Margo Dydek, 7-foot-2 ex-WNBA player, dies at 37
The Argus-Press Fri, 27 May 2011 18:20 PM PDT
FILE - Utah Starzz center Margo Dydek poses for a photo in Salt Lake City, Utah, in this May 30, 2002 file photo. Dydek has died after suffering a heart attack a week ago and being placed in a medically induced coma. Cathy Roberts, the operations manager for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League, where Dydek was head coach, told The Associated Press that Dydek, 37, died early ... |
Vierimaa recalled as ‘a true pilot’s pilot’
Timmins Daily Press Fri, 27 May 2011 18:10 PM PDT
On May 12, the Timmins aviation community lost "a true pilot's pilot," with the death of Sakari Vierimaa, 61. Fellow pilot and close friend Lloyd Richards said his death, due to a massive heart attack, has left a gaping hole in the flying community.[...] |
Study: 'Good' Cholesterol-Boosting Drug Fails to Reduce Heart Attacks, Strokes
The Online NewsHour Fri, 27 May 2011 17:45 PM PDT
Listen to the Audio JEFFREY BROWN: Next, the latest findings about how cholesterol drugs do and do not work. Margaret Warner has the story. MARGARET WARNER: Millions of Americans take two kinds of cholesterol drugs to lower their risk of heart attack or stroke, statins to reduce so-called bad cholesterol, and another class to boost so-called good cholesterol, known as HDL. But, yesterday ... |
Cleveland State hires heart researcher as dean of health and science college
MedCity News Fri, 27 May 2011 17:37 PM PDT
Cleveland State University has hired a former Cleveland Clinic and University of Maryland cardiovascular researcher as the new dean of its College of Sciences and Health Professions. Meredith Bond, who most recently chaired the department of physiology at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, is scheduled to begin her tenure at CSU on July 18, [...] |
Seth Petreikis, Infant Who Needed Transplant, Dies
ThirdAge Fri, 27 May 2011 17:35 PM PDT
Seth Petreikis died on Sunday at a North Carolina hospital while waiting for a potentially life-saving organ transplant. The 10-month-old was born with a fatal genetic disorder. Seth had open heart surgery when he was about 2 1/2 weeks old. He was diagnosed with complete DiGeorge syndrome-- a rare disease that left him with no immune system. CNN reports that the baby was born without a thymus ... |
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