Sadly, one in three heart attack victims die before they reach hospital. Many people don't recognise the signs and fail to take the steps that may have saved their life or the life of a loved one. Watch Your Own Heart Attack is an unforgettable, two minute film which enables you to experience what it's like to have a heart attack first hand. Take the time to watch it then you'll be prepared if a... read full post picked by loonytoon 2 months ago

I hope you like your job, for your heart's sake. picked by slider 1 year ago

Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn't lost blood. All that's happened is his heart has stopped beating—the definition of "clinical death"—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died? picked by super 1 year ago

The pioneering artificial heart developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution next month picked by suebe 2 years ago

If you eat at the Heart Attack Grill in Arizona don't forget to try the Quadruple Bypass Burger. They have wheelchairs to cart you off afterwards. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Regular sex can be a life-saver, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) says. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Find out how likely you are to die of a heart attack. picked by 86Apex 1 year ago

Police had to track him down via cell phone coordinates. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

When human hearts are injured, as during a heart attack, healthy tissue normally can't regrow. Researchers now demonstrate in rats that a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin and placed over the injury, can not only get heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again, but also improves heart function. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Trippy stop motion animation set to a song. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

A U.K. man survived a massive heart attack after he was given electric shock treatment 12 times and a clot-busting injection. picked by kospa 12 months ago

The legend of the original runner from the Battle of Marathon is he died as soon as the run was complete. The legacy of Jim Fixx, the author of "The Complete Book of Running" who ran countless marathons over 20 years and died of a massive heart attack during a run.

The odds are about 1 in 50,000. picked by icepigs 3 months ago

A heart donated for transplant was beating inside a third owner last night. The donor heart was first given to a patient several weeks ago. But a week after the transplant, the patient died of unrelated causes. So surgeons removed the heart and transplanted it again. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Non-invasive treatment could replace angioplasty and bypass surgeries. picked by TheBlueFrog 2 years ago

Way to go Granny! Still pretty sharp for an octagenarian. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

"The next time the conversation turns to tough old guys, you might want to save a place on the list with John Wayne for 73-year-old Dale Carman, who had a nail embedded in his heart while mowing his lawn and told his wife it was only a flesh wound."

I bow before this man. picked by proverb 12 months ago

Hello Mrs. De Barros, we have abducted your son and... hello? Hello?? picked by Browntrout 2 years ago

At the age of 18, Leanne Nicholson has already had three hearts. She is making a good recovery after her second transplant operation. Leanne has a condition called cardiomyopathy caused her heart to fail in 2002 and parents Helen and Rob, both 40, as well as brothers Scott, 16, and Ryan, ten, were told to say goodbye. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A doctor's gender could determine how early heart disease is detected in women. picked by Neiako 1 year ago

And in the "Make you feel really old" category of the news today...only a few days after Mick Jagger turned 64, the lead singer of Kiss, Paul Stanley missed a concert due to a heart episode. His pulse rate went to 190 and stayed there for over an hour during a sound check. picked by Moe 1 year ago