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Chest pain - or at worst a cardiac arrest - is invariably the prelude to one of the most critical episodes of health care. Acute cardiac care, that first emergency phase in which the chest pain is assessed and its cause treated, embraces a broad spectrum of diagnoses ranging from unstable angina to acute heart failure, from myocardial infarction (with or without ST elevation) to other life-threatening disorders of the heart.

About 5 million people in the United States suffer from heart failure (HF). While some reports indicate that changes to diet can reduce HF risk, few large, prospective studies have been conducted. In a new study researchers observed over 14,000 participants for more than 13 years and found that whole grain consumption lowered HF risk, while egg and high-fat dairy consumption raised risk. Other food groups did not directly affect HF risk.

The cardiac risk associated with COX-2 drugs like VIOXX have made for many breathless headlines over the past couple of years. As it turns out, however, not all COX-2...

AP - Heart ailments, infectious diseases and cancer remain the world's top three killers, the U.N. health agency said Monday.

Title: 40 Years of Heart TransplantsCategory: health newscreated: 10/25/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 10/27/2008

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