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Heart disease treatment costs will triple by 2030 San Antonio Express-News Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:13 PM PST share: digg facebook twitter "Despite the successes in reducing and treating heart disease over the last half century, even if we just maintain our current rates, we will have an enormous financial burden on top of the disease itself," said Dr. Paul Heidenreich, chair of the American Heart Association expert panel issuing the statement. The panel said effective prevention strategies are needed ... February is American Heart Month - learn the signs of a heart attack Kingwood Observer Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:07 PM PST February is American Heart Month: a time to raise awareness for heart disease, to understand the signs of a heart attack and to learn where to seek treatment should a cardiac event occur. 35 killed in bombing at Moscow airport Temple Daily Telegram Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:04 PM PST MOSCOW - Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up Monday in Mos cow's busiest airport and turning its international arrivals ter minal into a smoky, blood-spattered hall of dismembered bodies, screaming survivors and abandoned suitcases. Cancer draws woman closer to God The Andalusia Star-News Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:00 PM PST A Luverne woman can be considered a walking example of “trusting in the Lord with all your heart.” Joy Burgans, a registered nurse and mother of three, found out last April she had stage 3 breast cancer, and was chosen as this year’s proceeds recipient from Florala’s Cancer Freeze slated for Feb. 5. Diabetes statsgrow worse San Antonio Express-News Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:57 PM PST share: digg facebook twitter Added together, almost half of all adults are at risk of developing the complications of diabetes, including heart disease and stroke, kidney failure and blindness. Kathy Shields, chronic disease program manager for the Metropolitan Health District, said some previous surveys have suggested Bexar County's diabetes rate is not much different than the national average ... Across the world, parents pass on heart risks-study Dawn Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:51 PM PST NEW YORK: Having a parent with a history of heart disease almost doubles a person’s risk of also getting heart disease, regardless of ethnicity or country, according to an international study. Scientifically Blonde | Zapping your brain to a 4.0 Daily Pennsylvanian Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:50 PM PST Sally Engelhart The journey to medical school as a Penn undergraduate is not for the weak of heart. The competitive atmosphere can wrack your nerves and run you down, leaving you perpetually stressed and fearing B-minuses like the plague. Early on in the fight to earn medical school admissions, you learn that in order to secure yourself a spot you’ve got to have an edge over the rest of the ... Glass junior has Heart of a Champion The Amherst New Era Progress Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:41 PM PST D.J. Champion plays with a passion and sense of purpose that’s derived from overcoming adversity at an early age. The youngest of eight brothers and sisters in a family fractured by separation, the E.C. Glass junior has risen above his circumstances to emerge as an integral player for the Hilltoppers' ... Healthcare reform: Abandoning the self-employed Online Journal Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:38 PM PST Before it ever arrived at the president’s desk for signature, the health reform act contained a fatal poison pill. The most creative sector of the business community has a dagger at its heart in the form of the relentless, unyielding, and over burdening cost of health insurance. War-time stress may lead to increased risk of death by coronary heart disease in later life News-Medical-Net Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:37 PM PST War-time stress may lead to an increased risk death by coronary heart disease in later life. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Health Services Research surveyed a cohort of 55 year old Finnish WW2 veterans in 1980, and then carried out a follow-up study 28 years later.

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