Wear Red Day: Heart disease is personal
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:15 AM PST
BLUEFIELD â€" The reality of women’s heart disease struck close to home for the staff of Bluefield Regional Medical Center last year when a personal tragedy claimed the life of a nurse who worked in BRMC’s cardiology department. |
Many sports deaths caused by heart trouble
Telegraph-Journal Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:10 AM PST
While it's still unclear what caused Jessica Picard to collapse and die following a minor-league hockey game in Hartland last week, tragedies among young, seemingly healthy children and young adults are disturbingly common in communities across Canada - and many of them can be prevented. |
Salute to Coaches
Deer Park Broadcaster & Progress Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:59 AM PST
The duties of being a coach go far beyond teaching a player how to run faster, throw a ball further, swing a bat harder or learn the plays. It’s about tapping into a player’s heart and soul; helping him/her become the best they possibly can be. It’s about mentorship and leading the player in the right direction by teaching them all the things that being a student-athlete stand for: fortitude, ... |
NWI recognizes heart disease with red
The Times of Northwest Indiana Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:56 AM PST
Communities across the region saw red Friday as they celebrated Go Red For Women Day with the American Heart Association. |
UI research program gets another grant
The Iowa City Press-Citizen Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:30 AM PST
A long-standing University of Iowa research program that has helped reduce death from heart disease has received its eighth consecutive five-year grant renewal from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. |
Family calls for witnesses in man's death to speak up
The Globe and Mail Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:30 AM PST
Carla Edwards has long been wary of the tide of criminal violence she has seen sweep into Vancouver.But that violence broke her heart when it claimed her son last week, and now she is warning others in the community to take a stand against it. |
Walking in a winter wonderland
The Bradford Era Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:20 AM PST
Cathy Gabel, Suzie Koppenhaver, a participant in Bradford Regional Medical Center's Upbeat, a wellness and cardiac rehabilitation program and David K. Godfrey, M.D. snowshoe along the Richard E. McDowell Community Trail as part of BRMC’s outdoor “Healthy Heart Walkâ€. Over 140 BRMC employees and community members participated in the indoor version by walking the quarter-mile loop inside the ... |
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