Mission expands heart services to Caldwell
Asheville Citizen-Times Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:28 PM PST
ASHEVILLE â€" Mission Health, recently named one of the top 15 health systems in the U.S. by Thomson Reuters, on Wednesday announced a new partnership with Caldwell Memorial Hospital to bring Mission Heart tertiary cardiac services â€" those services not available locally, including open heart surgery â€" to Caldwell County. |
Doctors urged to be more honest with heart patients
The Bryan-College Station Eagle Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:21 PM PST
A heart device might save your life but leave you miserable. That awful possibility is the reason for new advice urging doctors to talk more honestly with people who have very weak hearts and are considering pumps, pacemakers, new valves or procedu ... |
Joplin physician hailed by peers
The Joplin Globe Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:45 PM PST
Dr. Joseph Mark Graham, a pioneer heart surgeon in Joplin, died Sunday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 62. Friends and colleagues on Tuesday said Graham was a skilled and compassionate cardiovascular surgeon who helped many people survive heart disease. |
Metabolic syndrome predicts prevalence and incidence of CKD in elderly people
News-Medical-Net Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:42 PM PST
Elderly people with the metabolic syndrome-defined as having multiple risk factors associated with developing diabetes and heart disease-had an increased risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. |
Young Women & Heart Attacks: Hard to Diagnose
The 33 News Dallas Fort Worth Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:34 PM PST
Study may explain why young women more likely to die of heart attacks 41 year old Darla Murcek is like many women her age--thought to be too young to have a heart attack. |
Teammates save cricketer's life
Yahoo!7 via Yahoo!7 News Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:21 PM PST
A cricket game in Melbourne ended with a man on the ground, suffering from a heart attack. |
Could snake venom be a heart-saver?
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:08 PM PST
Mayo Clinic researchers got a grant to look at a new approach to stopping heart-attack damage. |
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