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Familiar jingle may have saved woman's life

A Virginia woman having a heart attack recognized the symptoms thanks to the lyrics of a public service announcement with a snappy jingle.

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A broken heart can lead to real heart problems

We've all heard the stories. A spouse dies suddenly and the other passes a short time later. Could the cause have been a broken heart?

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EMT becomes cardiac patient, spreads hope to others

Eileen Williams was a veteran Prince William County EMT, and then one day, she became the heart attack patient in the back of a county ambulance rushing to a hospital.

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Does heart disease run in your family?

Doctors stress heart problems can run in families, and women need to know about their gene pool and take that information very seriously.

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Stroke: The other cardiovascular disease

"There is a clot busting medication called TPA that is the only FDA-approved treatment for stroke. It is dependent on people getting to the hospital very early and being able to be treated very early," said Dr. Amie Hsia.

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Study: Car, TV hazardous to your health

A new Swedish study shows those who own both a car and a television are 27 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who own neither.

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