News on Heart Attacks

Stock market dips 'linked to heart attack surge'

2010-03-14T03:15:42Z

<div><p>Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center has said.</p><p>"In analyzing our local patient population... during the recent period of increased volatility in the stock market, we found that when stoc...

Stock market dips linked to heart attack surge: study

2010-03-13T22:15:26Z

<div><p>Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center said Saturday.</p><p>"In analyzing our local patient population... during the recent period of increased volatility in the stock market, we found that when...

Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests

2010-03-13T12:15:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Ticker toll: Heart attacks may have risen when the stock market was falling, study suggests</div><div><p>Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Duke University researchers found a link between how a key stock index performed and how many heart attacks were treated at their Plavix anti-blood clotting agent to add a boxed warning to its packets saying the drug may be less effective in preventing heart attacks in people who cannot metabolize it properly.</p><p>The new boxed warning ordered by the Food and Drug Administration is a further step up from jus...

US orders new warning of limited Plavix effectiveness

2010-03-12T15:15:29Z

<div><p>US health officials Friday ordered the makers of the Plavix anti-blood clotting agent to add a boxed warning to its packets saying the drug may be less effective in preventing heart attacks in people who cannot metabolize it properly.</p><p>The new boxed warning ordered by the Food and Drug Administration is a further step up from jus...

Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough

2010-03-10T16:30:08Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors' poor advice, scientists said on Thursday.</p><p>German researchers said that over 10 years, around 50 to 80 heart attacks, strokes and heart disease-related deaths per 1,000 patients could be averted if all doc...

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Tantawi dies: MENA

2010-03-10T01:16:18Z

<div><p>Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar -- Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning -- died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack, the official MENA news agency reported.</p><p>Tantawi, 81,...

Australian court: Vioxx doubled heart attack risk

2010-03-05T00:18:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Australian court finds drug Vioxx doubled heart attack risk, awards man $259,000 in damages</div><div><p>The once-popular painkiller Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attack and was unfit for consumption, an Australian court ruled Friday, awarding a man leading a class action suit against the drug's maker 287,000 Australian dollars ($259,000) in compensation.</p><p>Melbourne Vioxx doubled the risk of heart attacks and was not fit for sale, opening the way for hundreds of lawsuits against US pharmaceutical giant Merck.</p><p>Federal Court judge Christopher Jessop awarded 287,000 dollars (259,000 US) to Drugmaker Merck & Co. paid the final $4.1 billion into its $4.85 billion fund to settle roughly 10,000 U.S. claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or strokes.</p><p>PLAINTIFF PAYOUTS: All claims involving heart attacks suffered by Vioxx users have been pr...

Merck: Last Vioxx patient payouts to be made soon

2010-03-01T15:00:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Merck: Last Vioxx payouts coming soon from $4.85B fund to settle heart attack, stroke lawsuits</div><div><p>Drugmaker Merck & Co. has made its final, $4.1 billion payment into a fund to settle tens of thousands of U.S. claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks ...

Liz Cheney: Dad is well, following doctor's orders

2010-02-28T10:15:20Z

<div><p>One of Dick Cheney's daughters says the former vice president is recovering well from the mild heart attack that sent him to the hospital last week.</p><p>Liz Cheney says her father is following doctor's orders. Dick Cheney, who's 69, has had five heart attacks — the first when he was 37.</p><p>Liz Cheney said on "Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called former Vice President Dick Cheney to wish him a speedy recovery as Cheney was recuperating from a mild heart attack, the White House said on Friday.</p><p>Cheney, 69, was h...

Cheney's 5 heart attacks unusual, shows good care

2010-02-25T05:00:51Z

<div id="subtitle">Few people survive 5 heart attacks; Cheney illustrates peril and progress in heart disease</div><div><p>Surviving five heart attacks makes former Vice President Dick Cheney pretty unusual — showing that he has good medical care as well as a particularly aggressive form of heart disease.</p><p>But the number, attention-grabbing as it is, isn't the real issue: It's how much damage a heart a...

Cheney leaves US hospital after heart attack

2010-02-24T12:17:09Z

<div><p>Former US vice president Dick Cheney was discharged from hospital early Wednesday after suffering his fifth heart attack, his office said.</p><p>"Former vice president Cheney is feeling good this morning and was discharged from GWU Hospital," a statement said. "He will resume his normal schedule sho...

Former VP Cheney released from hospital

2010-02-24T07:30:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Former VP Cheney released from hospital following heart attack</div><div><p>Former Vice President Dick Cheney left a Washington hospital on Wednesday following a heart attack he suffered earlier in the week.</p><p>Spokesman Peter Long said Cheney was discharged from Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was discharged from a Washington hospital on Wednesday after being treated for a mild heart attack, his fifth in 32 years.</p><p>Cheney's office said Cheney was "feeling good this morning" and released from US Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized after suffering a "mild heart attack," his aide said Tuesday, in the fifth such scare for the 69-year-old Republican hawkish politician.</p><p>Cheney was admitted to George Washington Hospital on Monday after experiencing chest pains, Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized on Monday after experiencing chest pains, and his office said he was resting comfortably while doctors evaluated the situation.</p><p>Cheney, 69, who served as vice president from 2001 to 2009 under President George W....

Senate report: Avandia maker knew of cardiac risks

2010-02-21T09:45:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Senate report says Avandia maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of heart attack risks</div><div><p>A Senate report said Saturday that drug maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible heart attack risks tied to Avandia, its diabetes medication, years before such evidence became public.</p><p>Sen....