Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Health News: [heart]


Using PET And CT To Predict Heart Attack
Medical News Today Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:11 AM PDT
Almost 2.7 million people in the UK suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD), which kills 88,000 people every year, most of these being caused by heart attacks. Every year, about 124,000 heart attacks occur in the UK. In an award-winning British Heart Foundation (BHF) research project, scientists from Edinburgh and Cambridge University have tested a new imaging method that could help improve how ...

Discovery of mad cow in Calif. was stroke of luck
Associated Press via Yahoo! News Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:08 AM PDT
A non-descript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny now that mad cow disease has been discovered in a dead dairy cow.

Young heart patient sought in St. Louis area
Waynesville Daily Guide Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:05 AM PDT
Authorities in St. Louis are looking for a 5-year-old heart patient whose father took him without permission following the boy's discharge from a hospital.

Everest climbers in health experiment
Khaleej Times Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:04 AM PDT
A team of US scientists are conducting research on Mount Everest climbers in an effort to further knowledge of the cardiovascular system at extreme altitudes and help improve treatment for heart and lung patients.

'Mind how you choose to be slim'
Khaleej Times Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT
The Ministry of Health has warned public of using “Meizitang” slimming capsules as it contains the banned substance, ‘sibutramine”. Sibutramine can be harmful for patients diagnosed with coronary diseases and hypertension, and those who have ever suffered different heart diseases.

K-Rock host Big Tom passes away
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT
Tom Fitzgerald, a host for St. John's radio station K-Rock 97.5 who was best known as Big Tom, died Wednesday. He had earlier suffered a heart attack.

Young heart patient taken from St. Louis hospital found safe
Columbia Missourian Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:01 AM PDT
ST. LOUIS â€" A 5-year-old heart patient who was on a transplant waiting list when he was taken from the St. Louis Children's Hospital by his father has been found safe just outside Chicago, authorities said. Porter Stone was found at a hospital in Alsip, Ill., and the father, 33-year-old Jeffery Stone, was in custody, a police dispatcher there, who declined to give her name because she wasn't ...

Discovery of mad cow in U.S. was stroke of luck
The Washington Times Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT
HANFORD, California (AP) â€" A nondescript building in the heart of California's dairy country has become the focus of intense scrutiny after mad cow disease was discovered in a dead dairy cow. The finding, announced Tuesday, is the first new case of the disease in the U.S. since 2006 â€" ...

Missing Boy Found at Hospital Outside Chicago
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:58 AM PDT
A five year old heart patient stolen from the hospital in St. Louis by his father has been found. Police said he was found at a hospital outside of Chicago. His father and grandmother have been arrested.

Patron at Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas Succumbs to Bypass Burger
HispanicBusiness.com Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:56 AM PDT
Another patron of the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas has fallen ill during a meal, the restaurant owner said. "Dr. John" Basso told KLAS-TV that a female patron was "doing everything society tells you not to do" when she fell ill and paramedics carted her away.




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