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Doctors at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, successfully transplant a pig heart into a human patient for the first time.
2022-01-10

In the first global study of its kind, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization find that working more than 55 hours a week can lead to higher risks of strokes and ischemic heart disease. The study, which was conducted between 2000 and 2016, also found that people living in the Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions, as well as men that are at least middle-aged, are particularly susceptible to risks from overworking.
2021-05-17

The Brazilian federal government suspends the nationwide vaccination of pregnant women using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of an expectant mother in Rio de Janeiro from a stroke possibly related to the vaccination.
2021-05-11

University of British Columbia’s Michael Brauer reports new research shows more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year from air pollution, the world's fourth highest risk factor for death.
2016-02-12

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at the age of 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke.
2014-01-11

Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, dies of a stroke at the age of 87 in London.
2013-04-8

American singer Kitty Wells, the "Queen of country music" and the first female singer to have a number one song on the country charts with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", dies of complications of a stroke.
2012-07-16

A hunt is underway for a thief who stole the heart of Saint Laurence O'Toole at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.
2012-03-4

Meta-analysis of 42 previous studies concludes chocolate may be good for the heart.
2012-03-2

Sicilians react with outrage to an advert for a clothing shop in Palermo featuring Adolf Hitler dressed in pink and a heart instead of a swastika.
2010-05-25