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Some people better at recovering from wounded heart
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): According to a recent study, not all of us end up having permanent heart muscle loss after a heart attack.
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Kashmir CPM leader Tarigami suffers heart attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jul 23 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) leader and MLA from Kashmir Kulgam M.Y. Tarigami on Sunday was admitted at a hospital after he suffered a severe heart attack.
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9/11 survivors may be at increased heart, lung disease risk years later
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 17 (ANI): The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001 have left behind scars that are more than just skin-deep. According to a recent study, the survivors may be at an increased long-term risk of asthma, other respiratory diseases and hear
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New tool can detect small stroke-causing clots
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 7 (ANI): Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke and pulmonary embolism and now a team of scientists has come up with a method of detecting the likelihood of small thrombi better than the current tests.
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Mild obesity can add years to one's life post heart attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 29 (ANI): Mildly obese people often fare better after a major heart attack than normal weight patients, according to a recent research.
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Can your blood group predict heart attack risk?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): India is presently witnessing nearly two million heart attacks annually. A heart attack (clinically known as myocardial infarction) is the permanent damage or death of the heart muscles due to lack of oxygen-rich blood. According to reports, heart attack ki
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Carrie Fisher died of sleep apnea, 'drug use,' not simply heart
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 17 (ANI): 'Star Wars' actress Carrie Fisher, who died on December 27, 2016, did not die simply from a heart attack, instead it was sleep apnea and a combination of other factors, including drug abuse.
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Former Newcastle United player Tiote passes away
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 6 (ANI): Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has died reportedly of a heart attack during training in China.
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New blood clot find could help stave off heart attacks, strokes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 5 (ANI): A recent study has found that it may be possible to disrupt harmful blood clots in people at risk for heart attack or stroke without upping their risk of bleeding.
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Heart attack patients may not benefit from beta blockers: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 30 (ANI): Heart attack patients, who did not have heart failure, should not be prescribed beta blockers as a study finds that they may not live longer with these medicines.
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Exposure to diesel pollution ups risk of heart attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 28 (ANI): A word of caution; avoid places with heavy traffic or try to find a different route as a study has warned that exposure to diesel pollution causes heart attack, heart failure and death.
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23-year-old suffers severe heart attack due to smoking
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): With several reasons attributing to a paradigm shift in the age groups suffering from heart attacks to younger age brackets, tobacco induced cardiac arrests rate as one of the topmost ones.
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