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Want a Healthy Brain? Start Getting Your Noggin to Sweat ThirdAge Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:58 PM PDT CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Most people have received the message about heart health loud and clear: exercise. But what about that other great organ: the brain? Does it respond as effectively to a good workout? 'A true miracle' The Voice Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:47 PM PDT When Patrice Rener first met her husband Scott over 20 years ago, she had no way of knowing he would some day save her life. A juvenile diabetic since age 13, Patrice had managed the disease for 30 years; but it ultimately caught up with her causing kidney and heart disease. Vietnam vet finally receives Purple Heart Juneau Empire Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:22 PM PDT ANCHORAGE - A Vietnam veteran has received a Purple Heart 42 years after being wounded. $18,000! Port Elgin Shoreline Beacon Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:14 PM PDT During one of the more heart-warming events in Saugeen Shores, over $18,000 was donated to the Canadian Cancer Society at the 10th annual Cops for Cancer event Saturday at Saugeen Golf Club. First US Heart Patients Implanted With Next-Generation Mechanical Heart Pump redOrbit Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:08 PM PDT Three patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center were among the first in the United States to be implanted with a next-generation artificial heart pump called the DuraHeart™ Left-Ventricular Assist System. The surgeries took place earlier this year. Anti-clot drug combinations boost bleeding risks Reuters Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:02 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart patients are often given two or three different drugs to prevent life-threatening blood clots but these combinations can double, triple or even quadruple the risk of stomach or intestinal bleeding, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Triad hospital awarded national accreditation News 14 Carolina Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:56 PM PDT HIGH POINT - Every second counts when someone is having a heart attack. It’s something cardiovascular tech Tommy Locke always tells his patients. But the message really hit home January 2008 when he found himself on the other side of the operating table. St. Lucie County inmate suffers fatal heart attack St. Lucie News Tribune Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:51 PM PDT An inmate with a “heart of gold”and a lengthy arrest history died Tuesday morning in the St. Lucie County jail of a heart attack, according to the sheriff's office and relatives. St. Lucie County Jail Inmate Dies In Sleep WPBF Palm Beach Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44 PM PDT A St. Lucie County Jail inmate who died in his sleep Tuesday morning suffered a heart attack, Sheriff Ken J. Mascara says. Recovering Richardson attends Panthers workout News 14 Carolina Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:36 PM PDT CHARLOTTE -- Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson made an appearance at an optional workout with the team Thursday. Richardson, 72, received a heart transplant about four months ago and he has since regained much of his strength and is responding well to treatment.

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