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US deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed amid COVID

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NEW YORK — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020, and...

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...

FDA warns doctors to stop using heart pump tied to deaths

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WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators warned surgeons Thursday to stop implanting a heart pump made by Medtronic due to power failures recently tied to...

Feds: Semi driver who killed 5 kids lied on health forms

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A fiery 2019 Florida interstate crash that killed five children from a Louisiana church headed to Walt Disney World was...

Heart study: Low- and regular-dose aspirin safe, effective

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An unusual study that had thousands of heart disease patients enroll themselves and track their health online as they took low- or regular-strength aspirin...

US health panel reviews J&J vaccine pause over rare clots

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With the U.S. pause of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine stretched into a second week, authorities are weighing whether to resume the shots the...

Nets’ Aldridge retires at 35 due to irregular heartbeat

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NEW YORK — LaMarcus Aldridge retired from the NBA on Thursday after saying he experienced an irregular heartbeat during his final game with the...

Prayer vigil planned for stricken rapper DMX

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A prayer vigil was planned for Monday outside the suburban New York hospital where rapper DMX remained on life support...

German state suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use for under-60s

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BERLIN — The German state of Berlin is again suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for people under 60 due to reports of...

Oberg progressing after blood clot sidelined reliever in ’20

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Scott Oberg’s arm was just the right amount of sore the day after his first spring training game. ...