Friday, April 20, 2012

Health News: [heart]


Decision renews children's heart surgery hopes
This is Oxfordshire Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:57 AM PDT
OXFORDSHIRE children suffering from heart problems will finally know in July exactly where they will be receiving treatment in the future.

Rhino Poaching Threatens South Africa’s CEO-Owned Game Farms
Bloomberg Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:35 AM PDT
Barry Lok grimaced as he gazed at the rotting carcass of his rhino bull, Kruger, lying under a tree on his farm northwest of Johannesburg. His heart had been pierced by a poacher’s bullet and his horn, worth its weight in gold, sawn off to be sent to Asia.

Levon Helm, co-founder of The Band, dead at 71
CNN Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:18 AM PDT
Levon Helm, the drummer, multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Band who kept the band's heart for more than three decades, died "peacefully" Thursday afternoon, according to his record label, Vanguard Records. He was 71.

Hotel owner is Rosie Crane Trust patron
This is West Country Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:08 AM PDT
A SPECIAL pudding is at the heart of a new fundraising drive by a charity set up in memory of a 23-year-old woman who died of Leukaemia.

Heart surgery campaign blow
York Press Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:07 AM PDT
THE campaign to keep children’s heart surgery services in Yorkshire has suffered a blow following a successful appeal against a High Court ruling.

Defibrillator failed on Metro due to weak battery
WTOP Radio Washington, DC Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:05 AM PDT
Metro officials are checking all 46 automated external defibrillators at stations after a device used on a man having a heart attack had an insufficient battery charge.

Press Release
PharmiWeb Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:08 AM PDT
CircuLite® Inc. Posted on:20 Apr 12 CircuLite®, Inc. today announced that updated clinical data related to the Synergy® miniature ventricular support system was presented in two oral presentations and one poster session at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation’s 32nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions (ISHLT) in Prague, Czech Republic.

Dick Clark, Mount Vernon native, dies at 82; Share your memories with us
The Journal News Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:48 PM PDT
In this 1974 file photo originally provided by ABC-TV, "American Bandstand" host Dick Clark is shown. Clark, the television host who helped bring rock `n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," died Wednesday, April 18, 2012 of a heart attack.

New Zealand woman’s Coca-Cola habit cited in death
Asian Correspondent Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:47 PM PDT
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) â€" Experts say a New Zealand woman’s 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death. The soft-drink giant has responded by noting that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts. Natasha Harris was a 30-year-old mother of eight from Invercargill who died of a heart attack in 2010. Fairfax Media

Man stabbed in revenge, court told
The West Australian via Yahoo!7 News Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:31 PM PDT
A running brawl between two "clans" in Carnarvon culminated in a 42-year-old man stabbing another man in the heart out of revenge, a Supreme Court jury heard today.




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