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It is known fact that heart diseases, including heart attack is the number one leading cause of death in the country. In fact one person dies every 7 minutes due to a heart ailment. In 1999, a very creative e-mail circulated rumor that people can save their lives during a heart attack by coughing. According to the e-mail, since heart attack victims usually expirience the attack when they are alone, they can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously between deep breaths every 2 seconds. Experts say otherwise, although this rumor was first published in the “mended hearts newsletter” the publisher immediately withdrew the claim. The heart association claims the same as they do not endorse using this technique.

The heart association said that during a sudden arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm), it may be possible for a victim to maintain or regain enough blood flow to the brain to keep him conscious for just a few seconds until the heart beat normalizes.