American Heart Association

Antidepressants: A help or hindrance to those facing surgery?

2013-05-02 05:30:00

About 11% of Americans over age 12 take an antidepressant, making the drugs the most widely used medication in the United States. And with more than 51 million in-patient surgeries performed annually in the United States, a substantial overlap between the...

KillSwitch app wipes out painful reminders of exes on Facebook

2013-04-14 10:29:00

We’ve all been through hurtful breakups. But in the age of social media, they can be even more painful, what with the kissy Facebook picture posts and sappy love statuses forever reminding you of your defunct relationship. Enter KillSwitch. The...

More proof that soda bans would fizzle

2013-04-11 11:07:00

Soda bans seem like a good idea in theory. Soda has no nutritional value whatsoever. Worse, it’s a sugar bomb. Given the mounting obesity problem in this country, some might think soda bans are an admiral effort to curb our collective waistline,...

Aspirin in a keychain packet could save life

2013-04-06 00:00:00

A little red key chain attachment could mean life or death if someone is suffering a heart attack. The plastic container, called At Heart, holds two 325-milligram aspirins in a blister pack. It hooks onto a key chain or can go into a pocket. The...

Low-fat milk doesn't help toddlers' weight, study says UPDATED

2013-03-18 13:30:00

This post has been updated to include comments from a researcher and an American Heart Assn. spokeswoman. Giving toddlers skim or 1% milk to keep them from growing overweight doesn’t seem to work, according to a study out Monday that gives pause...

Staying healthy while traveling

2013-02-17 00:00:00

Robert Reid frequently gets sick when he travels. He has suffered dehydration, heat exhaustion, food poisoning and bronchitis. "I thought I was dying when I had several days of bronchitis in Vietnam," said Reid, the U.S. Lonely Planet editor. "Same for...

Heart Attack Grill's unofficial spokesman dies of heart attack

2013-02-13 14:46:00

Irony is the main entr�e in the news this week: An unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas died of a heart attack Monday. John Alleman, 52, who scoffed at healthy heart warnings by waving in customers outside the downtown eatery while...

Nutrition group petitions for federal regulation of sugary drinks

2013-02-13 13:39:00

A nutrition advocacy group joined with scientists and health agencies Wednesday to ask the federal government to decide just how much sugar is “safe” in sodas, raising the bar in its crusade to curb the “dangerously high” amounts...

Strawberries, blueberries ward off heart disease in women: study

2013-01-14 16:32:00

Younger women who ate at least three servings per week of strawberries or blueberries reduced their likelihood of suffering a heart attack by one-third compared with their sisters who incorporated fewer of the colorful berries into their diet, a new study...

Emergency treatment in cardiac arrest: More isn't always better

2013-01-15 16:00:00

More -- and newer -- isn’t always better in medicine. We imagine it’s a good idea to pay for a whole-body CT scan so that every last defect in our body can be detected and treated promptly, so we subject ourselves to radiation but also to...

Keep the state off my plate

2012-11-29 00:00:00

We have entered the eating season, a time when fresh-baked goods appear on counters at work and families and friends get together to raise a glass and enjoy good food and good company. But this year, our indulgence is likely to be more fraught, as the...

Hollywood loses film lab executive Jerry Virnig

2012-12-26 14:06:00

Jerry Virnig, a respected veteran of the Hollywood post-production community, died last week from natural causes, a spokesman for his family said. Virnig, a resident of Camarillo, in Ventura County, was 80. Virnig was a former president of independent...

"Go Red" is among the American Heart Association's public awareness campaigns.

2013-03-20 09:55:00

Trisha Geulokas, left, Tony Izzo and Debbie DiPippo attended the American Heart Association's 31st annual "Boca Raton Heart & Stroke Ball." It took place at Royal Palm Yacht Club. Submitted photo.

2013-03-02 00:00:00

They attended the third annual "Broward 'Pulse'" event for the American Heart Association of Broward County's "Open Your Heart" campaign at W Fort Lauderdale Beach. The event raised more than $125,000. Photo by Downtown Photo.

2013-02-23 00:00:00