And women who had migraines with auras less than once a month (75 percent of the group) were more than twice as likely as migraine-free women to have a heart attack, and almost twice as likely to have had a heart procedure, such as bypass surgery.
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Astoundingly, the women who did not vacation annually were almost eight times more likely to develop coronary heart disease or have a heart attack.
Twenty years ago when I was twenty-two years old, I experienced an anxiety attack so severe, I thought I was going to have a heart attack and die.
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In a study published last year in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, African-Americans with heart disease who practiced Transcendental Meditation regularly were 48% less likely to have a heart attack or stroke, or to die, than those who attended a health-education class.
At that comment I thought my grandmother was going to have a heart attack.
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Childbirth has become a low-risk endeavor and old folks live long enough to have a heart attack in their 80s.
And don't break your leg or have a heart attack or miscarry: the nearest hospital is countless nautical miles away.
The patients who got the medicine were 43% more likely to have a heart attack, and 64% more likely to die.
"I'd probably have a heart attack if there was another 5-4, but we'd take any win at the moment, " he said.
People who received AGI-1067 were apparently more likely to receive a stent procedure but less likely to have a heart attack or stroke.
That means patients on Vioxx were 1.7 times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those who took a placebo.
By comparison, working out the likelihood that a 45-year-old smoker will have a heart attack in the next 12 months is a piece of cake.
Ms. Castleman, a retired teacher and interior decorator, says she never has seen anyone have a heart attack dancing, but she can think of worse ways to die.
The survey also found 67% of people did not know that nearly a third of people who have a heart attack were unaware that they also had Type 2 diabetes.
The inflammation theory helps explain why even someone with low cholesterol can have a heart attack, and why so many patients with no previous symptoms can suddenly be struck down.
Patients taking 80 milligrams of Lipitor were 16% less likely to die, have a heart attack, undergo bypass or angioplasty surgery, or develop worsening chest pain than those taking 40 milligrams of Pravachol.
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In the same way that you shouldn't wait until you have a heart attack to engage in lifestyle and medication interventions, Alzheimer's should be diagnosed much earlier, so that precautions can be taken, said Maria Carrillo, senior director of medical and scientific relations at the Alzheimer's Association.
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Previous studies have suggested that fish oil capsules could lower heart risks in people with heart failure or who have already suffered a heart attack.
Clopidogrel is FDA-approved to treat patients who have had a recent heart attack or a recent stroke, or have partial or total blockage of an artery (peripheral artery disease).
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As just one example of many, half of all heart attack survivors have a damaged heart and suffer from heart failure, a condition my father had and died from some decades ago.
Of course if that customer were me, I might have had a heart attack at this point.
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Anthony Probert was believed to have suffered a heart attack while waiting for fuel at Llanfoist, near Abergavenny.
Other studies have shown you're also more likely to have that first heart attack if your work is stressful.
In practice, fish oil pills are used fairly frequently in patients who have had a heart attack to try and prevent future problems.
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The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows you're more likely to have a second heart attack if you work in a stressful job.
But he also warned that while individual plaintiffs could face a hard battle, Merck may need a better strategy than fighting each case and hoping it can convince a jury that the patient would have had a heart attack anyway.
The company intends to use this drug, which gets injected into the vein, to repair heart damage in patients who have just experienced their first heart attack.
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