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The proportion of patients who have blocked arteries show up during a stress test has dropped "enormously" over the past two decades, according to a new study.

A 54-year-old man who spent his days touting the greasy pleasures of the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas has died of an apparent heart attack, the restaurant’s owner said.

(Reuters) - St Jude Medical Inc is recalling the wire used to put in place a device that closes openings between the two upper chambers of the heart, because of the potential for it to fracture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday on its website.

If Americans cut back on the amount of sodium they down every day, hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved over the next 10 years, according to new study findings.

Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Smoking marijuana may increase the risk of stroke in people under age 55, a new study from Australia suggests.