Fall in heart and stroke deaths
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Fewer people in Scotland are dying from heart disease and strokes, official figures reveal.
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India have the dubious distinction of having the most number of casualties from heart attacks and strokes in the world. A report, Atlas of Heart Diseases and Stroke, released by the World Health Organisation
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NEW YORK  - After having a stroke, people  with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs seem to be more likely  to die in the next year or two than those with higher incomes  and white-collar jobs -- regardless of the severity of the  stroke -- according to a new study.
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More people die of cardiac-related problems during the holidays than at any other time of the year because they delay seeking medical treatment, according to a study released Monday.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs can lower the death risk of stroke patients, claim researchers.
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The number of strokes caused by brain blood clots rose by almost 9 percent each year in Beijing in the two decades to 2004, researchers say, blaming the trend on economic prosperity and lifestyle changes.
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Dec. 13, 2004 - The holiday season may be hazardous to your health, especially your heart, according to a new study that shows death rates peak during Christmas and New Year&#39;s.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide but not nearly enough is being done to educate people about how they can lessen their vulnerability, experts said Tuesday.
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The number of people dying from cancer and cardiovascular disease has fallen in the last decade in England, according to government figures.
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Cold snaps and air pollution can trigger heart deaths, and breathing dirty air day in and day out may help heart disease develop in the first place, researchers said on Sunday.
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Heavily drinking -- or binging -- even intermittently, almost doubles a person&#39;s risk of dying after a heart attack, compared to that of a moderate drinker, according, to a first-of-its-kind study, reported at the American Heart Association&#39;s Scientific
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Heart diseases and strokes kill 17 million people every year and are increasingly likely to afflict people in poor countries, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday as it published an atlas mapping the scale of the epidemics.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Good news continues to come forth from the cancer front: U.S. death rates from the disease have declined by 18.4 percent among men and by 10.5 percent among women since mortality rates first started going down in the early 1990s.
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A service where heart attack patients are sent for treatment within the hour has reduced death-rates five-fold, doctors say.
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Older people can significantly reduce their chances of suffering a mixture of deadly risk factors that lead to heart disease and stroke by taking just a moderate amount of exercise, researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - Patients who have a stroke are less likely to die within the next week if they are admitted to a hospital on a weekday rather than over the weekend, neurologists in Canada report.
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Common respiratory and urinary tract infections play a role in triggering heart attacks and strokes, researchers say.