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Heart Transplant Recipient Set To Compete In Kona Triathlete / Inside Triathlon Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:16 PM PDT The Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii features 1,800 athletes, all of whom experienced their own journeys on the way to the start line at Kailua Bay. Kyle Garlett’s journey includes a lifetime of health issues and a heart transplant. Here is his story. Kyle Garlett has always loved sports, but he doesn’t exactly consider himself [...] Heart attack deaths fall after Medicare guidelines Reuters Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Clearer U.S. guidelines on how to treat elderly heart attack patients appear to have saved lives, with a marked reduction in heart attack deaths over 10 years, researchers reported Tuesday. Death rate decreases following hospitalization for heart attack PhysOrg Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:00 PM PDT From 1995 to 2006, hospital 30-day death rates decreased significantly for Medicare patients hospitalized for a heart attack, as did the variation in the rate between hospitals, according to a study in the August 19 issue of JAMA. Braveheart foils kidnap bid The Statesman Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:53 PM PDT ;Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 18 AUG: In a daring act, a braveheart pool car driver today foiled a kidnap bid in broad daylight in the heart of the city and was shot at by a biker gang after he turned down their demand to allow a schoolgirl travelling in his vehicle to go with them. Heart City Health Center looking to expand WNDU 16 South Bend Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:53 PM PDT More help is on the way for uninsured and underinsured families in Elkhart. Heart City Health Center now has some extra money to expand and hire another physician. Hospitals Reduce Heart Attack Deaths Forbes Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:39 PM PDT Study shows 10-year effort, major medical advances improved survival (AFX UK Focus) 2009-08-18 21:15 Heart attack deaths fall after Medicare guidelines Interactive Investor Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Clearer U.S. guidelines on how to treat elderly heart attack patients appear to have saved lives, with a marked reduction in heart attack deaths over 10 years, researchers reported on Tuesday. They found a 3 percent drop in the number of patients who died within a month of having a heart attack between 1995 and 2006, after Medicare started applying clearer ... COMMENTARY: Heart Failure Performance Measures and Outcomes: Real or Illusory Gains Journal of the American Medical Association Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:31 PM PDT JAMA. 2009;302(7):792-794. Mathematicians Put Braaaains Together To Thwart Zombies ... Yes, Zombies Free Internet Press Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:29 PM PDT Science is still struggling with how to get the jump on swine flu, but Canadians can take heart that a group of Ottawa mathematicians have found the key to beating a more virulent, if only cinematic, threat. Doctor-pharmacist partnership reduces hospitalization for heart failure EurekAlert! Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:22 PM PDT Collaborative medication management between doctors and pharmacists cut the heart failure hospitalization rate by nearly half. The striking difference in hospitalization rates may have been underestimated in this study because patients who received the collaborative medicine review were sicker than those who didn't receive it.

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