Los Angeles Times

Researchers closer to a test to predict heart attacks
Los Angeles Times
Using a blood sample to detect circulating endothelial cells that sloughed off damaged vessel walls could help save at-risk patients who had normal stress tests. Normal, healthy circulating endothelial cells, left, are smaller and more uniform than …
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ABC News

Soda a day may lead to heart attacks in men
CBS News
(CBS News) – Americans consume almost a tenth of their calories by drinking beverages packed with sugar. But, a new study out in Circulation reports that men who drink soda or other sugary substances greatly increase their risk of a heart attack.
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USA TODAY

Women's heart attacks often lack chest symptoms
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Women, especially younger women, are more likely than men to show up at the hospital with no chest pain or discomfort after having a heart attack — and they are also more likely to die than men of the same age, according to a US study.
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Younger women with heart attacks face higher death risk
Boston Globe
By Deborah Kotz While younger women rarely have heart attacks, those who do face a greater risk of dying while in the hospital compared with men the same age — especially if they don't present with the classic symptom: chest pain.
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