Latest Heart disease News

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.

Jun. 21, 2024 13:45 PM EDT

As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say...

Plastic surgeon charged in death of wife who went into cardiac arrest while he worked on her

Jun. 18, 2024 17:30 PM EDT

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A plastic surgeon in the Florida Panhandle was charged with his wife's death after she suffered a cardiac arrest and died days after he performed after-hours procedures on her in his clinic last year, authorities said. Benjamin Brown was arrested Monday on a...

Chiefs' BJ Thompson is alert and responsive a day after having a seizure, going into cardiac arrest

Jun. 07, 2024 14:51 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive lineman B.J. Thompson remained hospitalized but was awake and responsive on Friday, one day after the second-year pro experienced a seizure during a team meeting and went into cardiac arrest at the Kansas City practice facility. Chiefs...

Missouri inmate facing execution next month is hospitalized with heart problem

May. 17, 2024 10:36 AM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri inmate who is due to be executed next month has been hospitalized because of a “medical emergency,” a spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Corrections said. David Hosier, 69, is scheduled to be put to death June 11 for killing a Jefferson City...

Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says

May. 16, 2024 17:22 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract and also had a congenital heart defect, according to autopsy results obtained by The Associated Press. Harris Wolobah, a...

Panera to stop serving 'Charged Sips' drinks after wrongful death lawsuits over caffeine content

May. 07, 2024 21:43 PM EDT

Panera Bread said it's discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits due to their high caffeine content. Panera didn't say Tuesday whether the drinks were being discontinued because of the lawsuits or health concerns, and it wouldn't...