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Can Rigorous Exercise Lead to a Heart Attack? Experts Discuss
Fans were surprised at what happened to Chris Noth’s Mr. Big in the premiere of “And Just Like That…” Experts weighed in on the scenario.
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Bob Odenkirk Back on ‘Better Call Saul' After Heart Attack
Bob Odenkirk is back shooting “Better Call Saul,” six weeks after a heart attack.
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Coworkers Save Chicago Dispatch Supervisor's Life After He Suffers Heart Attack
Hundreds of calls come in every single day to the 911 call center at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, but recently dispatchers got an emergency call for one of their own. “I was actually on the stretcher and they were rolling me to the ambulance (before) I realized what had happened,” said Timothy Bingham. Bingham was wrapping up…
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Coworkers Save Chicago Dispatch Supervisor's Life After He Suffers Heart Attack
Hundreds of calls come in every single day to the 911 call center at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, but recently dispatchers got an emergency call for one of their own. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen shares the dramatic story.
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Downers Grove South Baseball Player Makes History While Remembering Her Late Father
Gianna Kasper knows what you think: she’s a girl, so she should play softball, but the 15 year-old is only interested in playing baseball. “I do not like softball,” Gianna says. “I’ve always been with baseball, my whole life, and it hasn’t been softball just because baseball is more of a challenge, and I’d rather be challenged.” “She would...
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Freshman Becomes First Girl on Downers Grove Baseball Team
As the first female baseball player at Downers Grove South High School, Gianna Kasper is blazing a trail for other female student-athletes. NBC 5’s Mike Berman shares her inspiring story.
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HSBC Manager Hopes to Inspire Healthy Work-Life Balance After a Stress-Related Heart Attack
After suffering a heart attack, a HSBC manager in the U.K. vowed to change his work-life balance in a post on LinkedIn, which has gone viral.
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Rapper DMX Dead at 50
The rapper suffered a heart attack on April 2 and has been on life support for the past few days prior to his passing.
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After Doctors Ignored Her Symptoms, Woman Suffers ‘Widow Maker' Heart Attack at 46
In 2015, when Denise Castille experienced swollen feet and then heart palpitations, she visited her doctor and a cardiologist. Both said she was fine. She wasn’t. Soon after, the then 46-year-old had a “widow-maker” heart attack, a term used to refer to a serious heart attack occurring when a major artery in the heart is blocked. It’s often called a...
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Daughters Save Dad's Life With CPR After Heart Attack
Kalie and Cora Sagan were enjoying a last weekend at home in Deerfield, before heading back to college at the University of Minnesota, when the family movie night there were having with their parents took a dramatic turn. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.
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Daughters Save Dad's Life With CPR After Heart Attack
Kalie and Cora Sagan were enjoying a last weekend at home in Deerfield, before heading back to college at the University of Minnesota, when the family movie night there were having with their parents took a dramatic turn.
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Dorothy Schmidt Cole, Oldest Living Marine, Dies at 107
A North Carolina woman recognized as the oldest living U.S. Marine has died at age 107
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How a Life-Saving Moment at a Cubs Game Led to an Unexpected Friendship
John Ginino and Leo Andrade, both Chicago Cubs fans, were complete strangers to each other before an Aug. 5 baseball game at Wrigley Field. It was that game where Ginino collapsed unconscious during the 2nd inning and Andrade, a Burbank firefighter, quickly jumped into action. The pair discuss what happened and how they have become good friends since that fateful…
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Prompt Care Was Key to Bernie Sanders' Recovery From Heart Attack
Bernie Sanders suffered “modest heart muscle damage” during his recent heart attack but has since recovered well and is fit enough for the rigors of the presidential campaign and the White House should he win it, according to letters released Monday by his primary care physician and two cardiologists. The 78-year-old Vermont senator is the oldest candidate in the 2020 presidential...
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Trump's Weekend Hospital Visit Draws a Skeptical Reaction
A lack of notice. Past failures to level with the American people. A tough week for the White House as public impeachment hearings got under way. Add it all up, and President Donald Trump’s unscheduled weekend visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center raised suspicions about his health, despite White House officials’ insistence that the president was merely getting...
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Big Study Casts Doubt on Need for Many Heart Procedures
People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the following few years, a big federally funded study found. The results challenge...
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Cholesterol Levels Dropping in US, But Many Still Need Care
Some good health news: Americans’ cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment. Researchers say Monday’s report suggests a controversial change in recommendations for cholesterol treatment may be starting to pay off. “It is very heartening,” said Dr. Pankaj Arora of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who led the study. “But there is...
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Biden Undeterred by Rival Elizabeth Warren's Ascendancy: AP Interview
Joe Biden said Saturday he is undeterred by the ascendancy of Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren, noting that some of his supporters are already treating the primary campaign as a general election contest between him and President Donald Trump. “She doesn’t affect my strategy, period,” the former vice president said in an interview with The Associated Press before a town hall...
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‘I Am Back,' Bernie Sanders Tells Supporters at NYC Rally
Basking in loud chants of “Bernie’s back,” Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders resumed campaigning weeks after being sidelined by a heart attack and told supporters he was ready to resume “the epic struggle” for the White House.
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Ocasio-Cortez, Omar Endorse Bernie Sanders for President
Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar are endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. The Sanders campaign confirmed the backing of two members of “The Squad” on Tuesday.