'Wait and See' Approach to Heart Attack Warning Signs May Contribute to...

PR Newswire;  January 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Urges Americans to 'Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs' NEW YORK, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire...adults lack critical knowledge about heart attack warning signs beyond the so-called Hollywood Heart Attack -- the sudden, crushing chest pain...

Heartfelt for life: a new program teaches heart attack survivors how to...

Saturday Evening Post;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Americans suffered from a new or recurrent heart attack, known medically as myocardial infarction...35 percent of women will have another heart attack. The numbers are staggering, yet they...WE can and should do for ourselves. Heart attack survivors can help take their health...

Aspirin for Heart Attack

The Washington Post;  October 20, 1998 ;     696 words ......anyone experiencing the symptoms of a heart attack. I'd like to know your opinion about...aspirin immediately following the onset of heart attack symptoms. Can it do any harm? Might...of treating patients who are having a heart attack. Although aspirin is usually given to...

Belief in fate could be fatal for heart attack victims who delay

The Scotsman;  April 1, 2002 ;     392 words ...HEART attack victims delay going to hospital because...has shown. Researchers, who questioned heart attack patients at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary...between a doctor's estimate of when the heart attack took place and the patient's arrival...

RECOGNIZING, RESPONDING TO HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS.(Living)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  February 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, is a life-threatening occurrence in...about 1.1 million Americans suffer a heart attack every year. Of these, 460,000 are fatal...hospital as fast as possible when a heart attack happened, according to Act in Time...

Heartfelt Wake-Up Call Sounded for Heart Attack Survivors.

PR Newswire;  December 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Uncovers the Life-Changing Effects of a Heart Attack and Critical Need for Education DALLAS...A new survey reveals a majority of heart attack survivors characterize their attack...many of those surveyed also say their heart attack left them with feelings of depression...

Active lifestyle lowers risk for heart attack

Post-Tribune (IN);  November 20, 2000 ;     641 words ......physically active after a first heart attack appears to significantly lower the risk of death or a second heart attack, researchers from the American...physically active after a first heart attack had a 60 percent lower risk of...

Staying active lowers heart attack risk

Post-Tribune (IN);  November 20, 2000 ;     641 words ......physically active after a first heart attack appears to significantly lower the risk of death or a second heart attack, researchers from the American...physically active after a first heart attack had a 60 percent lower risk of...

NSW: Melbourne researchers find heart attack genes

AAP General News (Australia);  May 23, 2002 ;     398 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: Melbourne researchers find heart attack genes By Judy Skatssoon, National Medical...that could make a person more prone to heart attack. The study, the first ever of its kind...and sisters who shared a history of heart attack. Research team leader Professor Stephen...

TIME COUNTS DURING A HEART ATTACK

The Boston Globe;  July 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ...They call it the Hollywood heart attack: Perry Mason bores into an unsuspecting...the classic signs and symptoms of a heart attack, like they see on TV, before they make...opening vessels patients in the midst of a heart attack still wait too long to summon an ambulance...

KEEP EXERCISING AFTER HEART ATTACK.(AT HOME)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  January 27, 2001 ;     433 words ...Byline: Steve Infanti Q: I had a heart attack two years ago. Maintaining a physically...lifestyle is encouraged to help prevent a heart attack. Now that I have had one, are there...being physically active after a first heart attack appears to significantly lower the risk...

I nearly died for cost of parking my car; Heart attack teacher backs...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  July 28, 2008 ;     511 words ......health campaign after almost dying of a heart attack - because he didn't have the change...to experience how it feels to have a heart attack through their own television set. Billboards...BHF), which will raise awareness of heart attack symptoms, and asks viewers to watch...

Heart attack scare of city's festival tsar

Evening News - Scotland;  April 25, 2002 ;     524 words ......tsar, Steve Cardownie, has suffered a heart attack which he has blamed on his hectic lifestyle...Western General told him he had suffered a heart attack during a recent health check-up. Mr...for the result they told me I'd had a heart attack. "I was amazed, but when I cast my mind...

Less Than Half of Heart Attack Survivors Take Beta-Blocker Therapy...

PR Newswire;  May 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ......18 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than half of heart attack survivors continue taking beta-blockers...infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, and measured adherence during the first...proven benefits of beta-blockers to heart attack survivors. According to guidelines published...

African-American Heart Attack Survivors Cite Experience As A 'Wake-Up...

The Culvert Chronicles;  February 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......African-Americans who have suffered a heart attack consider their experience a "wake-up...majority of those surveyed view their heart attack as a second chance at life, the results...everything they can to avoid another heart attack. In fact, according to the survey findings...