Every year, an estimated 700,000 Americans have a first heart attack, with another 500,000 suffering a recurrent attack. About 40 percent of these people die as a result. However, many of these individuals might live if heart attack victims and bystanders recognize symptoms and call 911, said lead author Henraya McGruder, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). FULL STORY »

Being resistant to aspirin makes patients four times more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or even die from a pre-existing heart condition, according to a recent study. The study relates to patients who are prescribed aspirin long term as a way of preventing clots from forming in the blood.

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In a recent study, mice implanted with living embryonic cardiac cells became resistant to cardiac arrhythmias, which are one of the most dangerous and fatal consequences of heart attacks. The discovery, reported in this week’s issue of Nature, has profound implications for using cell-transplant therapies to restore damaged heart tissue.

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