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Prohibit smoking helps reduce 41% of cases of heart attack
After 3 years of implementing a ban on workplace smoking, Pueblo's hospitalization for heart attack infarction was reduced by 41%.
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Heart attack is easy to cause
According to an American study, symptoms of a panic attack such as a fast pulse, difficulty breathing, trembling, sweating, nausea, digestive disorders ... can increase…
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Shy men easily heart attack
A 30-year study at Chicago Northwestern University, USA, shows shy men will increase their risk of dying from a heart attack by 50%, compared to those who are lively and…
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US warns diabetes medicine causes heart attack
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on June 7 that it has decided to include two drugs for type 2 diabetes, Avandia and Actos, on the list of the highest-warn…
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Flu triggers a heart attack
In a study to illustrate what experts have long believed, flu can kill people even if the cause of death is not directly affected by the disease, researchers
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Why do South Asians suffer more heart attacks?
South Asians make up a quarter of the world's population. Researchers already know that South Asians tend to have heart attacks at a younger age than those from the rest…
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Pictures can also cause ... heart attack
Pictures can benefit the heart, which can also be harmful to the heart, especially when the picture depicts the scary scene ... Tim Ottawa Institute in Canada has to rem…
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Living alone is prone to a heart attack
Those who live alone will double their risk of heart attack. That was the conclusion of the doctors at Aarhus Sygehus University Hospital (Denmark). The study was conduc…
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Smoking increases the risk of heart attack by three times
Researchers from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said smokers are three times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers.
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Who is at risk of heart attack?
People in the group below are more likely to have a heart attack: a family member with ischemic heart disease; smoking a lot; disorders of blood fat metabolism; get sick
Cancer
The magic drug can halve the risk of cancer death
The new drug is able to reduce the risk of heart attack by a quarter, halving the risk of dying from cancer and protecting the body against gout and arthritis.
Cancer
New discovery of hormone therapy for prostate cancer
Men diagnosed with prostate cancer often receive hormone therapy to deal with tumors.
New technology
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Student inventor Alec Momont at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) has unveiled 'unmanned ambulance'.
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New ultrasound device to detect heart disease
Researchers from the University of North Carolina have developed dual-band ultrasound devices that can help detect dangerous artery plaques that cause heart failure.
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Apple develops device that predicts heart attack by listening to blood vessels?
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Apple is expanding its reach into the medical device field.