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New Therapy Found To Prevent Heart Failure In Many Patients Science Daily Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:19 PM PDT A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) vs. patients who received only an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD-only). New way to fix leaking mitral heart valves safe in initial testing PhysOrg Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:15 PM PDT A new nonsurgical technique to repair leaking mitral valves in heart failure patients was safe in a study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. The YOU docs: Research suggests statins do much more than just protect heart Pioneer Press Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:11 PM PDT Need another reason not to ditch your heart-attack-preventing statin drug in favor of saving a few bucks? Statins may be doing plenty more for your body than you think. Take a hike: Heading to a healthier lifestyle, one step at a time The Pantagraph Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:05 PM PDT PELHAM, N.H. -- Brian Bishop was eating and stressing himself to death until a heart attack at age 28 got his attention. Now, after losing more than 100 pounds, he is a poster child â€" literally â€" for a national program to walk to a healthier lifestyle. Whose homework? Parents blur line between helping and doing The Pantagraph Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:02 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Anyone who has ever proudly carried Junior’s papier-mache heart into the science fair â€" only to run into the cardiologist’s kid with the medical school model â€" has seen what happens when the line between parental involvement and parental takeover gets crossed. Journalist John Callaway dies Chicago Tribune Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:01 PM PDT Legendary Chicago journalist John Callaway died Tuesday evening in Racine, Wis., his wife confirmed. Callaway, the  longtime host of WTTW-Channel 11's news program Chicago Tonight, died of a heart attack about 6:30 p.m. after growing faint in a Racine store, said his wife, Sandra Callaway. He was 72 years old. John Callaway dead Chicago Tribune Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:53 PM PDT The wife of celebrated journalist John Callaway, longtime host of Ch. 11's "Chicago Tonight," says he died of a heart attack after growing faint at a Racine, Wis., store. Gossip Girl CW Arkansas Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:52 PM PDT Heart disease is the nation's leading cause of death. What can you do to reduce the risk of heart disease? Still short of RM11,000 The Star Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:44 PM PDT TODDLER Lim Wei Jin is not even three years old but has undergone two major heart sur-geries. A father pleads for help to save his baby The Star Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:44 PM PDT AN odd-job worker is appealing for donations for his newborn child who has just undergone surgery for a complex congenital heart disease called Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA).

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