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- Help for a Stout heart Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:36AMIt started with heart palpitations and sporadic fainting spells. Now the 25-year-old father of two, Stewart Stout, passes out 20 to 40 times a day for minutes on end.
- India shows off $35 Linux tablet Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:11PMThe Indian government has unveiled a prototype of a Linux-based touchscreen tablet it hopes to sell next year for $35, with hopes to eventually lower the price to $10, according to several reports.
- Cleveland Clinic partners with DuPage Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 9:01PMCentral DuPage Hospital forms partnership with renowned Cleveland Clinic Chicago lost out on the NBA talent of LeBron James, but the city is getting possibly the next best thing Cleveland can offer: a partnership with its internationally renowned clinic.
- Quilting together a lasting legacy of gratitude for McDonald House Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 9:02AMSylvan Lake resident Debbie Mieske wants to help an organization that made such a difference in her life.
- Russ Baron Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:56AMA Matter of Life & Death: For Russ Barron, health care reform can’t come soon enough By Robert Downes Russ Barron has literally died five times during the course of his life, with his heart coming to a complete stop, -- a terrifying experience that includes the realization that he may have only minutes to live.
- Heart center gets upgrades Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 10:44PMSoutheast Kansas residents suffering from cardiovascular disease will soon benefit from new state-of-art technology at Via Christi’s heart center, officials say.
- Firefighters to help one of their own Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 9:03PMCARPENTERSVILLE – Carpentersville firefighters will be participating in a fundraiser July 10 for Ron Eglinton.
- Healthcare Reform: Perspective from Indiana Physicians Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 1:01AMAlexander Stemer, MD, President & CEO of Medical Specialists Centers of Indiana, comments on healthcare reform legislation and what it will mean for physicians and patients in Indiana and across the country.
- Family lives day by day Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 6:18AMAIKEN -- No parent wants to consider the option that they might outlive their child, but for one Aiken family, that is a real concern.
- Pillai retiring after nearly four-decade medical career Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 8:52PMAfter 38 years as a board-certified thoracic and cardiovascular physician, Dr. A. Sivan Pillai is retiring from his medical profession that began in Cumberland in 1971.
- Neighborhood Briefs Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 12:08AMeast side
- Me and my operation: Surgeons replumbed my leg to banish the agony of cramp Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 1:29AMMore than half a million Britons suffer from the progressive eye disease glaucoma. Mary McCall, 66, a retired carer from Belfast, was the first to have a pioneering operation that stopped her from going blind.
- Wind River Updates Graphics Suite with OpenGL 3D Support Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 7:00AMALAMEDA, Calif.----Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced the latest version of Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite, its solution for the development and deployment of rich graphical user interfaces for embedded devices.
- Surgeons from Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hosp perform rare heart surgery on newborn Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 4:57AMA rare hurt surgery was performed by a team of doctors of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, last week. A 13-day-old newborn was admitted to the Hospital after the baby was suspected with a heart defect. The baby was born from the interiors of Maharashtra.
- Red Lion closed this weekend, will lose $30,000 in wedding business Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 12:37AMFive brides hoping to celebrate at least part of their nuptials at the Red Lion this weekend -- even after the only access bridge to the restaurant collapsed Tuesday in the rushing Boulder Creek -- got bad news Wednesday that they must find other venues.
- Finding release Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 10:14PMWhen then-inmate Jennifer Martin was moved from Levy Forestry Camp to Hillsborough Correctional Institution four years ago, she was saddened to learn she could not keep her art supplies.
- RTA Travel Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 11:21AMINDIVIDUALS who want to enter the U.S temporarily for emergency or humanitarian reasons but are unable to obtain a visa may apply to the Department of Homeland Security to be granted parole.
- Rotary Club gives girl, 2, chance for healthy life Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 4:29AMBRADENTON — A sick little girl in Central America will receive a second chance for a healthy life thanks to a charitable partnership between the Rotary Club of Bradenton and All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.
- Laps for lives Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 7:56PMBRISTOL — “Sure,” Amy Masi said, “I’ll talk to you. But, you’ve got to walk with me.”
- The hands of a surgeon Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 12:17PMWENATCHEE —There’s a new medical machine in town that local experts say is key to a quicker recovery after some surgeries. Patients are singing its praises.
- Mon Valley Hospital offering elective cardiac surgery again Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 10:01AMAfter two years of campaigning officials at the state Department of Health, Mon Valley Hospital has been given permission to reinstate elective angioplasty procedures.
- CardiAQ Valve Technologies ("CVT") Completes Move of Its Headquarters to a Specialized Facility in Irvine, Calif., and ... Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 7:45AMIRVINE, Calif.----Transcatheter heart valve company CardiAQ Valve Technologies , which is developing the world’s first self-conforming and self-anchoring technology for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation , announced today that it has established operations in Irvine, Calif.
- Quality healthcare? It’s the Veterans Administration Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 8:21AMJournalist Phil Longman at the New American Foundation recently updated his book “Best Care Anywhere,” which documents the 1990s rejuvenation of the Veterans Administration’s health care system. Between editions, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan placed strains on the VA not seen since Vietnam. Here’s his thoughts on the current state of the system, and [...]
- US prepares for the worst after best hope of oil solution falls apart Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 5:14PMThe Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the worst environmental catastrophe that the US has ever faced, the White House conceded yesterday, as it warned Americans to be prepared for oil and gas to keep leaking into the ocean for almost three more months.
- United Way honors its volunteers Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 9:39PMPLAINS TWP. – When a young woman failed a physical exam required for a job due to a heart defect, Lois Myers and the staff at the Wilkes-Barre Free Medical Clinic refused to give up on the aspiring nurse’s assistant. Myers was just one of the major award recipients Thursday at the United Way Annual Meeting and Awards Reception at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
- United Way honors volunteers Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 9:09PMPLAINS TWP. – When a young woman failed a physical exam required for a job due to a heart defect, Lois Myers and the staff at the Wilkes-Barre Free Medical Clinic refused to give up on the aspiring nurse’s assistant.
- Saul Friedman: A Little known Life-saving Medicare Benefit Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 8:01PMThis issue of my Gray Matters column is personal. But it needs to be said for Huffington Post, a marvelous service of modern journalism,...
- Special Report: Amid job loss, health industry grows Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 2:48PMPart three of a four-part series: Personal care aides like Katina Hopkins of St. Paul, above left, are working in one of the fastest-growing job sectors in the country.
- Study: Bariatric Surgeries Skyrocket, but Quality and Cost Vary Widely at U.S. Hospitals Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 6:30AMGOLDEN, Colo.----The number of bariatric surgeries in the U.S. skyrocketed from 13,386 in 1998 to 220,000 in 2008, but a new study released today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, finds that the nation’s hospitals have wide variances in both complication rates and lengths of stay, which largely correlate with the number of times the hospital performs ...
- High-Tech Alternatives to High-Cost Care Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 2:19PMInnovations in technology are helping to shift the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases from expensive clinics to doctors and patients themselves.
- AirAsia launches flight to Bangalore Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 3:16AMMalaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia launched its inaugural flight to Bangalore, carrying 15 children with congenital heart disease who need open heart surgery.
- National League Team Notes Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 2:52AMnl notes
- Health Calendar for May 20 to 27 Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 11:25PMHealthy Support
- New study shows preoperative statin therapy protects patients undergoing elective AAA repair Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 1:07AMPreoperative statin therapy has a protective effect on patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair that reduces risk and subsequent total hospital costs according to a new study from researchers at the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville, North Carolina.
- Miami Heat Team Report Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 2:47PMConsidering the goal was to preserve as much salary-cap space as possible for the 2010 off-season, the Heat overachieved with its 47 victories.
- Fort Myers man, 79, shoots age for 27th time Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:41PMFort Myers resident Edward Wessel, 79, shot a 79 on May 3 at Copperleaf Golf Course in Bonita Springs.
- Health briefs for May 5 Friday, May 14, 2010 @ 1:14AMHale to manage surgery, medicine Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomed Cille Hale, RN, BSN, as manager of the surgical unit and the cardiology/medicine department.
- Heart patient seeks help Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 1:49PMMichael Stanley Perera of Thihagoda is suffering from an acute heart disease. He is receiving treatment at the Jayawardenepura Hospital and the consultant cardiologists of the hospital have advised him to undergo a surgery which cost Rs. 400,000.
- Local Beat 5/9/10 Saturday, May 8, 2010 @ 9:43PMA list of meetings and events of interest throughout Navarro County
- Local Beat Thursday, May 6, 2010 @ 7:44PMMay 7 House of Refuge will host a free concert at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Corsicana. Todd Jones will return as emcee for this inspirational evening. An offering will be taken to benefit House of Refuge, which provides hope and shelter to abused women, single mothers, and financially destitute families. The talented line up includes: Justified, Misha Parker, Steve and Sherry Brownlee ...
- BEN column - Dr. Liz story; Joe Young on taxes; Shep on guns; Shep on VA clinic; Dan Mourning on guns Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 10:21PMGood morning! Maybe a little rain today to keep the mosquitoes around.
- MS patients rally to demand CCSVI treatment Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 11:23AMHundreds of multiple sclerosis patients rallied at demonstrations across the country Wednesday, demanding treatment for a controversial, newly identified condition that many believe is the root cause of MS.
- Two S. Jersey hospitals lag in heart report Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 8:04PMCooper University Hospital and Deborah Heart and Lung Center - two of the three hospitals in South Jersey with open-heart surgery programs - had higher-than-expected death rates for bypass surgeries in 2007, according to a state report released Tuesday.
- Hartsville Happenings May 5 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 3:53PMHartsville area events, meetings and things to do
- Health briefs for May 5 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 3:05AMHale to manage surgery, medicine Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomed Cille Hale, RN, BSN, as manager of the surgical unit and the cardiology/medicine department.
- Worsening Oil Slick Moves Obama, Officials To Action Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 6:14AMFederal and state officials are scrambling to deal with the ever-growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, looking for a way to stop the leak and clean up the mass of crude as it moves ever closer to the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, threatening to ravage wildlife, the environment, and local industry.According to USA Today, "Gusty winds Sunday prevented many boats in Venice, La., near the ...
- Fort Myers Beach fisherman compares Gulf oil spill to hurricane Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 2:42AMAs dead sea turtles washed ashore, oil sloshed Commercial fishermen on the San Carlos Island docks waited and watched today as an oil slick spread...
- Keeping private in the age of public exposure Saturday, May 1, 2010 @ 1:13PMAs the date continued, I started recounting what was happening in real time on Facebook .
- Mesa doctor: All schools should have heart device Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 4:22PMHimanshu Shukla is putting up his own money to get mission rolling.
- LeMaitre Vascular Q1 2010 Record Sales $13.8mm (+22%), Op. Profit $1.3mm Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 2:05PMBURLINGTON, Mass. -- LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. , a provider of peripheral vascular devices and implants, today announced Q1 2010 financial results. The Company posted record quarterly sales of $13.8 million and operating income of $1.3 million.
