A new study came out this week declaring that those with broken hearts are more likely to have a heart attack. The study is very sad! And it broke our heart a little bit, and now we are going to sue science when we have our heart attack over it all. However, if you really must know about it, the study (which was originally spotted by ABC News) says that "grief over the death of a loved one can cause a huge spike in a person's risk of heart attack," especially right after the loss. more ›

A marathon runner suffered an apparent heart attack toward the tail end of today's 42nd NYC Marathon. FDNY said that the call about the man, said to be in his 30s, came in around 12:30 p.m. at the 22-mile mark on the marathon route at 5th Avenue and 117th Street— only four miles short of the finish line. “He fell on his face on Fifth Avenue, he just dropped like he was was shot,” Harlem resident James White told the Post. more ›

Today, the Voice pointed us in the direction of the newest nominee to the Indulgently Fatty Foods Hall Of Fame, joining other absurd Frankenstein-ian concoctions such as Meat Munchkins, Pop-Tart sushi and the Peanut Butter & Bacon Burger: the "fries sandwich," which can be found at Lebanese restaurant Man'ouChe in Bay Ridge. Now, if we can only figure out a way to snort the sandwich into our bodies, we'd truly be set. more ›

After a 32-year-old lawyer died of an aneurysm before paying for his tab, Rick's Cabaret vowed to never let another customer wait for EMS workers to arrive before they received medical attention. So if you find your chest seizing up in the middle of a lap dance, the managers at Rick's are now certified in CPR and the use of defibrillators. You mean we won't be able to get out of paying for lapdances by faking heart attacks anymore? Guess it's back to using coupons to get into New York Dolls. more ›

Legendary Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died at age 80 this morning in his Tampa, Florida home. His family said, "He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again." more ›

Former Vice President Dick Cheney remains hospitalized but seems to be on the mend after his Friday "discomfort." His office released a statement, "After receiving IV medication, the former Vice President is markedly improved. His physicians plan to discharge him in a day or so." And, yes, his issues are related to his heart problems: Apparently the 69-year-old experienced "progressive retention of fluid related to his coronary artery disease." His daughter Liz told Fox News, "I'm sure he'll deal with this situation the way he's dealt with everyone in the past which is to work with his doctors." Cheney has had five heart attacks, including a mild one this past February. more ›

In what the Post is calling a "High-stakes croaker," Long Island poker star Paul "Smalls" Kitsos died on a flight to the World Series of Poker from an apparent heart attack. The 5' 11", 350-pound man was "sweating profusely and breathing heavily" about 20 minutes after takeoff when he called a flight attendant over for help. The attendant was soon not able to detect Kitsos' pulse, and a doctor on board pronounced him dead. The flight was forced to return to JFK Airport, and it apparently took four cops to lift Kitsos from his seat. more ›

During last year's NYC Marathon, Michael Goulding, 51, had a heart attack near Mile 19 in Harlem. Firefighters, who happened to be near by and were not assigned to cover the marathon, were able to resuscitate him. Though he trained appropriately, his mother spoke to the Times, "I told him that he was too old to run a marathon." Now, six months later, Goulding came back to run the final seven miles on Thursday and thank his rescuers. Since his heart attack, he ran a half marathon without any issue; he said to the Post, "It felt good [to run the final seven miles]. It shows how close the line is between life and death. I’m just very humbled." more ›

Yesterday Lindsay Lohan's 49-year-old father Michael was rushed to a hospital in New York after suffering a minor heart attack. He was with his girlfriend Kate Major at the time, who told Radar that "he was short of breath all day. His blood pressure skyrocketed." She said they were in Miami and "just flew back to New York... he didn’t feel well all day today.” This is the 2nd time Lohan has been rushed to the hospital due to chest pains, and he will reportedly undergo a procedure to unclog arteries in his heart this Friday. Wonder if that milkaholic will made amends with pops. more ›

The 43-year-old rapper Guru, of Gang Starr fame, reportedly suffered a massive heart attack in New York City over the weekend and has been left in a coma since. He will undergo surgery today. more ›

After chest pains sent him into a D.C. hospital on Monday, former vice president Dick Cheney is "feeling good" according to his office. This morning, Cheney was released from George Washington Hospital, which treated him for this "mild heart attack"; it was Cheney's fifth heart attack, so maybe he is a "veritable poster boy" for progress in cardiovascular health. Former president George W. Bush as well as Vice President Joe Biden called Cheney while he was in the hospital—and don't worry, he's expected to resume his normal schedule of slamming the Obama administration shortly. more ›

Former figure skater Nancy Kerrigan—whose bruised kneecap made headlines and SNL skits in 1994—has more blood in the family. Today her troubled older brother Mark was taken in on charges of giving their father a beating that caused his death. more ›

A Staten Island senior rescued his wife from a fire that ripped through their New Brighton apartment on Saturday — but he suffered a fatal heart attack on the way out of the building. more ›

Brooklyn's Joe Tiralosi doesn't remember much about that day in August when he went to New York Presbyterian Hospital feeling sick and disoriented, then collapsed. But last week the 56-year-old father of two visited the hospital to thank doctors for not giving up on him just because his heart stopped beating for 47 minutes after a sudden cardiac arrest. All told, it took 4,500 chest compressions and eight shocks from a defibrillator to bring him back from the brink. Doctors are calling it a medical miracle, but Tiralosi's also lucky the E.R. he visited happened to have some special equipment. more ›

First reports of a pregnant woman being removed from an L train and taken to the hospital yesterday morning—now news that a man had a heart attack on an A train at Columbus Circle last night! And he was saved—thanks to the efforts of cops, other passengers, and a heart defibrillator. more ›

A school bus ride for the nine young summer campers at the Magic Carpet Day Camp turned tragic when their driver dropped dead of a heart attack and collapsed out of the bus while driving yesterday in Queens. Ramon Fernandez, 47, died after losing consciousness while stopped at a red light behind the wheel of a camp school bus in Elmhurst. Fernandez then collapsed out of the door he was keeping open while stopped in order to get additional ventilation into the un-air conditioned bus. When Fernandez fell out, 16-year-old camp counselor Rachel Guzy leaped forward and reached for the emergency brake as the bus slowly rolled into another vehicle in the intersection. The bus matron had minor injuries, but all of the Bayside campers were unharmed. An 11-year-old on board told the Post, "He was driving with the door open because it was really hot, and he felt really hot. It's not normal...Me and my friend, we were in the front near the counselor. She was crying, very nervous after it happened....[Rachel] saved our lives because she pulled the brake." more ›

Singer Michael Jackson has died at 50 after going into cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon, according to several sources. The LA Times says that he arrived at UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles in a deep coma after suffering a heart attack. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department said, "The call came in because a person was not breathing. When the team arrived, they saw that CPR was already in progress by someone at the home. The person not breathing was transported to UCLA Medical Center and remains there." more ›

The shuttered Deli in the Slope location at Fifth Avenue and St. John's Place in Park Slope was the site of a "good morning" car crash around 9 a.m. today. Early reports indicate that the driver of the vehicle had a heart attack behind the wheel; he's currently in critical condition. A report over the news wire doesn't mention any other passengers in the vehicle, and it doesn't seem that any pedestrians were hurt. A manager at another Deli in the Slope location on Butler Street tells us that this Fifth Avenue location has been closed for about a year. more ›

Picture it: You're not feeling well, so you go to your doctor's office, where you're told you're having a heart attack. And just as you're on an ambulance gurney, the receptionist asks you for a $5 co-pay! This is what happened to 76-year-old Staten Island resident Barbara Antonelli last month. more ›

Dr. Charles S. Hirsch is the chief medical examiner of New York City and has overseen the autopsies on more than 100,000 people. He would probably remain a mystery to most New Yorkers, if it weren't for his ruling on the death of Det. James Zadroga, who worked clean-up at Ground Zero after September 11, 2001. Hirsch said that Zadroga's death wasn't related to Ground Zero dust, but ground-up pills the detective was allegedly injecting.... more ›