All tag results for 'heart attack'

Omg! How sad.

Staff doctor, Thierry Costa from French Survivor took his life yesterday in Cambodia after contestant Gerald Babin suffered a heart attack and unfortunately died.

The late 25-year-old went into cardiac arrest on the first day of filming the show's 12th season after he completed two challenges, which included jumping off a boat and swimming to shore to compete in a tug-of-war on the beach… and once Babin was done with the challenges, he experienced arm cramps and immediately fell to the ground.

Costa then ordered an emergency helicopter, but after the production team didn't want to give Gerald immediate attention because they didn't want to stop filming, he was taken away on a boat, rather than a chopper because it was considered "too costly."

The only problem with this was that "unjust accusations and assumptions [were] made against [Thierry]," which initially led to his suicide.

Ten days after Babin died, Costa left a note and committed suicide, he wrote:

Tags: cambodia, doctor, french survivor, gerald babin, heart attack, jeremie assous, suicide, survivor, thierry costa

John Edwards better lay off that booze!

The politician was recently rushed to the N.C. Memorial Hospital after he experienced a heart attack scare, and according to his doctors… if he doesn't stop throwing back his stiff drinks, he could be dead in the next six months.

Tags: alcohol, heart attack, john edwards, rielle hunter

There is a magical restaurant in Las Vegas called the Heart Attack Grill.

It's a place where the food literally makes no attempt to be healthy.

With menu items like the near 10,000 calorie quadruple bypass burger, butter fat milkshakes and unfiltered cigarettes, its name is almost too true.

Customers over 350 pounds even get to eat for free!

Sadly, their second spokesman in two years has died of a heart attack.

Tags: dead, died, health, heart attack, heart attack grill, sad, spokesman

New Jersey governor Chris Christie has been under all sorts of criticism since taking office.

Some of the more inappropriate criticisms have been about his weight.

A doctor said that Christie was so overweight it's only a matter of time before he has a heart attack.

Gov. Christie responded that his young children asked if he was going to die after they heard the doc say he could die in office.

That's just awful! This doc didn't even examine him or anything.

The ladies of The View tackled the issue and actually stepped up to defend the governor!

The most outspoken in his defense was Whoopi Goldberg!

Check out the video (above) to hear the arguments over his weight!

Tags: chris christie, doctor, governor, health, heart attack, new jersey, office, politics, weight, whoopi goldberg

Not bad for your first competition, Ellen Bittner!!!

Ellen is a 63-year-old woman who was the average American: lazy, unhealthy, unhappy. She became part of a study about how lifestyle affect life expectancy, and she was SHOCKED to learn she was among the highest at risk for a slew of health problems like heart attacks and strokes. More importantly though, she was inspired to change.

And we hope she inspires you too!

Turns out, Bittner was REALLY GOOD at powerlifting, after her personal trainer came back from a competition raving about it, and asked her if she wanted to try it out. So they trained, and now she's taken home the gold in her first competition ever!

Check out her amazeballs story (above)! Go Ellen, goooooo!

Tags: age, america, american, change, competition, gold, happy, health, healthy, heart, heart attack, life, lifestyle, personal trainer, powerlifter, study, trainer, unhealthy, woman

Several months ago, Dustin Hoffman was sauntering through Hyde Park in London when all of a sudden… a man who was jogging, Sam Dempster crashed to the ground!!

As soon as the incident occurred, the Meet the Fockers actor immediately ran to Dempster's side, and now, he's finally sharing what exactly went down!!!

Tags: dustin hoffman, heart attack, hyde park, jogger, london, meet the fockers, royal albert hall, sam dempster

A new study from King's College in London has found that smoking basically rots your brain.

Everyone already knows smoking is bad for your lungs, teeth, skin, basically everything.

But this new research of 8,800 people over the age of 50 found that many things we do affect our mind just as much as our bodies.

The Alzheimer's Society said:

Tags: blood, body, brain, diet, eating, exercise, health, healthier, healthy, heart, heart attack, life, lifestyle, new study, research, smoking, study, weight