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Hax: Premonition of death alters his life plans Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Tue, 03 May 2011 14:19 PM PDT Dear Carolyn: I am in my 50s, married 30 years and have four children and six grandchildren. I am not religious but am spiritual. I am in relatively poor health, with diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and cholesterol, but generally feel good and work out daily. Passive smoking raises blood pressure in boys, study reveals Guardian Unlimited Tue, 03 May 2011 14:17 PM PDT More than a third of children in US and globally exposed to smoke levels linked to adverse effects in study, says researcher Passive smoking can raise blood pressure levels in boys, scientists have found. This will put them at higher risk in later life of hypertension â€" which is itself associated with a greater chance of developing heart and kidney disease. In her study, Jill Baumgartner of the ... Pets in mosquito-thick areas must take preventive heartworm medicine: vets Brandon Sun Tue, 03 May 2011 14:14 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. - On an X-ray, if your dog's heart looks as if it's clogged with cooked spaghetti, the diagnosis is likely to be heartworm. Heartworm is transmitted by mosquitoes and can be prevented by a prescription pill. Cops: Boy robbed stricken PNC Park usher, took car Washington Examiner Tue, 03 May 2011 14:08 PM PDT The Associated Press The Associated Press PITTSBURGH Police say they've arrested a 17-year-old boy accused of robbing a PNC Park usher and stealing his car after the man pulled over while having a heart attack on his way home from an extra-inning Pittsburgh Pirates game. Police aren't identifying the suspect because of his age. But they say he approached the car driven by 58-year-old Michael ... Cops: Boy robbed stricken Pittsburgh Pirates usher AP via Yahoo! News Tue, 03 May 2011 14:07 PM PDT Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy accused of robbing an usher who worked at the baseball stadium where the Pittsburgh Pirates play after he stopped his car while having a heart attack on his way home from an extra-inning game. Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Costs, Hospitalizations Mount WebMD Tue, 03 May 2011 14:01 PM PDT People with atrial fibrillation, a common kind of abnormal heart rhythm, are hospitalized twice as often as people without the condition, and costs of treatment are high, a new study suggests. PNC Park Usher Robbed By Boy While Having Heart Attack CBS 2 Los Angeles Tue, 03 May 2011 13:58 PM PDT Police say they've arrested a 17-year-old boy accused of robbing a PNC Park usher and stealing his car after the man pulled over while having a heart attack on his way home from an extra-inning Pittsburgh Pirates game. Little Raynham therapy horse has a big heart Raynham Call Tue, 03 May 2011 13:56 PM PDT Lily may be a miniature horse, but she’s a huge help to others. The registered therapy horse from Raynham is 30 inches tall, wears leather sneakers to keep her safe on slippery floors and rides in a minivan dubbed “Lily’s limo.” And from the moment she walks in the door of a nursing home or hospital, something special happens, said her owners Marsha Craig and Jack Martin of Raynham. Choir director dies of heart attack The Herald-Palladium Tue, 03 May 2011 13:52 PM PDT SOUTH HAVEN - A South Haven High School choir director whose students have traveled as far away as Austria to perform died suddenly Monday, leaving choir members and teachers to mourn his loss. Spectrum Health Gets VAD Certification for Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute CBS Detroit Tue, 03 May 2011 13:52 PM PDT The Spectrum Health Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute in Grand Rapids announced today that it has received advanced certification for ventricular assist devices from the Joint Commission, the national quality organization that accredits hospitals in the United States.

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