WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called former Vice President Dick Cheney to wish him a speedy recovery as Cheney was recuperating from a mild heart attack, the White House said on Friday. Cheney, 69, was hospitalized in Washington on Monday after suffering chest pains. Lab testing revealed evidence of a mild heart attack. It was Cheney's fifth ...

EXERCISE TAKES ITS TOLL At 5 foot 9 and 165 pounds, Harald Sjoelshagen is fit and healthy apart from his heart condition. He works out regularly. And on weekends, he often dons skis to traverse the 30 snowy miles to his cottage outside Oslo. This year will be the fortieth time he participates in the Birkebeiner race. But some days ...

Prostate cancer patients who take statins to lower their cholesterol may be getting a secondary benefit: The drugs significantly lower the degree of inflammation within prostate tumors. That, according to researchers, may explain in part, why men on statins have a lower risk of disease progression. Previous studies have shown that statins reduce systemic ...