Battling Heart and Stroke

April Lindgren, CanWest News Service
Published: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 Article tools
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Font: * * * * TORONTO - Ontario won’t go to court seeking to ”punish” tobacco companies and to recover ongoing health-care costs related to smoking, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.

”There are two agendas here,” McGuinty told reporters. ”We’re pursuing one particular agenda and that is to reduce the incidence of tobacco use in Ontario, especially among our young people. We’re enjoying some success.

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By Jonathon Hardcastle

Hopefully you never had to endure a situation of someone close to you to suffer from transient ischemic attach (TIA), also known as mini stoke, or from a stroke. In any case, you should be familiar with both kinds of stroke as they both destroy brain tissue and can produce similar long-term effects. But there are important differences in what causes them and in the symptoms that tell you which kind of stroke is happening.

Ischemic Stroke:

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By Mike Herman

Learn these important early signs of a heart attack to make sure you get help early before more damage occurs. Successful recovery for heart attack victims depends heavily on early treatment.

The first hour after signs of a heart attack begin is known in the medical community as the golden hour. The chances of recovery greatly improve if treatment begins within this first hour.

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