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Lawnwood in Fort Pierce to expand intensive-care units TCPalm.com Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:20 PM PDT FORT PIERCE â€" A $16.8 million expansion at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute will create as many as 100 construction jobs and add 24 beds to the hospital’s intensive care units. Swine flu vaccines are key for heart patients, as flu viruses can cause heart attacks: study New York Daily News Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:16 PM PDT Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows. Dramatic Fall In Heart Attacks After Smoking Bans In North America And Europe Medical News Today Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:11 PM PDT North America and Europe have seen 17% fewer heart attacks one year after passing smoking ban legislation, compared to communities that did not introduce new smoking restrictions. A report, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association explained that the number of heart attacks kept falling with time. Endeavor(R) Stent Reduced Risk Of Heart Attack/Cardiac Death By 48% At Three Years Compared To Taxus(R) Stent In Large ... Medical News Today Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:11 PM PDT Anticipating a change in the practice of interventional cardiology, Medtronic, Inc. Studies say public smoking bans reduce heart attacks WALB Albany Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:56 PM PDT New studies show that  public smoking bans lower heart attack risks,  and protect against other health problems. St. Mary’s marks 25 years of open heart surgery Midland Daily News Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:54 PM PDT A life-saving procedure that puts people’s hearts in the hands of doctors at St. Mary’s of Michigan in Saginaw has been changing lives for 25 years. Prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy at increased risk for various heart diseases PhysOrg Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:44 PM PDT New research has found that hormone therapy used to treat men with advanced prostate cancer is associated with an increased chance of developing various heart problems. Some choices of therapy appear, however, to be less risky than others. Forum on heart disease slated Jefferson City News Tribune Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:40 PM PDT An educational forum on preventing and treating heart disease will be held at 10 a.m. on Oct. 2 in Osage Beach at Lake Regional Hospital in the third-floor conference rooms. Obama looks for another audience with Letterman Jefferson City News Tribune Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) -- Add this one to the presidential collection: the heart-shaped potato. By the time Barack Obama came on stage to the taping of the "Late Show" on Monday, host David Letterman had offered up 10 reasons why in the world the president had agreed to do it. Current WTWO Conditions 2.0 WTWO Terre Haute Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:36 PM PDT A bicyclist died of an apparent heart attack today on State Road 71 in Vermillion County, Ind. Joseph Nysewander, 70, of Mooresville was on a recreational bike ride with his wife.

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