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Ozone levels linked to cardiac arrest

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cardiac arrests are more likely when levels of air pollution - especially soot-like particles and ozone - have been high in recent days or even hours, according to a large study from Texas.Full story

Chest compression-only CPR shows long-term benefit

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation using chest compressions only, a new study found. Full story

People turn to Twitter for CPR information: study

(Reuters) - Amid snarky comments and links to cat videos, some Twitter users turn to the social network to find and post information on health issues like cardiac arrest and CPR, according to a U.S. study. Full story

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  9/11 firefighter dies battling Brooklyn blaze

A Brooklyn firefighter who was a 9/11 responder died Monday after he was rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest from the scene of a warehouse fire. WNBC-TV's Andrew Siff reports.

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Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba poses for a photograph in the London Chest Hospital in east London
Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba poses for a photograph in the London Chest Hospital in east London

Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba poses for a photograph in the London Chest Hospital in east London March 30, 2012. The photograph, released by members of Muamba's family on Twitter, shows Muamba, who had a cardiac arrest while playing against Tottenham Hotspur on March 17, sitting in his