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Melissa was in a coma for 12 days after collapsing of a heart attack.

The loss of a loved one may have a profound impact on both mental and physical health. The University of Arizona investigated the impact of sadness on heart function and concluded that acute grief might cause a considerable rise in blood pressure. Read further on Dynamite News:

Melissa was in a coma for 12 days after collapsing of a heart attack

Mum Vicky Waite was breathless after moderate exercise such as climbing a flight of stairs and eventually discovered she had a rare heart condition and required pioneering surgery

The manager did CPR on Joe Peden for eight minutes before an A&E consultant doing some shopping took over for four minutes

She found herself feeling breathless and tired even after climbing one flight of stairs or cleaning around the house.

Nice approves mavacamten, used to treat obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in draft guidance to NHS

The Customs and Border Protection nurse failed to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder and reported denying multiple requests from the girl's mum for an ambulance at a Harlingen, Texas, CBP station

Mavacamten would be used to treat obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with about 7,000 people expected to benefit.

The blood-borne virus affects more than 150 million people across the world, dubbed a 'silent killer' as symptoms often go unnoticed.

Peripheral artery disease is described as a "silent killer", but women don't always show traditional symptoms, which is leading to underdiagnosis.