

Fruits and veggies boosted heart health, study finds

Apr 15, 08 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women following a government-recommended diet to lower blood pressure significantly reduced their risk of heart attacks and strokes, AP reports. Those following a diet high in fruit, vegetables and grains were 24% less likely to have a heart attack and 18% less likely to have a stroke than women eating... More »

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diet • blood pressure • medical research • heart attack • stroke • healthy eating • heart health • stroke risk

OPINION


'Death by Blogging' Story Was Pure Hooey

Sensationalist Times piece spun out of nothing, says Slate

Apr 8, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The relentlessly self-analytical blogosphere had a field day with the recent New York Times story on bloggers allegedly writing themselves to death. But as the Internet exploded with reaction to the paper's claims, a Slate critic points out that the dire trend story was backed up by the thinnest tissue... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • New York Times • blogging • stress • heart attack

 'Sweatshop' Bloggers Drop Dead

After two notable commentators die,  blogosphere faces lifestyle toll

Apr 6, 08 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The news cycle never stops, and neither do the bloggers who relentlessly chase stories, enduring a sweatshop kind of life stressful enough to apparently induce heart attacks. Two prominent web commentators have died in the last few months, and the community is reflecting on the toll of its hardcore, caffeine-fueled,... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • blogging • stress • heart attack • Gawker

AIDS Drug
May Raise Risk
of Heart Attack

New finding about important treatment confuses doctors

Apr 2, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patients who use an important and widely used AIDS drug have twice the risk of heart attacks, a new study shows. Abacavir is a major component in the so-called "drug cocktails" used to control HIV. "This is a head-scratcher, in the sense that we don't really understand the... More »

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AIDS • HIV • heart attack • abacavir • drug cocktail

Blood Pressure Drugs
Cut Elderly Death Rate

Study finds surprise major benefit of treating those over 80

Apr 1, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Death rates, heart attacks, and strokes among people over 80 can be cut significantly by common blood pressure medication rarely given to older people, finds a new large-scale study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found death rates among the elderly could be cut 21%... More »

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hypertension • heart attack • eldercare • Imperial College London • Hyvet • strokes • indapamide • perindopril • Help the Aged • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence • geriatric medicine

Skip Liplock,
'Go for the Heart'
to Save a Life

Chest compressions key in heart attack CPR, says health group

Apr 1, 08 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reluctant bystanders can skip mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if they witness someone collapse from a heart attack, but should attempt "hands-only" CPR to save a life, the American Heart Association has recommended.  With less than a third of cardiac arrest victims receiving any form of CPR before it's too late,... More »

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health • public health • heart failure • heart attack • cardiac arrest • American Heart Association • health advisories • CPR • heart health • mouth-to-mouth resuscitation • health tips • bystanders

2 Top Cholesterol Drugs, Vytorin and Zetia, Don't Work

Cardiologists urge prescribing statins over Vytorin, Zetia

Mar 31, 08 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two top-selling cholesterol drugs  proved in a recent study to be largely ineffective in slowing the clogging of arteries, a panel of cardiologists said yesterday. Doctors should only prescribe Vytorin and Zetia if other medications don't work, and should rely instead on statins such as Lipitor and Zocor, they said.... More »

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cardiovascular disease • Merck • cholesterol • heart attack • cholesterol lowering drug • clinical trials • Vytorin • Zetia • American College of Cardiology • Schering-Plough

Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

Docs must ask ER
patients if they use cocaine, AHA says

Mar 17, 08 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors should ask younger patients if their heart attack symptoms are really due to cocaine use, the American Heart Association said today. Coke can cause chest pain similar to a heart attack, it said, but heart medication can be fatal to cocaine users. "Not knowing what you are dealing... More »

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hospitals • cocaine • emergency room • blood pressure • doctor • heart attack • American Heart Association

Women at Risk After Hormone Therapy: Study

Breast cancer risk continues, but other health threats diminish

Mar 5, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Breast cancer remains a risk for women even after they stop taking hormone therapy, researchers said yesterday. A follow-up to a 2002 study showed that women who dropped estrogen and progestin still had a 24% greater breast cancer risk. But their chance of a stroke, heart attack, or blood clot... More »

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breast cancer • women's health • hormone replacement therapy • estrogen • blood clots • heart attack • mammogram • stroke • Wyeth • progestin • health study • health risks • HRT

Feeling Ill? Stay On the Ground

Airlines, staff are only modestly equipped to respond to medical emergencies in the air

Feb 27, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of the death last week of a passenger on an American Airlines jet, one expert on in-flight health has this to say to sickly would-be travelers: “Do not fly.” Air travel can exacerbate illness, and though many airlines contract with ground-based medical support, flight attendants... More »

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death • illness • American Airlines • heart attack • flight attendants • oxygen • air travel • airsickness • MedAire

Georgian Dissident Found Dead in Britain

Opposition leader's sudden death treated
as 'suspicious'

Feb 13, 08 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - A Georgian opposition leader living in Britain was found dead today outside London, the Guardian reports. Badri Patarkatsishvili, a 52-year-old businessman and former presidential candidate involved with last year's anti-government protests, died of an apparent heart attack; police are treating the death as "suspicious." Patarkatsishvili, worth an estimated... More »

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Boris Berezovsky • United Kingdom • Georgia • heart attack • Mikheil Saakashvili • Badri Patarkatsishvili

Jet Noise Linked to Heart Risks

Aircraft may cause hypertension, heart attacks

Feb 13, 08 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - People who live near airports may be at risk for stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure, according to a new study. Research funded by the European Commission found that aircraft noise significantly increases blood pressure, even while victims are asleep, potentially triggering a wide range of health problems,... More »

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hypertension • blood pressure • heart failure • heart attack • airport • noise • aircraft • stroke • kidney failure • health study

Nachos? Check. Beer? Check.
... Defibrillator?

Researchers confirm higher heart attack risk for nail-biting fans

Jan 31, 08 4:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Viewers with weak hearts might want to stick to the commercials this Super Sunday, as a New England Journal of Medicine study shows a clear correlation between intense sports matches and spikes in heart attacks, the Los Angeles Times reports. In Germany during the 2006 World Cup, heart troubles jumped... More »

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Super Bowl • football • beer • soccer • heart attack • fans • cardiologists

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