NEW YORK — Daniel Moore was about 30 the first time it happened. At the end of a long, hot, stressful day, he chugged an ice-cold glass of milk.
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More than 60 million women in the U.S. live with cardiovascular disease. And despite the myth that heart attacks mostly strike men, women are vulnerable too. About 37,000 women die from heart attacks each year. Doctors say there are ways to reduce your risk such as eating right, exercising and controlling blood pressure. And they urge women to learn the symptoms of heart attacks, which can be more subtle for them and go beyond chest pain or pressure. If these symptoms strike, call an ambulance. Doctors say any delays in getting the right care could be harmful.
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Mary Kuhn went to the emergency room at John Muir Medical Center because it felt like she was having a heart attack. Her chest and jaw hurt. H…
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It’s a silent killer that could happen to any high school student: sudden cardiac arrest. One school district wants to make sure it prevents a…
Some recent studies seem to suggest taking a new and more cautious look at plastic water bottles and frozen meal containers. A surge in research into plastics in food and water is raising questions about the accumulation of microplastics in the body. But the field is young and studies so far are limited. The World Health Organization report concluded two years ago that there was no clear risk to human health. But researchers only started measuring plastics in the human body — and trying to assess the health effects — in recent years.
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract. The results obtained by The Associated Press also note that 14-year-old Harris Wolobah had a congenital heart defect. Harris died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating the Paqui chip. The autopsy lists the cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest "in the setting of recent ingestion of food substance with high capsaicin concentration." Capsaicin is the component that gives chile peppers their heat. The Associated Press sent an email seeking comment Thursday to the Hershey Co., which owns Paqui. Paqui pulled the product from store shelves shortly after Harris' death.
A boy from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians has inspired his community to try to boost organ donor numbers. Greyson Parisien's journey to correct an irregular heart led the tribe to add the option of organ donation to tribal IDs. And the tribe hopes it will inspire others. The IDs were unveiled during a November ceremony. The rate of organ donations among Native Americans is much lower than other ethnic groups. For some tribes, cultural beliefs are a factor. In rural communities, time, distance and spotty access can hinder the process.
New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the lon…
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that…
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