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The father of a teenager who died while running the Toronto marathon says his daughter died of an anatomical heart abnormality that is rarely detected. More...

AP - A surgeon from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant was killed Monday when his helicopter crashed, officials said. More...

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Daily U.S. sodium consumption is two times higher than the recommended 1,500 milligrams and the American Heart Association urges all to eat less. Dr. Ralph Sacco, president of the American Heart Association, says salt increases the risk of elevated blood pressure and with...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon in his shop. The surgeon was waiting for the service manager to take a look at his bike. The...

<div>More than 13,000 cyclists and inline skaters took over two major Toronto arteries Sunday as they raised a record $3.9 million for heart and stroke research. That's $600,000 more than was collected in last year's Becel Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart fundraiser. The participants

<div>Doctors at Edmonton's Stollery Children's Hospital are calling on parents to keep their children off all-terrain vehicles until they are at least 16. "It breaks my heart when I have a teenager ... go on one of these machines

WASHINGTON – Courtney Montgomery's heart was failing fast, but the 16-year-old furiously refused when her doctors, and her mother, urged a transplant. Previous surgeries hadn't helped and the North Carolina girl didn't believe this scarier operation would either. It would take another teen...

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- If it weren't for her strength and her owner's quick thinking, Abby may not have survived the harrowing experience. The 4-year-old German shorthaired pointer was impaled through the heart with a stick while playing catch with a ball in the woods. "She just started crying,"...

CHICAGO – Hot flashes that bedevil many women in menopause might actually be a good thing, depending on when they strike, according to new data from a long-running government study. Women who had hot flashes at the start of menopause but not later seemed to have a lower risk for heart attack...

-- Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor is being treated in a Los Angeles hospital for "symptoms caused by congestive heart failure," her representative said Friday. Taylor, 78, checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center this week for the "ongoing condition," Taylor representative Jamie Cadwell...

Smoking is probably the biggest contributor to heart disease and death overall, in that about 20 percent of all deaths from either cancer or heart disease are attributable to smoking. The damage to the heart actually happens in the blood vessels, where it (cigarette smoke) irritates the inside...

People who undergo radiation-based tests and procedures after a heart attack may have a heightened risk of developing cancer down the road, a study published Monday suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 83,000 Canadians who'd suffered a heart attack, the risk of developing cancer over...

By Marilynn Marchione, The Associated Press CHICAGO - An experimental Merck drug safely boosted good cholesterol to record highs while dropping bad cholesterol to unprecedented lows in a study that stunned researchers and renewed hopes for an entirely new way of lowering heart risks. "We are...

Van Damme recovering from a heart attack NEW ORLEANS, -- Belgian-born film actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is recovering from a minor heart attack he suffered on a New Orleans movie set, his representatives say. MTV News said the 50-year-old action star fell ill Tuesday before he was to...

Troy Golden walks out of Integris Baptist Medical Center Monday with his wife, two of his doctors and the portable device powering his artificial heart. OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma man became only the second patient in the country to leave the hospital using a portable driver to power his...

Dark chocolate may lower heart risk BOSTON, Eating one to two servings of high-quality dark chocolate per week was linked to lower risks of heart failure, U.S researchers found. Researcher Dr. Murray Mittleman, director of the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit at Harvard Medical...

Heart transplant recipient leads PGA event WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va., Erik Compton, twice the recipient of a new heart, shot the lowest round of his PGA Tour career Thursday to share the first-round lead at The Greenbrier Classic. Compton, playing on a sponsor's exemption, shot a 7-under...

Waist, blood fat indicate heart risk QUEBEC CITY, Increased waistline and high triglycerides indicate heart risk, Canadian, Dutch and British researchers found. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, concluded the combined presence of increased waist circumference...

Behavioral intervention to cut heart risk DETROIT, Combining behavioral programs may offer the best way to reduce heart disease risk, U.S. researchers suggest. Nancy Artinian of Wayne State University College of Nursing in Detroit and colleagues authored the American Heart Association...

Houston team trains for artificial heart HOUSTON, A 13-member surgical team at Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston is training to implant an artificial heart, hospital officials say. Dr. Matthias Loebe, surgical director of the heart & lung transplant program, says the team...