Former L.A. Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda Has Heart Attack
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda suffered a minor heart attack Monday and is now recovering in a New York hospital, according to a statement released by the team.The Hall of Fame manager&rsqu…
NC Hospitals Cutting Treatment Times to Lengthen Lives
Comstock/Thinkstock(ROXBOROUGH, N.C.) — When Virginia Gardner felt faint during choir practice, she had no idea she was having a heart attack.”My chest started feeling tight,” said Gardner, 64, a great-grandmother from Roxborough, N.C. “My throat felt…
Calcium Supplements Linked to Heart Attack Risk
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Taking calcium supplements to build stronger bones may be bad for the heart, according to a new study that suggests getting similar doses from calcium-rich foods is a safer alternative.The study, which followed nea…
Delayed Drowning: Man Dies Hours After Pulling Himself from Water
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A 60-year-old man fell into New York’s Long Island Sound, pulled himself out, and then died several hours later, apparently of drowning. Emergency doctors Tuesday called it a case of secondary drowning, s…
Boy Who Survived Heart Attack Dies During Baseball Practice
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(PORTLAND, Ore.) — An Oregon middle school student died Friday after collapsing during baseball practice, just months after he suffered a heart attack during basketball practice and later underwent surgery to correct a heart de…
Another Customer Hospitalized After Eating at Heart Attack Grill
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) — For the second time this year, a customer at Las Vegas’ Heart Attack Grill was sent to the hospital after possibly suffering from a heart attack, ABC News affiliate KTNV reports.The latest incident happened last Sat…
Gallagher Suffers Another Heart Attack
Fotos International/Getty Images(SEDONA, Ariz.) — The watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher has suffered his second heart attack this month.A rep tells TMZ.com that Gallagher suffered a “mild heart attack” Sunday at a Sedona, Ariz., hospital “due to …
Gallagher Awakes from Coma Following Heart Attack
Fotos International/Getty Images(LEWISVILLE, Texas) — The watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher, who suffered a heart attack last week before a scheduled performance in Texas, has been awoken from a medically-induced coma.According to TMZ.com, his pr…
Daylight Saving Time Increases Heart-Attack Risk, Health Experts Find
Erik Snyder/Photodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Daylight saving time not only affects sleep habits, but it could also have an impact on your heart, according to health experts. HealthDay reports that heart-attack risk increases after daylight saving time…
Man Suffers Heart Attack at ‘Heart Attack Grill’
Hemera/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) — A man suffered an apparent heart attack while eating a “Triple Bypass Burger” at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.The man, whose identity has not been released, was eating by himself when he began complain…
Doctors Use Stem Cells to Heal Heart Attack Scars
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Doctors say it may be possible to mend a broken heart.
A small trial by physicians at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, reported in the medical journal Lancet, showed that damage caused to the o…
New Study Links Diet Soda to ‘Vascular Events’
Fuse/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A new study suggests people who drink diet soda every day could be at a higher risk of strokes, heart attacks, and, in some cases — vascular death.The Doctors Health Press published an online e-bulletin Feb. 6 in which it sh…
Man’s Only Heart Attack Clue — Nonstop Hiccups
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hiccups can mean many things to many people. Maybe you’ve had too much to drink, eaten something a bit too spicy or just can’t catch your breath. But one man’s hiccups served as a rare, importan…
Texas Teen Posted Powerful Videos Before Christmas Death
A Texas teenager, Ben Breedlove, who cheated death three times despite a dangerous heart condition died on Christmas night from a heart attack, but not before posting a two-part video on YouTube telling his story and describing a series of powerful vis…
New Jersey Teen Uses CPR to Revive Elderly Man
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(DENVILLE, N.J.) — A 16-year-old New Jersey girl received a very grown-up honor this week for reviving an elderly man who suffered a heart attack in a bowling alley.Christa Fairclough of Denville sprang into action on Dec. 9 when s…