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Language matters: representations of 'heart failure in English discourse--a large-scale linguistic study

Open Heart

Aims Heart failure (HF) has a lower public profile compared with other serious health conditions, notably cancer. times pmw and ‘cancer’ occurs 81.96 times pmw and ‘cancer’ occurs 81.96 Cancer is talked about 19 times more often than HF and 22 times more often than dementia.

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Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

That event might have been a heart rhythm issue or even a cardiac arrest. Sudden heart failure has been well described after the death of a loved one and is known as Takatubo Cardiomyopathy after the shape of a Japanese octopus fishing pot. This is more commonly known as ‘Broken Heart Syndrome.