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Guitarist for Janis Joplin's Big Brother band dies at 69 Carson Times Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:55 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" James Gurley, the innovative guitarist who helped shape psychedelic rock's multilayered, sometimes thundering sounds as a member of Big Brother and the Holding Company, the band that propelled Janis Joplin to fame, has died of a heart attack. He was 69. Nation's top debate coach Chicago Sun-Times Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:33 AM PST As L. Scott Deatherage lay ailing at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after a heart attack, the electronic drumbeat began.Across the globe, former students of the legendary debate coach at Northwestern University began texting, e-mailing and telephoning. They called his hospital room from Hong Kong , Harvard University, California, Colorado. Some drove in or flew in from Michigan, Minnesota ... Needles successfully extracted from Brazil boy Park Hills Daily Journal Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:32 AM PST SAO PAULO (AP) â€" Surgeons on Friday successfully removed four sewing needles from the lung and near the heart of a Brazilian toddler, allegedly plunged into him by his stepfather during a monthlong series of bizarre rituals. Lp(a) found to be new bad cholesterol Press TV Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:12 AM PST While many consider LDL as the main culprit for most health conditions, a new study points out the role of another bad type of cholesterol in heart disease. Man Plowing His Driveway Dies After Crash WROC Rochester Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:05 AM PST An Orleans County man may have had a heart attack while plowing his driveway, leading to a crash in the town of Murray. When cardiologists sue MedCity News Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:01 AM PST Dr. Westby G. Fisher is a cardiologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem who writes regularly at Dr. Wes . More from Dr. Wes It's sad that cardiologists have had to sue as their last resort to save their practices: "Heart specialists on Monday filed suit against Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in an effort to stave off steep Medicare fee cuts for routine office-based ... WHAT'S UP DOC? The heart is a complex muscle The MetroWest Daily News Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:53 AM PST Q:  My boyfriend had a big heart attack a couple of months ago. They said his echo last week showed his heart is not squeezing hard enough so he needs an internal defibrillator. We are now pretty confused. For heart's sake, get flu shot The Record and Herald News Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:22 AM PST If you haven't gotten your flu shot yet, what are you waiting for? The hour or so it would take is nothing compared with the time you might spend fighting the flu or something worse â€" like recovering from the heart attack it could trigger. Nigeria president signs budget from Saudi hospital WQOW Eau Claire Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:22 AM PST A Nigerian official says President Umaru Yar'Adua has signed a government bill for the first time since entering a Saudi Arabia hospital last month for a serious heart condition. Heart and Stroke Foundation calls for regulation of unhealthy trans fats C-Health Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:16 AM PST OTTAWA - The Heart and Stroke Foundation says heart-clogging trans fats are still too commonly found in the food we eat.

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