Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

Double transplant saves pastor who collapsed while wrapping gifts Pastor Kelvis Reid knew that he was taking a risk wrapping Christmas presents with his family, but he couldn't imagine spending the ho …

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At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Did a Detainee Just Faint or Need CPR? For two days this week, the fate of Luis Manuel Rivas Velásquez was a harrowing mystery. Imprisoned at the immigrat …

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CPR used to save a lifeThe Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District is recognizing the life-saving efforts to save someone who went into cardiac arrest last month.The district says that the patient co …

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Heart disease deaths, down for decades, tick up in Nebraska, U.S.After Robert Burgess got out of the Nebraska Medical Center in late April after a near-fatal heart attack, he changed his lifestyle.The …

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Fact Check: Vigorous coughing will not save you during a heart attackWHAT WAS CLAIMEDCoughing repeatedly and vigorously can help you survive a heart attack.OUR VERDICTThis is not a recognised form of …

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Your Health: A new way to treat bad heart valvesWe all have four heart valves that keep our blood circulating in the right direction.If those valves don’t work properly, blood flow is restricted, whic …

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