Sunday, January 29, 2012

Health News: [heart]


Nausea, dizziness, weight loss, headaches, vomiting: These symptoms sometimes add up to POTS
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:49 PM PST
It was in August 2007 that Anthony and Francine Pugliese began taking their daughter, Nina, to an assortment of doctors for an assortment of symptoms. Then 12, she was nauseated, vomiting, lightheaded and extremely fatigued. Her heart rate was increased. As time went on and no diagnosis was forthcoming, the Jefferson Hills girl's symptoms got worse.

UGA prof, doctor named to national preventive services board
Athens Banner-Herald Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:28 PM PST
A University of Georgia professor recently landed a spot on a national task force that looks at medical evidence to give appropriate suggestions for preventative services â€" from when women should get their first mammograms to who should take a baby aspirin to prevent strokes and heart attacks.Dr. Mark Ebell, an associate professor of epidemiology at UGA’s College of Public Health, will sit on ...

Study questions aspirin regimen
Mankato Free Press Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:16 PM PST
Many take it as heart disease preventative

Jones County awarded five defibrillators and two system upgrades by Duke Endowment grant
Kinston Free Press Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:13 PM PST
TRENTON â€" The first responders from seven Jones County fire and rescue squads will be receiving lifesaving heart monitoring systems for their ambulances, thanks in part to a $191,070 grant. The departments received an EMS Cardiac Arrest Care...

News Briefs
St. Tammany News Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:10 PM PST
Free dental work for those in need Dr. William Grand along with his team at Grand Family Dentistry, 2083 Third St., Mandeville, will host their first Dentistry From The Heart event, offering the residents of Mandeville free dental care services Feb. 3.

When it comes to heart health, seeing red is good
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:00 PM PST
The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women National Wear Red Day is its ongoing effort to elevate public awareness about heart disease.

Blood Pressure Differences Between Arms Could Signal Heart Risk
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:57 PM PST
SUNDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People whose systolic blood pressure -- the upper number in their reading -- is different in their left and right arms may be suffering from a vascular disease that could increase their risk of death, British researchers report.

Bishop Callahan speaks during Right to Life rally at Sacred Heart
WEAU Eau Claire Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:38 PM PST
Supporters gathered Sunday for the annual Right to Life rally at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.

Doctors to cut 'parasitic twin' from boy's stomach
Houston Chronicle Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:20 PM PST
Doctors to cut 'parasitic twin' from boy's stomach Astocondor says the brain, heart, lungs and intestines never developed after the fetus was absorbed by the other fetus inside the mother's womb.

Phoenix black out strip benefits Cure Kids
Fuseworks via Yahoo! New Zealand News Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:54 PM PST
In Sunday's stunning 3-1 win over Melbourne Heart the Wellington Phoenix wore a unique, once-only black adidas strip designed by team members in aid of Cure Kids




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