12-year-old Salem heart attack victim recovering at home KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:50 PM PST SALEM â" A 12-year-old boy who suffered a heart attack at basketball practice earlier this month is out of the hospital and recovering at home. Isaac Arzate had surgery to fix a previously undetected heart problem, after he collapsed at practice at a Salem elementary school January 6. His coaches called 911 and preformed CPR until paramedics arrived. Arzate had a simple message for his first ... | LRMC announces change in name Brown City Banner Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:10 PM PST LAPEER â" Officials at Lapeer Regional Medical Center on Wednesday announced a new name for the hospital that reflects its position at the heart of one Michiganâs largest and fastest growing health care families, McLaren Health Care. Lapeer Regional Medical Centerâs new name is McLarenâ"Lapeer Region. read more | Novartis Gilenya MS drug investigated after 11 deaths Injury Board Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:05 PM PST A multiple sclerosis drug made by pharmaceutical giant Novartis is under intense investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died. The drug, Gilenya, was licensed in 2010 in the European Union and by the FDA to treat patients with a severe type of multiple sclerosis. European Medicines Agency Investigating Gilenya The deaths raise concerns Gilenya could trigger heart problems ... | Heart attack victim thanks church members who helped save her The Record Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:00 PM PST Danielle Wilson, 27, of Teaneck tearfully thanked fellow church members at the Community Baptist Church of Englewood on Sunday, one week after their quick action helped save her when her heart stopped beating during the morning service. | Patients praise Lee Memorial's new valve replacement, without open-heart surgery Bonita Banner Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:01 PM PST Southwest Florida patients can now undergo an aortic heart valve replacement without having invasive open-heart surgery. A team of cardiac specialists started doing the procedure, technically called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, in December at Lee Memorial's HealthPark Medical Center, south of Fort Myers. | Kenya aid trip an eye-opener for locals The Brockville Recorder and Times Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:43 PM PST In her third trip to Kenya, Carolyn Matheson chose to travel there over a week sooner than the rest of the group to teach in a school. After all, that is where the former teacher's heart lies.[...] | | |
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