Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Saturday's heart walk set to raise $225,000
Marietta Daily Journal Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:10 PM PDT
MARIETTA - On Saturday, approximately 1,000 local residents are expected to participate in the Cobb Start! Heart Walk, an annual fundraiser hosted by the American Heart Association. The purpose...

Motorcycle crash
The Daily Comet Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:06 PM PDT
Houma Fire and Acadian Ambulance medics treat a 71-year-old biker just after 11 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Avenue and Sixth Street. Authorities said Louis Theriot Jr. of Houma may have had a heart attack while riding, causing him to crash near the intersection.

Oklahoma activists target smoking loopholes
The Oklahoman Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:00 PM PDT
Anti-smoking proponents say they will push once again for legislation to close loopholes in state law that permit smoking in some bars and restaurants.The intent is to protect workers from the health effects of secondhand smoke, representatives of the American Heart Association and the state Health Department said. On Thursday proponents said they would seek legislation similar to a bill that ...

NIH launches randomized trail to determine whether lower BP goal cuts the risk of heart and kidney diseases
News-Medical-Net Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:45 PM PDT
The National Institutes of Health is launching a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine whether maintaining blood pressure levels lower than current recommendations further reduces the risk of cardiovascular and kidney diseases, or age-related cognitive decline.

Pedernales co-op top fundraiser for heart walk
Austin American-Statesman Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:28 PM PDT
The Pedernales Electric Cooperative raised more than $55,000 for this year's American Heart Association Austin Start Heart Walk.

Daily docket
Reading Eagle Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:18 PM PDT
"Cast away all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!" (Ezekiel 18:31)

Clinton couple battles insurance company over medical bills
WLBT 3 Jackson Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:00 PM PDT
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - 58 year old Eugene Wardlaw is not the picture of health he was once was. In June, he underwent a heart transplant at University Medical Center and has hit some bumps on the long road to recovery.

Girl has cancer, heart of gold
The State Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:00 PM PDT
Anna Price left behind more than a bag of stuffed animals when she visited the Richland County Sheriff's Department with her mother recently.

Fake heart attacks, cow hearts, raw eggs ... anything for a coach to win
Lexington Herald-Leader Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:53 PM PDT
A few decades ago a high school football coach in Western Kentucky feigned a heart attack just befor

Cancer Patients Seek to Overturn Ban on Paying for Bone Marrow
Law.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:46 PM PDT
Prohibiting someone from making money for donating an irreplaceable kidney is one thing. But what about donating bone marrow, which replenishes itself within weeks? That question is at the heart of a new lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984. Citing a "desperate shortage of unrelated marrow donors," patients and health care advocates are suing U.S ...




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