Study: Raising good cholesterol has little impact
The Malaysian Insider Mon, 30 May 2011 18:07 PM PDT
WASHINGTON, May 31 รข€" Raising the blood levels of good cholesterol does nothing to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients already taking statins to lower their bad cholesterol, a federally-funded study has determined. Scientists at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), which led the study of some 3,400 Canadians and ... |
'The baby could have had a very different life'
Independent Mon, 30 May 2011 16:36 PM PDT
Being a paediatric cardiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital involves me caring for children with complex congenital heart problems. I made a prenatal diagnosis on one baby, whose left side of their heart was small. When that happens it means the blood vessel coming out of the heart and supplying the body is likely to be narrow. In some cases the growth of the left hand side of the heart ... |
Lake George Drowning
WRGB Albany Mon, 30 May 2011 15:45 PM PDT
Investigators in Warren County believe a man who drowned in shallow water at Lake Luzerne today fell in while having a heart attack. Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the Ethan Allen boat tragedy in which 20 people drowned in Lake George. |
PIEROTTI: GHS softball showed heart, but loss still stings
The Gilroy Dispatch Mon, 30 May 2011 14:57 PM PDT
Cat Pierotti I wish I could say I had never seen anything like it. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Only three years ago, as a catcher on the GHS softball team, I was in the same shoes - on the losing end of a championship game against San Benito. Three years later, I did not realize the wound the Balers left on my heart could still be so easily re-opened. "Gilroy lost again" was the first ... |
Ga. legislator has heart attack, hospitalized
WRCB Chattanooga Mon, 30 May 2011 14:38 PM PDT
Associated Press - May 30, 2011 5:24 PM ET MACON, Ga. (AP) - The wife of state Rep. David Lucas says the Macon Democrat is expected to recover after suffering a heart attack. |
Recovering mayor toasts 'zipper club'
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador Mon, 30 May 2011 14:31 PM PDT
St. John's Mayor Dennis O'Keefe says the support of city residents has helped him recuperate from open-heart surgery that will keep him away from city hall for a few more weeks. |
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