Some statins, drugs taken to protect the heart, may increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada. Their study of 1.5 million people, in the British Medical Journal, suggested powerful statins could increase the risk by 22% compared with weaker drugs. Atorvastatin was linked to one extra case of diabetes for [...]
Richie Havens, the famous folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstock rock festival, has died of a heart attack at the age of 72. First reports, quoting family in New York and his agency in Los Angeles, did not say where Richie Havens had died. Brooklyn-born Richie Havens was famous for his distinctive guitar [...]
A new research has find that an aspirin a day may slow brain decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Around 500 at risk women, between the ages of 70 to 92, were tracked for five years – their mental capacity was tested at the start and end of the study. Those [...]
The most ambitious goal of medical researchers is to find ways to prevent diseases. Methods to accomplish that goal do exist for certain illnesses, but are rare for others. Two recent medical studies on the molecular level exemplify the effort of the scientists to contribute to strengthening it against organ failure and to immunizing the [...]
LAPD is investigating the apparent drowning of a crew member on the set of forthcoming Johnny Depp film The Lone Ranger, near Los Angeles. The unnamed 48-year-old diver is thought to have suffered a heart attack while cleaning out a pool that was going to be used in the film. He was pronounced dead on [...]
Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, British researchers have found. They analyzed 13 existing European studies covering nearly 200,000 people and found “job strain” was linked to a 23% increased risk of heart attacks and deaths from coronary heart disease. The risk to the heart was [...]
Sage Stallone, son of actor Sylvester Stallone, died from natural causes due to a heart condition, the Los Angeles County Coroner has ruled. Sage Stallone was found dead at his Hollywood home by an employee and a relative on 13 July. Bottles of prescription pills were found but it was not clear if they were [...]
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. His publicist Joy Fehily says in a brief email statement that Michael Clarke Duncan “suffered a myocardial infarction” early Friday. Joy Fehily says his heart rate has stabilized and he’s expected to make a full recovery. She would not confirm [...]
German researchers have found that people who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack. Calcium is often taken by older people to strengthen bones and prevent fractures. But the study, published in the journal Heart, said the supplements “should be taken with caution”. Experts say promoting a balanced diet [...]
Whitney Houston drowned in the hotel room bathtub on February 11, having ingested cocaine recently enough to have it be a contributing factor in her death, said Los Angeles coroner yesterday. But how exactly did Whitney Houston, who was only 48, die in her bathtub at the Beverly Hilton? Did she overdose? Hit her head? [...]
Whitney Houston had cocaine in her system when she drowned in the bathtub at Beverly Hilton Hotel, according to the official report released by the Los Angeles Coroner today. Whitney Houston sunk into the bathwater after suffering a massive heart attack caused in part by her prolonged drug abuse. Following the news, Whitney Houston’s family [...]
Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston’s cousin, is opening up to Entertainment Tonight about the singer’s death and reveals what she thinks killed the pop superstar. When asked what she expects to hear when authorities issue a final cause of death for Whitney Houston following the results of toxicology tests, Dionne Warwick said: “You know, in all [...]
A customer of Heart Attack Grill suffered a cardiac arrest in the chain’s Las Vegas branch on last Saturday. An onlooker captured video of paramedics wheeling the unidentified man, thought to be in his 40’s, out of the fast-food diner. The diner was midway through eating a 6,000-calorie Triple Bypass Burger when he began experiencing chest [...]
Experts at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in US say that damage caused by a heart attack has been healed using stem cells gathered from the patient’s own heart. The amount of scar tissue was halved in the small safety trial reported in the Lancet medical journal. According to the authors, there was also an “unprecedented” [...]
Co-pilot Segei Golev, who was onboard the UTair Boeing 757 flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in western Siberia, died from a heart attack, transportation prosecutors said Friday. Sergei Golev, 44, suffered the attack in the cockpit and died despite all attempts at resuscitation – even a cardiologist, who was among passengers on the flight, failed [...]
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