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December 26 is historically one of the most dangerous days of the year for people vulnerable to cardiac problems, including heart attacks, arrhythmias, and heart failure.

Some 911 calls that involve cardiac arrest could draw a second ambulance as part of a new pilot program in New York City intended to more quickly recover organs from potential donors, the mayor said Wednesday.

Every year during the height of the rainy season, villagers of all ages in a corner of southwestern China would suddenly die of cardiac arre ...

Star, 32, of "Clueless," "8 Mile," "Don't Say a Word" dies from what appears to be natural causes.

Race officials say three men died of what is believed to be cardiac arrest during a marathon in Detroit.

Brian Oxman blames the singer's "handlers" for "enabling" him; "I warned that his day may come"

Vanity Fair scribe Maureen Orth covered Michael Jackson in depth when he was alive, and Friday morning during a lengthy segment on "Morning Joe" she talked about his death and in some of the frankest terms heard since the news of his passing.

Orth said, among other things, that his isolation was partially self-imposed and helped him play with boys, that his fame and money got him off of child molestation charges, that he suffered a crippling drug habit and that the publicity-seeking Jackson would have wanted to die as he did.

The extent of the reaction to Mr. Jackson’s sudden death underscored how far his influence had spread.

Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and went on to set the world dancing to the thumping rhythms of his music for decades, died Thursday, TMZ website reported.