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• Heart Association Warns of Surgery Risks in Obese

  June 15 (HealthDay News) -- Severely obese people undergoing surgery are at greater risk of ...

• Value of Taking Aspirin to Cut Heart Risk Varies

  May 29 (HealthDay News) --Taking aspirin reduces heart attack risk in people with no previous ...

• Strict Blood Sugar Control Lowers Heart Risks in Diabetics

  May 22 (HealthDay News) --Diabetics who strictly control their blood sugar levels also reduce their ...

• Implanted Defibrillators Boost Long-Term Survival

  May 14 (HealthDay News) --Implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) extend heart patients' lives even eight years ...

• Psychiatric Drugs Might Raise Cardiac Death Risk

• Subway Defibrillators Save Lives

  May 14 (HealthDay News) --The use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public places such ...

• "Stun Gun" Deaths Rarely Caused by Ventricular Fibrillation

  May 14 (HealthDay News) -- News media periodically report on people dying after being shocked ...

• Discharge Time After Angioplasty Varies

  May 7 (HealthDay News) -- While some heart patients can safely go home after having ...

• CPAP Therapy Boosts Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

  May 6 (HealthDay News) -- A few hours of postoperative treatment with continuous positive airway ...

• Focusing on CPR Improves Survival

  May 4 (HealthDay News) -- With CPR, the more chest compressions the better, a new ...

• Urine Test for Heart Disease Shows Promise

  April 29 (HealthDay News) -- A urine test to detect coronary artery disease has worked ...

• Clinics Less Likely to Refer Heart Patients to Cardiologists

  April 28 (HealthDay News) -- American heart patients who receive their primary care at a ...

• Too Few Screened for Abdominal Aneurysm, Study Says

  April 24 (HealthDay News) -- Few people who are at risk of an abdominal aortic ...

• Doctor's Training Affects Defibrillator Implant Results

  April 21 (HealthDay News) -- Chances are you've never heard of electrophysiology, but it's a ...

• Breast-feeding a Boon to Mom's Heart

  April 21 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding isn't just good for baby, it may also boost ...

• Soothing Songs Please the Heart

  April 15 (HealthDay News) -- If you have heart problems, you might want to plug ...

• Marathoners Go the Distance on Heart Health

  April 10 (HealthDay News) -- Long-distance runners are less likely than other people to develop ...

• Heart Transplant Failures More Likely in Poor, Minority Kids

  April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Minority children and those in poorer neighborhoods are more likely ...

• Human Heart Can Make New Cells

  April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Solving a longstanding mystery, scientists have found that the human ...