Read more heart attack stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5803/heart-attack.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:06:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74317/transcendental-meditation-slashes-heart-attack-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTranscendental Meditation's tangible—and significant—health benefits have been confirmed by another pair of heart-disease-related studies. In one, a nine-year look at black Americans with heart disease, those who practiced TM had a 50% lower risk of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to a control group using traditional preventative...http://www.newser.com/story/74317/transcendental-meditation-slashes-heart-attack-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 13:17:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74097/men-at-40-face-1-in-8-chance-of-cardiac-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 40-year-old American male has a one-in-eight chance of sudden cardiac death in his lifetime, according to a new study that's stunned even cardiologists, one of whom calls it "fairly astonishing data." The study shows women's odds much lower at one in 24, and black men's risk even higher than...http://www.newser.com/story/74097/men-at-40-face-1-in-8-chance-of-cardiac-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 6:58:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72394/wildfire-suspect-charged-in-heart-attack-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia officials have taken the unusual step of charging a wildfire arson suspect with murder in the death of 5 people who suffered heart attacks escaping the flames. Prosecutors intend to prove the stress of the fire caused the deaths in the massive 2003 San Bernardino blaze. The groundbreaking case...http://www.newser.com/story/72394/wildfire-suspect-charged-in-heart-attack-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 4:13:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72238/taser-tells-cops-dont-aim-at-chest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStun gun maker Taser has issued an advisory to police departments suggesting cops not aim at a suspect’s chest because it poses an "extremely low" chance of triggering an "adverse cardiac event." The company insists its product is safe, but if something goes wrong, "it would place the law-enforcement agency,...http://www.newser.com/story/72238/taser-tells-cops-dont-aim-at-chest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:35:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70342/smoking-ban-health-hype-going-up-in-smoke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReporters are covering stories that link smoking bans to lower heart attack rates—which would be terrific news if it were true, Christopher Snowdon writes on Spiked. Even the anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health stood up to a Sunday Times report of a "10% heart attack drop," saying...http://www.newser.com/story/70342/smoking-ban-health-hype-going-up-in-smoke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 17:23:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69971/chili-peppers-could-help-heart-attack-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCapsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers so spicy, could turn out to be the newest—and oddest—heart drug, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scientists applied the chemical to the abdominal skin of mice then induced heart attacks; their hearts suffered 85% less cell damage than the mice treated...http://www.newser.com/story/69971/chili-peppers-could-help-heart-attack-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 9:22:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66842/chocolate-cuts-risk-of-2nd-heart-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHeart attack survivors who eat chocolate after recovering are much less likely to suffer a recurrence than people who abstain, AFP reports. People who eat at least two servings a week are three times less likely to die from heart disease than those who don’t consume chocolate. And the more...http://www.newser.com/story/66842/chocolate-cuts-risk-of-2nd-heart-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 12:24:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66301/director-john-hughes-dead-at-59.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Hughes, the director who made his name cataloging teen angst of the 1980s, died of a heart attack today at 59. Hughes created such films as The Breakfast Club , Ferris Bueller’s Day Off , Pretty in Pink , and Sixteen Candles , making stars of the so-called Brat Pack of Molly Ringwald...http://www.newser.com/story/66301/director-john-hughes-dead-at-59.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 16:49:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65316/success-pumps-up-cost-of-heart-attack-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdvanced treatments have given heart attack victims a vastly better chance of survival than decades ago, but at chest-clutching prices, reports the Washington Post . In the 1960s, up to 40% of patients died soon after a heart attack. Today, it's only 6%. But treatment cost $5,700 in 1977—and...http://www.newser.com/story/65316/success-pumps-up-cost-of-heart-attack-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 6:37:02 CDT