Merck: FDA won’t accept its application for combo cholesterol pill including Pfizer’s Lipitor

FDA won’t accept Merck’s application for new drug

Autopsy: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower had heart attack, drowned in pool at Fla. mansion

Madoff associate had heart attack, drowned in pool

Prosecutors take gamble, charge California wildfire suspect with murder in heart attack deaths

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Retired accountant James McDermith’s mad dash to retrieve a camper and pack it with belongings as a wildfire chewed closer to his home six years ago may have cost him his life. But it wasn’t the flames or smoke that got him.

Report finds workplace, restaurant smoking bans reduce nonsmokers’ risk of heart attacks

WASHINGTON — A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers.

FACT CHECK: In health debate, Obama’s stories of hardship don’t always hold up to scrutiny

WASHINGTON — One of President Barack Obama’s health care “horror stories” is about a woman who, he says, lost her health insurance on the verge of breast cancer surgery because she didn’t disclose a case of acne to the insurer. That’s not what happened.

Medical examiner: High blood pressure killed obese 13-year-old player who collapsed on field

ST. LOUIS — A medical examiner has ruled that an obese 13-year-old suburban St. Louis football player who collapsed during practice in August died of high blood pressure.

Study: Heart patients who get the flu are more likely to have a heart attack

LONDON — Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows.

Experts: swine flu epidemic could lead to worldwide spike in heart patient deaths

BARCELONA, Spain — Experts are concerned about the impact the swine flu epidemic will have on people with heart disease, with some doctors warning it could be a deadly mix leading to a worldwide spike in heart patient fatalities.

AstraZeneca says Brilinta anti-clotting drug reduces chance of dying better than Plavix

BARCELONA, Spain — A new drug to prevent blood clots in heart patients reduced their chances of dying by more than 20 percent compared with the standard treatment, new research says.

New anti-clotting drug reduces heart patients’ chances of dying

BARCELONA, Spain — A new drug to prevent blood clots in heart patients reduced their chances of dying by more than 20 percent compared to the standard treatment, new research says.