Read more heart failure stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4994/heart-failure.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:52:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72083/deadly-mamba-may-save-heart-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists believe the deadly green mamba may hold the key to saving many heart failure patients. A hormone found in the African tree snake's venom helps widen blood vessels to deliver its poison faster, reducing high blood pressure in the process. The hormone also appears to boost kidney function, researchers...http://www.newser.com/story/72083/deadly-mamba-may-save-heart-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 5:07:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66434/police-brutality-it-could-just-be-excited-delirium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew research could help exonerate police officers accused of using excessive force to restrain unruly perpetrators, New Scientist reports. So far the American Medical Association has not recognized “excited delirium,” a condition describing an agitated, combative person who exhibits superhuman strength and high body temperature—a rare condition common to...http://www.newser.com/story/66434/police-brutality-it-could-just-be-excited-delirium.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 18:31:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65459/jacko-doc-may-have-dozed-during-iv-drip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConrad Murray told police he gave Michael Jackson a powerful IV drip hours before he died, but authorities suspect the doctor dozed off only to awaken and find the singer already dead of heart failure, reports TMZ. Experts consider it “reckless” to administer Propofol without using an EKG to keep...http://www.newser.com/story/65459/jacko-doc-may-have-dozed-during-iv-drip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 9:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63120/mays-autopsy-shows-no-drugs-no-trauma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInitial autopsy results suggest that infomercial celebrity Billy Mays died of heart failure, the medical examiner announced today. The autopsy didn’t reveal any head trauma or drug abuse, both rumored causes of the 50-year-old's death, but did find hardening of his arteries, the St. Petersburg Times reports. He was also...http://www.newser.com/story/63120/mays-autopsy-shows-no-drugs-no-trauma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 12:12:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40145/stayin-alive-in-rhythm-with-cpr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDisco may be dead, but it can still help others live. So say University of Illinois researchers, who found that med students performed CPR more effectively to the beat of the Bee Gees classic “Stayin’ Alive,” notes the Health Blog of the Wall Street Journal . Seems the song has 103...http://www.newser.com/story/40145/stayin-alive-in-rhythm-with-cpr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Oct 2008 17:54:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39402/half-ton-mexican-man-dies-after-pleading-for-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA bedridden 990-pound man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem has died of heart failure, AP reports. Emergency officials had to knock down Jose Luis Garza's bedroom wall and hoist him onto the back of a friend's pickup truck to take him to the...http://www.newser.com/story/39402/half-ton-mexican-man-dies-after-pleading-for-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Oct 2008 2:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29030/bo-diddley-dead-at-79.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who made his first recordings in 1955 and was still touring last year, died today at 79, the AP reports. The singer and guitarist, born Ellas Bates in Mississippi in 1928, not only pioneered distorted guitar tones; his bragging, syncopated style foreshadowed rap as...http://www.newser.com/story/29030/bo-diddley-dead-at-79.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Jun 2008 13:14:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23638/tragic-bond-links-heart-donor-recipient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Georgia man who took his own life last week had lived 12 years after receiving a transplanted heart from a South Carolina man who also committed suicide, police said. And in a twist worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, the donor's widow had met and married the recipient, the Hilton...http://www.newser.com/story/23638/tragic-bond-links-heart-donor-recipient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 16:16:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23063/skip-liplock-go-for-the-heart-to-save-a-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReluctant bystanders can skip mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if they witness someone collapse from a heart attack, but should attempt "hands-only" CPR to save a life, the American Heart Association has recommended. With less than a third of cardiac arrest victims receiving any form of CPR before it's too late, anything remotely...http://www.newser.com/story/23063/skip-liplock-go-for-the-heart-to-save-a-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Apr 2008 5:21:50 CDT