Limbaugh on mend after heart scare

Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh said tests showed nothing wrong with his heart after chest pains needed hospital treatment earlier this week.

Limbaugh said at a Honolulu news conference that he was being released from The Queen’s Medical Centre, where he was rushed on Wednesday during a holiday.

Doctors said he did not have a heart attack or heart disease.

“The pain was real, and they don’t know what caused it,” Limbaugh said.

Asked whether he was taking painkillers, Limbaugh said no.

His medical problems have attracted attention in the past. In 2003, he acknowledged an addition to painkillers for severe back pain and took a five-week leave from his radio show to enter rehab.

Americans in a poll last month called Limbaugh America’s most influential conservative voice, and more than 14 million people hear him at least once a week, making him the nation’s highest-rated broadcaster.