| TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- Consumers should avoid taking a daily dose of the antidepressant Celexa in excess of 40 milligrams, as higher doses can cause abnormal heart rhythms, the drug's Canadian distributor says.
LONDON (Canadian Press) -- The death rate from heart attacks in England has dropped by half in the last decade, a new study concludes.
MEXICO CITY (Canadian Press) -- A heart that was dropped on the ground while being transported to a hospital has been successfully transplanted into a 28-year-old hair stylist.
LONDON (AP) -- A multiple sclerosis drug made by industry giant Novartis is under investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- The artery that ruptured when freestyle skier Sarah Burke fell during a training run is one of the most critical blood vessels in the body, feeding oxygen-rich blood to the brain stem, neurosurgeons say.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A routine news story took a strange turn when an ABC "Nightline" anchor had a full body scan that turned up a possible warning sign.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The top 15 causes of death in the U.S. in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (Canadian Press) -- It's dramatic news when a marathon runner collapses with no pulse. Now a big study finds such calamities are rare and usually due to a pre-existing heart problem.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The University of Connecticut says a researcher known for his work on red wine's benefits to cardiovascular health falsified his data in more than 100 instances.
ATLANTA (AP) -- For the first time in 45 years, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, government health officials said Wednesday.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- Physical activity during both work and leisure time appears to significantly lower the risk of heart attack, whether a person lives in Canada or Colombia, in Poland or Pakistan, research suggests.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new side effect seems to be emerging for those cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs called statins: They may increase some people's chances of developing Type 2 diabetes.
TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- The Ontario government has scored a victory in its ongoing battle to recoup $50 billion in health-care costs from tobacco companies.
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