Articles labeled: heart disease

A retiring teacher of 36 years had a heart attack and died just minutes after she dismissed her students for the last time.

“She had the first heart attack at school,” she said. “She was revived, and en route had another one. She had a history of heart trouble.”

Principal Alice Woodward said students were not on campus.

“The children had not been gone very long — two or three minutes, maybe five,” she said.

Woodward said Mrs. Smith was a fine teacher who loved technology, and was someone on whom teachers and students could depend.

While it’s still not exactly health food, a new switch at McDonald’s might make parents feel slightly less guilty for that occasional Happy Meal purchase. That’s if they ever felt any guilt in the first place.

McDonald’s french fries are now trans-fat-free in all its restaurants in the United States and Canada, the fast-food restaurant chain said Thursday.

McDonald’s has lagged other restaurant operators in switching over to a zero-trans-fat cooking oil out of worries it would compromise the taste of its trademark fries. It has been under increasing pressure from consumer advocates and some public officials to make the change.

The new oil is canola-based and includes corn and soy oils.