Health risks rise as patients abandon heart medicines
Researchers say stopping heart disease and diabetes medicines can be deadly. A study of 1,521 patients found one month after hospital discharge, one in eight stopped lifesaving drugs like aspirin beta blockers and statins, tripling the next year's death risk for those patients.
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Co-pilot loses memory after Kentucky crash and leg amputation
James Polehinke, sole survivor of the Aug. 27 ComAir Flight 5191 crash at Blue Grass Airport, has had his left leg amputated and cannot recall the accident. He remains in serious condition at the University of Kentucky Hospital after multiple surgeries, with rehabilitation to begin in weeks. Police retrieved him from the wreckage and federal investigators say the captain taxied onto the wrong runway. Toxicology for both pilots showed no alcohol or illegal drugs.
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