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Eating more fruit may lower your risk of lethal aneurysm
Katie Fairbank
8/22/2013
People who ate more than two servings of fruit daily had a 25 percent lower risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm
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Obese children quadruple their risk of high blood pressure
Katie Fairbank
9/16/2013
Obese children quadruple their risk and overweight children double their risk of developing high blood pressure in adulthood
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Autopsy report shows Kidd Kraddick had two heart conditions
Jamie Aron
8/22/2013
A final autopsy report shows nationally syndicated DJ David Cradick, aka “Kidd Kraddick” died as the result of two heart conditions.
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Elmore Leonard dies of stroke complications
American Heart Association
8/21/2013
Famed crime novelist Elmore Leonard, 87, died Tuesday at his home near Detroit from complications of a stroke
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Every year, tens of thousands of Americans survive heart attack, go back to work and...
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The term "heart failure" makes it sound like the heart is no longer working at all and...