Heart Failure

Slim Whitman dies at 90; listen to the graceful crooner

2013-06-19 10:49:00

Slim Whitman, a country pop singer whose forlorn wail influenced a generation of vocalists in the early 1950s, has died at age 90. Whitman, born in Tampa, Fla., was a regular on the influential country radio program "The Louisiana Hayride" starting in...

Tombstone shaves years off age of late New York Mayor Ed Koch

2013-06-18 11:25:00

NEW YORK -- It's widely known that former New York Mayor Ed Koch planned every detail of his funeral and burial, and for good reason. The one thing he couldn't oversee -- the final etchings on his tombstone -- is wrong. If he were alive to see it,...

FDA investigating long-acting Zyprexa shots after two deaths

2013-06-18 11:06:00

The Food and Drug Administration says it is investigating the unexplained deaths of two patients in the wake of receiving intramuscular injections of the antipsychotic medication Zyprexa (generic name olanzapine). The patients died three to four days...

Family files claim in death of man beaten by officers

2013-06-15 21:50:00

The family of a man who died after being beaten by Kern County Sheriff's deputies and attacked by a police dog have filed a federal civil rights claim against the officers involved, the department and other agencies, a precursor to a lawsuit. The...

Family of man who died after beating by deputies files claim

2013-06-15 16:15:00

The family of a man who died after being beaten by Kern County Sheriff’s deputies and attacked by a police dog have filed a federal civil rights claim against the officers involved, the department and other agencies, a precursor to a lawsuit....

FDA approves skin cancer drugs and genetic test

2013-05-29 15:18:00

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced its approval of two new drugs and a diagnostic test that can be used to treat advanced or inoperable melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin disease. Advanced melanoma has joined a wide range...

How to avoid a return to the hospital

2013-05-17 20:09:00

The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...

Study casts doubt on some findings about sodium

2013-05-14 17:49:00

Are Americans getting mixed messages about how much sodium they should be consuming? Lately, yes, and some of those messages are muddled because studies themselves are muddled, a panel of doctors has concluded. The Institute of Medicine panel...

Bill would ban junk food from vending machines at state offices

2013-05-07 17:52:00

Proposed legislation to remove junk food and sugar-loaded drinks from vending machines at California state office buildings and on government property is intensifying debate about when the battle against obesity becomes a gateway to "nanny state" tactics....

Restaurant meals overloaded with salt, fat, calories, study says

2013-05-14 05:30:00

Want to satisfy your full day’s requirement of salt, fat and calories? Sit down in a restaurant and order a meal. After an exhaustive analysis of 3,507 possible ways to order 685 meals at 19 restaurants chains in Canada, researchers found that the...

Monster Beverage sued by San Francisco

2013-05-07 00:00:00

San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera has sued Monster Beverage Corp., accusing the company of pitching highly caffeinated drinks to minors as young as 6 years old. The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, is the latest twist in a...

S.F. city attorney, Monster in legal fight over energy drinks

2013-05-06 10:54:00

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is lashing back at Monster Beverage Corp. with his own lawsuit a week after being sued by the Corona energy drink maker. The root of the legal barbs: Herrera’s attempts to curb caffeine content in Monster...

Capt. Todd Neal, Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Rush, Lt. Holly Peters, Firefighter/Paramedic Ryan Martin, Firefighter/Paramedic Sasha Slack and Driver/Engineer Todd Lleras resuscitated a person in cardiac arrest.

2013-06-13 17:55:00

A group including firefighter/paramedics Josh King and Brian Baker, Lt. Dave Mccluskey, Driver/Engineer Lance Armbruster, Battalion Chiefs Scott Holloway and John Williamson, Lt. Bruce Young, and Firefighter Jennifer Ameerally helped a high school wrestling coach who went into cardiac arrest.

2013-06-13 16:09:00

ARCHIVE PHOTO: John Krikorian, publisher of Business Life and Senior Living magazines. Krikorian died early Saturday, April 6, 2013 from heart failure. He was 80 years old.

2013-04-06 16:10:00