Lifestyle change may ease heart risk from job stress

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research confirms – but putting down the beer bottle and going for a walk may help. Researchers found that job strain – defined as having a lot of demands at work, but little control – was tied at a 25 percent higher chance of having a heart attack or dying of... 

Study finds possible link between diabetes, increased risk of heart attack death

WASHINGTON – Having diabetes doubles a person’s risk of dying after a heart attack, but the reason for the increased risk is not clear. A new University of Iowa (UI) study suggests the link may lie in the over-activation of an important heart enzyme.  Read More »

Sihanouk funeral

PHNOM PENH – Tens of thousands of Cambodians gathered Friday for the start of a lavish funeral for revered former king Norodom Sihanouk, who towered over six tumultuous decades in his nation’s history. The body of the late monarch, who died of a heart attack in Beijing in October, aged 89, was carried out of the royal palace before a procession through the capital that more than... 

Accidental death

Manila, Philippines – Sixty-five-year-old widow Myrna Sustento Ramilo died while being treated at a hospital after she accidentally fell early yesterday morning from the balcony of her house in 32 B. Guivent 2 Calbayog Extension, Mandaluyong City.  Read More »

Healthy diet reduces risk of second heart attack – study

VANCOUVER – A heart-healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables and fish significantly reduces the risk of a second heart attack and stroke in people with cardiovascular disease, according to a Canadian study. The study, conducted by researchers at McMaster University, was published online recently in the American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal.  Read More »

Camacho dies

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) ­- Three-time world boxing champion Hector “Macho“ Camacho died on Saturday, four days after he was shot in the face in a drive-by shooting, doctors said.  Read More »

Study: Looking old may be a sign of heart risks

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Want a clue to your risk of heart disease? Look in the mirror. New research suggests that people with certain signs of aging have a greater chance of developing heart disease than younger-looking people the same age do.  Read More »

Sihanouk, 89

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – Norodom Sihanouk, the revered former king who was a towering figure in Cambodian politics through a half-century of war, genocide and upheaval, died Monday. He was 89.  Read More »

Money is not necessarily evil

Manila, Philippines – “IT is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God?” (Mk 10:25). * * * What does Christ mean by this disturbing statement? Does it mean that the affluent, say, at Forbes Park or Ayala Alabang are barred from God’s kingdom? Conversely, are the poor necessarily privileged to enter His kingdom?  Read More »

Farmer eaten by his hogs

COQUILLE, Oregon (AP) ­- Terry Vance Garner, 69, never returned after he set out to feed his animals last Wednesday on his farm near the Oregon coast after he was eaten by his hogs. A family member found Garner’s dentures and pieces of his body in the hog enclosure several hours later, but most of his remains had been consumed.  Read More »