Those bacteria can increase the chances of a heart attack or stroke and worsen the effects of other diseases.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Masses of these monocytes leave the spleen in the event of an injury like a heart attack, wound,or infection.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Clots can block the flow of blood to the heart or brain and cause a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

The experts said people with an increased risk of a heart attack should take a low-strength aspirin every day.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

The researchers said the hair cortisol levels were a better predictor of heart attack than established risk factors like high blood pressure.

VOA: special.2010.10.12

Many people take aspirin to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke from blood clots.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

The problem may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Sadly,its leader Alex Chilton died of a heart attack on the first day of the music festival.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The study found that heart attack admissions have continued to fall.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

The chance of heart attack decreases after one day.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

"We estimate in WHO that over thirty million lives can be saved in the next ten years by simple measures -- reducing the level of salt by fifteen to twenty percent, reducing the amount of tobacco, and increasing the number of people who are at risk of a heart attack and stroke to be on simple preventive treatment."

VOA: special.2011.05.11

The researchers say this is the first study linking health insurance to the decision to seek treatment for a heart attack.

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

The program has reduced the number of incidents of sudden cardiac arrest, or heart attack,in these athletes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Larry Scott now uses a wheel chair. He put off going to the hospital after a heart attack because he was worried about money.

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

Researchers at the University of Michigan found that if people living in poor neighborhoods received CPR instruction, heart attack victims there would have a better chance of survival.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

The study found people in poor neighborhoods are two to three times more likely to have a heart attack than those living in a wealthier part of town.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

"We concluded that health care insurance plays a huge role in determining whether or not patients are able to come to the hospital promptly enough when they have symptoms of a heart attack."

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

In 2007,Dr.Steven Nissen published a study showing that those taking Avandia had a 43 percent higher risk of having a heart attack and a 64 percent greater chance of dying from a heart attack than those not taking the drug.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02