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Alex Trebek Suffers Heart Attack

But hospitalized host is upbeat, aims to be at next month's Jeopardy taping

(Newser) - Jeopardy king Alex Trebek has suffered a mild heart attack. The 71-year-old host of the long-running game show was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles over the weekend. Doctors expect him to make a full recovery, and he plans to be back on the Jeopardy set next month...

Heart Attack Side Effect: PTSD
 Heart Attack Side Effect: PTSD 
New Study
Jun 21, 2012 1:37 PM CDT

Heart Attack Side Effect: PTSD

Research also shows PTSD makes second attack more likely

(Newser) - Having a heart attack can leave you pretty messed up in the head, and being messed up in the head may actually make you more likely to have another heart attack, a new study suggests. By surveying 24 earlier studies, researchers found that roughly one out of every eight patients...

Death Rates Spike on Birthdays
 Death Rates Spike on Birthdays 
Jun 11, 2012 7:16 PM CDT

Death Rates Spike on Birthdays

But birthday suicides only increase among men

(Newser) - On your next birthday, plan something simple—like surviving the rest of the day. Researchers who analyzed more than two million people for 40 years found that death by fall, stroke, heart attack, and suicide spiked on birthdays, the Telegraph reports. "Birthdays end lethally more frequently than might be...

7 Celebs Who Invented Terrific Things

Neil Young, Hedy Lamarr among stars behind fine inventions

(Newser) - Who says celebrities aren't the brightest bulbs in the box? Here are a few who came up with memorable inventions, as reported by Cracked :
  • Neil Young: The legendary singer/songwriter invented a new remote control system for model trains called the Trainmaster Command Control. He first designed it so his
...

Another Study Raves About Daily Dark Chocolate

This time, it's for heart disease

(Newser) - Regular exercise might be bad for you , regular chocolate consumption might be good? So says a new study, so long as it's dark chocolate. (It's just one more study on the theme .) For people with hypertension and metabolic syndrome, eating about 3.5 ounces of dark chocolate...

Hoffman Saves Heart Attack Jogger

Actor spots young runner keel over in Hyde Park

(Newser) - Dustin Hoffman has joined the ranks of celebs who save lives. He was walking in London's Hyde Park when he spotted a jogger first stagger, then keel over, frothing at the mouth. He immediately called the emergency Brit number—999—and stayed as paramedics performed CPR on Sam Dempster,...

Heart Attack Grill Strikes Again

Owner unconcerned after woman drops in ridiculously unhealthy restaurant

(Newser) - You can't say they didn't warn her: A woman collapsed at the Heart Attack Grill this weekend, just two months after the last time someone had a heart attack at the cheerfully morbid Las Vegas eatery. The woman was whisked away by paramedics and her condition is currently...

Woman&#39;s Death Blamed on 2 Gallons of Coke a Day
Woman's Death
Blamed on
2 Gallons of
Coke a Day
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Apr 22, 2012 5:39 PM CDT

Woman's Death Blamed on 2 Gallons of Coke a Day

New Zealand family faults company

(Newser) - A 30-year-old New Zealand woman died of a heart attack in 2010, and her death has been linked to her consumption of about 2 gallons of Coca-Cola every day for several years. Natasha Marie Harris consumed about 4,000 calories of regular Coke daily, reports CBS News . "The first...

Gallagher Recuperating After Heart Attack

Comedian suffers 'mild to serious' attack before show

(Newser) - Comedian Gallagher suffered a heart attack just as he was preparing to perform in Texas last night, TMZ reports. The 65-year-old watermelon smasher is expected to remain hospitalized for a few days; his manager called it "mild to serious." Last year, the comedian suffered a minor heart attack...

Why You're at More Risk for a Heart Attack on Monday

Daylight Savings Time start associated with increased risk

(Newser) - Studies have shown that the start of daylight savings time, which begins Sunday, is associated with an increase in heart attacks . "The Monday and Tuesday after moving the clocks ahead one hour in March is associated with a 10% increase in the risk of having a heart attack,"...

Breitbart's Death No Accident: Conspiracy Theorists

A 'heart attack'? Bloggers, tweeters refuse to believe it

(Newser) - Andrew Breitbart's surprising death this week has sparked good-riddance shots, tributes —and now the inevitable conspiracy theories, reports Yahoo's The Cutline blog. The fact that Breitbart recently claimed to have damaging videos of President Obama has only added fuel to the flames. "[We] are going to...

Women&#39;s Heart Attacks Often More Deadly
Women's Heart Attacks
Often More Deadly
study says
Feb 21, 2012 6:29 PM CST

Women's Heart Attacks Often More Deadly

And they might not be accompanied by chest pain

(Newser) - A major new study of heart attack victims presents cautionary stats for women: They are less likely to experience the classic symptom of chest pain and, perhaps because of that, they are more likely to die at the hospital than men, report USA Today and WebMD . It may be that...

Woman Eats Only Pizza for 31 Years
Woman Eats Only Pizza
for 31 Years
in case you missed it
Feb 18, 2012 7:52 AM CST

Woman Eats Only Pizza for 31 Years

Selective Eating Disorder puts Londoner's health at risk

(Newser) - Turns out eating cheese-and-tomato pizzas for 31 years isn't very good for you—who knew. But a British woman says she can't face anything else on her plate without getting the shakes, ANI reports. “I’m actually scared of fruit and veg," says London resident Claire...

Patron at Heart Attack Grill Gets ... a Heart Attack

Vegas visitor was eating the 'triple bypass burger' at the time

(Newser) - Hard to say whether this will end up being good or bad publicity: While chomping into a monstrous, 8,000-calorie "triple bypass burger" at the Heart Attack Grill in downtown Las Vegas Saturday night, a man had a heart attack. The diner, in his 40's, began sweating and...

Heart Patients Told Sex Is Safe—but Not Affairs

Risk of dying during sex miniscule for most patients, study finds

(Newser) - Having sex is safe for the vast majority of heart patients as long as they use a little common sense, according to a report from the American Heart Association. Fewer than 1% of heart attacks are linked to sex and patients cleared for physical activity and capable of climbing two...

You Can Die of a Broken Heart

 You Can Die 
 of a Broken 
 Heart 
study says
Jan 10, 2012 3:27 PM CST

You Can Die of a Broken Heart

Large study finds truth to the age-old theory

(Newser) - The poets are right: It's possible to die of a broken heart, a study finds. The risk of a heart attack is 21 times higher the day after the loss of a loved one, say researchers who interviewed 2,000 subjects over 5 years. During the week after the...

Teen Recalls 'Big Light' in Videos Before Death

'It was the BEST feeling,' Ben Breedlove says of near-death experience

(Newser) - A Texas teen reveals his near-death experiences with a beneficent "big, bright light" in a crushingly poignant double video he made just days before his death on Christmas Day. Ben Breedlove, 18, recounts years of battling his progressively worsening hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart illness and his three near-death experiences in...

Zardari Leaves Pakistan, Sparking Coup Rumors

Supposedly he's in Dubai due to a health condition

(Newser) - Is Pakistan in the midst of a coup? Speculation is running wild that it is, after President Asif Ali Zardari left the country yesterday, flying to Dubai for unclear health reasons—a government adviser says he had a "minor heart attack," but a Zardari spokesman says he's...

2 Runners Die in Philly Marathon

Apparent heart attacks claim two men, including Penn State student

(Newser) - Two runners in the Philadelphia marathon died of apparent heart attacks close to the end of the race yesterday. One man was in his 40s, and the other was a 21-year-old Penn State student from California, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . The day offered the kind of cool, dry weather that...

Man Revived After 96 Mins of CPR

Device that helped save man's life becoming standard emergency equipment

(Newser) - Minnesota man Howard Snitzer survived for an incredible 96 minutes without a pulse thanks to a device called a capnograph—and the determination of two dozen first responders. The device, which measures how much carbon dioxide is expelled with each breath, lets doctors know how much blood is being carried...

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