Parenting Corner: How to help kids cope with a parent’s illness
The Wenatchee World Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:01 AM PST
Q: Though my husband is only in his early 40s, he recently suffered a heart attack. He’s back home now and the prognosis is good, but our children, ages 9 and 11, saw everything and are very worried about him. How do we reassure them that Dad is fine? A: Witnessing a parent’s illness (mental or physical) or a sudden medical emergency can indeed be very troubling to a youngster â€" and plenty ... |
It must be lonely to be old
The Temasek Review Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:57 AM PST
By Hsu Dar Ren from The Malaysian Insider My late father drove a car until the very day he died of a heart attack at the ripe old age of almost 90. He got his heart attack not while driving, but in his sleep. When he was 78, I used to tell him that he should consider [...] |
Doctors push the limits to save fragile lives
Brisbane Times Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:30 AM PST
HER little heart, smaller than a walnut, has been through major surgery, her immature lungs have suffered the rude shock of having to breathe air while they should have been bathed in amniotic fluid, and she has been through a life-threatening bowel inflammation. |
Trials, triumphs in heart of Queens
Queens Chronicle Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:27 AM PST
It’s been a tough year. Thousands of Queensites, many counting themselves among the under and unemployed, are eagerly greeting the end of one of the most painful 12-month spans in recent memory â€" hopeful that better days lie ahead. |
Attacked CIA base oversees air strikes
Brisbane Times Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:14 AM PST
WASHINGTON: The CIA base attacked by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan on Wednesday was at the heart of a covert program overseeing strikes by the agency's remote-controlled aircraft along the border with Pakistan. |
Barr: Hunter had 7 injuries
Sampson Independent Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:10 AM PST
An autopsy conducted on a 28-year-old man killed in a Christmas Eve hunting accident revealed he sustained seven different wounds from buckshot pellets, with a fatal blow striking his heart. |
Gardening presenter Cushnie dies
BBC News Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:07 AM PST
John Cushnie, a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time and Radio Ulster, dies following a heart attack. |
Limbaugh resting in Honolulu hospital
CNews Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:24 AM PST
HONOLULU - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his nationally syndicated radio show. |
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