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Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was rushed on Monday from a New York City jail to a hospital for emergency heart surgery, ABC News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

An international study has found a surprising connection between constipation and an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE), including heart attacks, strokes and heart failure. The study analyzed data from over 400,000 participants in the UK Biobank. The research team analyzed data from 408,354 individuals, identifying 23,814 cases of constipation. The findings showed that individuals suffering from constipation were more than twice as likely to suffer from a major cardiac event as those without constipation. Moreover, the study highlighted a particularly concerning link between constipation and hypertension. Hypertensive individuals who also suffered from constipation were found to have...

the vaccine produces fatigue, as does the virus. Sometimes long fatigue.".. What does the COVID vaccine do to those in the military? According to a former Navy SEAL training commander, it can literally cause seamen to drop out of training due to fatigue... Capt. Brad Geary talked about the damage Joe Biden’s military vaccine mandate wrought upon the Armed Forces, including a lack of readiness for those who have to do significant physical exertion... February 2022, a Navy SEAL trainee under Geary’s command, Kyle Mullen, died during the notorious “hell week” — another name for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, or BUD/S,...

A California doctor has tragically died “suddenly” after suffering a stroke at just 32 years old. Dr. Maddie Giegold’s tragic sudden death came just five days before completing her residency. According to reports, the young doctor was “fully vaccinated” for Covid and received an mRNA “booster” shot shortly before she died. “I’ve never really met anyone else like her, she’s incredibly goofy,” said friend Hannah Trautner. Trautner said Giegold would do anything to make people laugh and inevitably become her friend. Those closest to Maddie say she loved cats, trail running, and sunflowers, and was described as being very active....

The Los Angeles City Council officially terminated its vaccination mandate for municipal employees Monday... The council members voted to end the city’s vaccination mandate .. The decision was unanimous, with all present council members voting 13-0 to rescind the mandate, effective retroactively from June 2. This move aligns with actions taken by other Southern California cities and comes more than a year after the city lifted its coronavirus emergency declaration. The ordinance ends the vaccine requirement for current and future city employees and allows those fired or who resigned over the mandate to seek re-employment, ABC 7 reported. The council...

on Thursday, the Kansas City Chiefs halted all team activities after defensive lineman BJ Thompson suffered a seizure and soon after went into cardiac arrest during a special teams meeting. In a statement on Thursday night, Thompson’s agent Chris Turnage said, “BJ is still unconscious at this point, but he’s stable, and his vitals are good.” “His family asks for your continued prayers,” added Turnage. Despite canceling all activities on Thursday, the Chiefs are expected to resume practice on Friday.

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) has passed away from complications after suffering a heart attack on April 6. Payne never regained consciousness after the cardiac arrest and was kept alive on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He was 65 years old. "Tammy and I are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of our friend, and a steadfast champion for the people of New Jersey, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.," wrote New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in a statement released just after noon ET on Wednesday. Payne's office originally attempted to depict the heart...

Half of all patients discharged from hospital after a heart attack are treated with beta-blockers unnecessarily. This is according to a new study. Today, when patients are discharged from hospitals after an acute heart attack, they are regularly treated with beta-blocker drugs such as metoprolol and bisoprolol. Now new research shows that about half of them do not benefit from the treatment and should not receive it at all. These are the patients who have suffered a small heart attack and have retained heart function afterward. The study began in September 2017 and patients were followed up until November 2023....

A study suggests daily cannabis users have a 25 percent increased risk of a heart attack and a 42 percent increased risk of a stroke. The new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association and funded by the National Institutes of Health showed that cannabis smoke increased the risk of heart attacks similar to tobacco smoke. Abra Jeffers, a data analyst at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and former researcher at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, said that cannabis use should be considered an increased risk of...

Former Queens city Councilman Paul Vallone — a member of a long line of local leading public servants — died unexpectedly Saturday evening. He was 56. Vallone, who was currently serving as New York City’s Veterans Services deputy commissioner, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home and was rushed to a Flushing hospital but could not be revived, sources close to his family told The Post on Sunday. The married father of three was “upbeat” and “happy” the day before he died, Queens Civic Congress President Warren Schreiber told the Queens Chronicle. “It’s a big blow to the community,”...

COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis is killing millions of people now.. I woke up this morning and read the news that Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic had a sudden heart attack and died on Tuesday during a team dinner. He was 46... That same day, British sports journalist Mike Dickson died suddenly at the age of 59. The cause of death was conspicuous by its absence in the obituaries — but the man collapsed and died without warning at the Australian Open. ... The day before yesterday, former NFL linebacker Ronald Powell died at the age of 32. No cause of death...

Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at a private team dinner in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night, the team announced. “We are absolutely devastated by Dejan’s sudden passing,” head coach Steve Kerr said in a statement. “This is a shocking and tragic blow for everyone associated with the Warriors and an incredibly difficult time for his family, friends and all of us who had the incredible pleasure to work with him.” The seriousness of the situation led the NBA to postpone Wednesday’s game between the Warriors and the Utah Jazz. The...

Mila De Jesus, 35, died on January 12 after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest Her death was announced on January 15 by her daughter, Anna Clara The Brazilian influencer leaves behind her husband and four children ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Brazilian influencer known for her insane weight loss transformation has died. Mila De Jesus, 35, died on January 12 after suffering from a suspected cardiac arrest. 'It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Mila de Jesus this Friday,' an Instagram post read. 'In this moment of pain, respect family and friends and we will express our...

Brazilian gospel singer Pedro Henrique died after he collapsed on stage during a performance Wednesday. The 30-year-old was performing his song 'Vai Ser Tão Lindo' at a religious event that was being streamed online when he suddenly fell in front of his band inside a concert venue in the northeastern city of Feira de Santana. Video footage of the incident showed Henrique engaging the crowd as he stood on the edge of the stage before he lost his balance and fell on his back. Attendees immediately rushed over to help the singer while the crowd looked on in shock. Henrique...

1:43 PM – Tuesday, December 12, 2023 During a speech, Turkey’s Saadat Party representative experienced a sudden heart attack and abruptly collapsed to the ground. On Tuesday, Hasan Bitmez, 53, a representative from the Kocaeli province in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, appeared to lose his breath and balance and was sent to the hospital via ambulance. Prior to Bitmez’s collapse, he had just declared that “Israel will be smitten with the wrath of Allah,” cursing the Jewish State.

“I would say I’m your pretty average healthy 23-year-old,” she said, adding that she works out and eats well. “I’m on my feet 12, 13 hours a day at work, so I want to make sure that I’m in shape for that.” “One checked her carotid, one her femoral (arteries), and she did not have a pulse,” instructor Lisa Davenport said, adding that the nurses began CPR and issued a dreaded “code blue” for an emergency team. “What was really stressful about the situation was that we never had a real code blue in the center. We train for them...

The Pfizer COVID-19 “vaccine” injected into billions of arms was not the same one used in Pfizer’s clinical trials. There was a "bait and switch." The clinical trials tested "Process 1" while the public received "Process 2." And what they never told you is that "Process 2" was only tested on about 252 people, instead of 40,000 people. They also didn't tell you that the vials were contaminated with plasmid DNA. A new study by Kevin McKernan and colleagues found "the presence of billions to hundreds of billions of DNA molecules per dose in these vaccines. Using fluorometry, all vaccines...

A TOP Russian banker has died suddenly from a "heart attack" at the age of 42, the latest in a series of prominent early deaths. Nikolay Vasyov was senior vice president of Sberbank, the country’s largest financial institution. Initial analysis by doctors said his “untimely death” was due to a “heart attack”, said the bank. However, further details were not released on the circumstances of his death. “It is with deep regret that we inform you that today Nikolay Vasyov, senior vice president, Head of the B2C Customer Experience Development block of Sberbank, suddenly passed away,” a statement read. “According...

In a heart-wrenching incident, Melody Rain Palombi-Malmgren, a 15-month-old girl, tragically passed away two days after receiving routine vaccinations. Her mother, Katherine Palombi, recalls the shock and sorrow of losing a child who was the epitome of joy and health. On October 17, during a routine 15-month well-visit at the Herbert Kania Pediatric Group in Warwick, New York, Melody received three vaccines, News12 Westchester reported. Just two days later, she suddenly stopped breathing and suffered cardiac arrest despite exhibiting no warning signs. ... Her grandmother, caring for her at the time, was instructed by 911 operators to perform CPR until...

"Bad" cholesterol isn't the only culprit linked with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a trio of recent studies showing that a different kind of cholesterol is also a strong risk factor for people worldwide. Remnant cholesterol (RC) was confirmed as a strong risk factor for coronary heart disease, heart attacks and stroke, the largest of the studies showed. RC is produced from the metabolism of triglycerides. Using data from almost one million participants—the findings are the first to show, on a large scale, a causal link between high RC and risk of cardiovascular illness. "This tells us...