Heart attack News

Engineering new heart tissue in the laboratory that could eventually be implanted into patients could help patients to recover from heart attacks, a new report suggests.

The U.S. CDC has launched a campaign design to encourage people to use less salt with their food. This is part of the Agency’s strategy described as "Preventing Chronic Disease."

Melbourne - The world's top tennis players have criticised organisers of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, for not suspending play during "inhumane" heat conditions.

Researchers have developed a potential treatment for atherosclerosis that targets a master controller protein, which appears to trigger the process.

Football legend Eusebio da Silva Ferreira has died from a heart attack aged 71. The famed striker was born in Mozambique in 1942 and during his long and glittered career played 64 times for Portugal scoring 41 goals.

Scientists have created a new imaging technique that could identify which patients are at high risk, according to a study published in the The Lancet.

Kinshasa - After the deployment of the first peace-making force raised by the UN, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) to aid the Congolese Army, the M23 rebel group, which has kept the North Kivu province in turmoil, has begun to surrender.

London - British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 89. Caro was considered by many to be the "greatest sculptor of his generation" and was known for his works using industrial metal.

Fuengirola - A tour bus pulled up in front of the local police station in Fuengirola, Spain early this morning. Turns out Bollywood is in town to make a movie - a love story called "Heart Attack".

A new device which can warn a patient of a potential heart attack hours ahead of time, possibly saving a life, is being tested in Arizona.