Monday, March 5, 2012

Health News: [heart]


Blatchford: Ordinary day turned deadly after Stafford kidnapped in 'broad daylight'
Canada.com Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:51 PM PST
At the heart of the case is the brutal death of the dear little girl a whole country came to know in the spring and summer of 2009, Victoria (Tori) Stafford.

Former campus spokesman and Cal booster Ray Colvig has died
UC Berkeley NewsCenter Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:20 PM PST
Ray Colvig, who for 27 years was the spokesman for UC Berkeley and a beloved leader of the campus’s Public Information Office until his retirement in 1991, died Sunday, March 4, of sudden heart problems at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley. He was 80.

Janice Taylor: The Elder Care Blues: Waking Up Dead
The Huffington Post Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:15 PM PST
I do my best to keep things in perspective, acknowledging that Harriet is not in pain, that we are not talking about a major illness here -- no heart problems, no cancer, so much to be grateful for at 95. But even this -- a simple cataract operation -- is unbelievably stressful and complicated.

The disturbing details of Tori Stafford's murder
National Post Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:13 PM PST
Christie Blatchford: At the heart of the case is the brutal death of the dear little girl a whole country came to know in the spring and summer of 2009, Victoria Stafford

Revolutionary heart treatment available
WN Philippines Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:06 PM PST
BY WILMA GALVANTE-- -- Patients affected with severely blocked aortic valves of the heart or severe aortic stenosis may now consider Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). It was introduced first in the country by the leading heart specialists of St. Luke’s Medical...

Artificial heart lets patients go home
WAVY TV 10 Portsmouth Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:33 PM PST
A 63 year old husband, father and grandfather gets a total artificial heart while awaiting a transplant.

There Are So, So Many Reasons To Cry At Dakota Fanning’s Now Is Good Trailer
TheFABlife Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:31 PM PST
If you’re a human with a heart that loves and eyes that see and a soul that loved Mandy Moore in 2002′s A Walk To Remember, then Dakota Fanning‘s new movie Now is Good, coming out in the U.K. on May 25, will almost certainly make you weep. In case you wanted to know what [...]

Heart procedure helps man get back in rhythm
The News-Times Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:20 PM PST
Dr. Muralie Chiravuri, an electrophysiologist, left, Dr. Eugene Fernandes, cardiothoracic surgeon, and Dr. Robert Winslow, directror of electrophysiology, right, examine Felix Rodriguez, Danbury Hospital's first patient to receive hybrid abalation, a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat atrial fibrillation - an irregular, rapid heart rate that causes fatigue, shortness of breath and ...

The £1.40 heart pill lifesaver: 10,000 patients a year could be saved by newly-licensed drug
Daily Mail Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:18 PM PST
The drug ivabradine, (pictured) which slows the heart rate and improves its pumping ability, cut deaths by up to 39 per cent in trials.

European regulators back heart drug
Press Association via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:10 PM PST
A drug that could benefit people with heart failure has been approved by European regulators.




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