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  If you have high cholesterol, chances are it has been recommended that you take a statin to help lower your numbers with medication.

  What Do Statin Drugs Do?

  By Dr. Carrie Jones Expert HERWriter on January 11, 2012 - 4:28pm
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  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 40-year-old woman who suffered cardiac arrest while competing in a triathlon in the Hudson River died on Monday, the second death reported in the weeken

  Second New York triathlon competitor dies

  on August 8, 2011 - 12:22pm
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  Many of us have felt that stress was causing us to lose our hair, but a recent study shows that the amount of stress one has experienced can actually be measured in our hair and can be ...

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  Hair Can Indicate Your Risk of a Heart Attack

  By Michele Blacksberg RN HERWriter on July 25, 2011 - 5:31am
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've suffered cardiac arrest usually get a shot of adrenaline to help their heart back on track, but in a controversial study from Austral

  Does adrenaline help cardiac arrest victims survive?

  on July 14, 2011 - 10:09am
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have identified one more reason for women to stay fit, eat healthy, abstain from smoking, and maintain their weight: those who do so mi

  Lifestyle may affect sudden cardiac death risk

  on July 5, 2011 - 1:00pm
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  I live in the relatively small city of Mercer Island, Wash. Twenty-two thousand people live here where a floating bridge and the interstate connect us to Seattle three miles away.

  Quick Thinking Mayor Saves His Own Life

  By Andrew Schorr HERWriter on June 15, 2011 - 7:11pm
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who underwent a procedure to widen their coronary arteries, then followed up with cardiac rehabilitation, were nearly half as likely to di

  Fewer deaths with cardiac rehab after angioplasty

  on June 10, 2011 - 12:13pm
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - College student-athletes may be more likely to die from cardiac arrest -- when the heart suddenly stops beating -- than previously believed, accord

  How common is cardiac arrest in college athletes?

  on April 22, 2011 - 8:04am
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  According to a new study released on April 3, 2011, Hurricane Katrina survivors have a three times greater risk of heart attacks.

  Katrina Survivors Have Higher Rate of Heart Attacks

  By MC Kelby HERWriter on April 4, 2011 - 6:41pm
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  Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) has to be one of the most devastating cardiac events that a person can suffer.

  Every Second Counts, Every Action Matters: The Heart Rescue Project

  By Mary Kyle HERWriter on April 3, 2011 - 9:46pm