heart disease News

Failure to Improve Health Not Enough to Overcome Presumption

A retired police officer who continued to gain weight after his doctors told him to exercise more often and reduce his fat intake is still entitled to a statutory presumption that his heart disease arose out of and in the …

How Canine Heart Disease was Tied to Grain-Free Dog Food

In 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, acting on input from a group of veterinary researchers, began investigating whether the increasing popularity of grain-free dog foods had led to a sudden rise in a potentially fatal heart disease in …

Carrier Can Deny Widow’s Claim Because Heart Disease Contributed to Crash Victim’s Death

Zurich American Insurance Co. concluded that heart disease killed Joseph Arruda, not the spine fracture he suffered after his vehicle careened across opposite lanes of traffic and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Zurich denied an accidental death claim filed by …

FDA Proposes Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packs, Advertisements

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed that cigarette packs carry graphic new health warnings including pictures and text outlining lesser-known risks of smoking like bladder cancer and diabetes as well as lung cancer. The FDA said the proposed …