WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called former Vice President Dick Cheney to wish him a speedy recovery as Cheney was recuperating from a mild heart attack, the White House said on Friday. Cheney, 69, was hospitalized in Washington on Monday after suffering chest pains. Lab testing revealed evidence of a mild heart attack. It was Cheney's fifth ...

Surviving five heart attacks makes former Vice President Dick Cheney pretty unusual — showing that he has good medical care as well as a particularly aggressive form of heart disease. But the number, attention-grabbing as it is, isn't the real issue: It's how much damage ...

Former US vice president Dick Cheney was discharged from hospital early Wednesday after suffering his fifth heart attack, his office said. "Former vice president Cheney is feeling good this morning and was discharged from GWU Hospital," a statement said. "He will resume his normal schedule shortly." The 69-year-old Republican hawk was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Monday after ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney left a Washington hospital on Wednesday following a heart attack he suffered earlier in the week. Spokesman Peter Long said Cheney was discharged from George Washington University Hospital and feeling good. "He will resume his normal schedule shortly," Long said of Cheney, who has remained an ...