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HIV/AIDS Advocates In Thailand Urge Government To Maintain Compulsory License Program Thailandnews.net Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:17 AM PST AFP/Google.com reports. The program suspends patent protections for brand-name drugs to treat HIV/AIDS, cancer and heart disease, thus allowing low-cost, generic medications into the market. According... FAQ: Robin Williams Needs Heart Surgery WebMD Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:10 AM PST Comedian and actor Robin Williams abruptly postponed upcoming performances of his one-man show, "Weapons of Self-Destruction," announcing on his web site that he needs to undergo surgery for an aortic valve replacement. Women should know gender-specific symptoms of heart attacks The Arizona Republic Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:08 AM PST Heart attacks are the No. 1 killer of women. Statistically, there are six heart attack deaths for every breast cancer death reported. For 50 percent of women, there will be no warning at all. The first symptom will be the heart attack itself. Purple Heart pen-pal visits R-MA The Warren Sentinel Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:07 AM PST Over the past two years, R-MA students have written over 1,000 letters to soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stephanie Portillo, a Spanish teacher at the school, spearheaded the program as a community service project for her students. Community connection topic: advances in cardiology Courier-Gazette Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:58 AM PST CLIFTON SPRINGS - Cardiology is a specialty of medicine which focuses on abnormalities and/or diseases of the heart. Continuually there are advances in diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions. Senators Visit Sacred Heart Hospital to Tout Healthcare Plan WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:47 AM PST var nopreviewimage = "1"; if (nopreviewimage == ""){ document.write(' '); document.write(' '); document.write(' '); } While the President works on his healthcare reform plan, some PA State Senators are pushing their own version of a plan to help ensure Pennsylvanians are fully covered. This morning, Senators Pat Browne and Ted Erickson visited Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown to make ... Tillery waits for second new heart The Scottsboro Daily Sentinel Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:43 AM PST Michael Tillery is living on borrowed time. He has been for years. But his story isn't one of self-pity. It is one of triumph. Tillery, an unemployment compensation technician with the State of Alabama who lives in the Prattville area, is awaiting his second heart transplant. Blood clotting 'on-off switch' discovered New Scientist Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:33 AM PST A protein that controls the stickiness of blood could help researchers develop new drugs to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes John Francis Cullivan II The Falmouth Enterprise Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:32 AM PST John Francis Cullivan II of Centerville, who leaves family in East Sandwich, died after suffering a heart attack on February 28. Songwriter Zubir Ali, 59, dies The New Straits Times Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:32 AM PST PETALING JAYA: Singer-songwriter and the founding member of folk outfit Harmoni, Zubir Ali died after suffering from heart complications at the Damansara Specialist Centre yesterday. Zubir, 59, died at 10.30am.

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