Monday, April 23, 2012

Health News: [heart]


Your Health: Implanted heart monitor
YNN Austin Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:02 AM PDT
New technology is helping patients keep better tabs on heart disease.

KU Hospital To Start Up Heart Transplant Program Again
KMBC-TV Kansas City Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:50 AM PDT
The University of Kansas Hospital announced Monday that it will reintroduce a heart transplant program.

Heart Health: Mobile family shares son's struggle with congenital heart defects
Mobile Press-Register Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:45 AM PDT
Branley Erwin's mother, Nancy, shares her son's story to help raise awareness about congenital heart defects. One in 100 babies born today are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. Find out how her son has been helped by surgeries to repair the condition.

Malawi's President Mutharika buried
Boston Globe Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:43 AM PDT
Malawi's president, who died of a heart attack earlier this month, has been buried after a funeral service that drew African leaders and thousands of Malawian mourners.

Premier League doctors to assess Muamba treatment
KENS 5 San Antonio Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:43 AM PDT
LONDON (AP) â€" Premier League club doctors will discuss Fabrice Muamba's treatment and decide if heart screenings for soccer players need to be improved or done more often.

School of Medicine receives $1.5 million donation
The University News Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:37 AM PDT
The National Institute of Health’s Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recently gave the UMKC School of Medicine a $1.5 million endowment. The new grant will fund a postdoctoral fellowship program for cardiovascular research that will be based out of St. Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, with a research focus in three areas: general skills . . . â†' Read More: School of Medicine receives $1.5 ...

Dick Clark death certificate: he had prostate surgery the day before his fatal heart attack
WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:36 AM PDT
From TMZ.com: Dick Clark underwent prostate surgery the day before he died from a heart attack ... this according to the death certificate obtained by TMZ. According to the death certificate, doctors performed a transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia on April 17. The procedure is usually performed when the prostate is so enlarged, it makes it extremely difficult ...

KU Hospital to resume heart transplants
Lawrence Journal-World Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:32 AM PDT
Kansas University Hospital announced on Monday its intention to resume heart transplants at the hospital, re-establishing a program that was shut down in 1995.

Dick Cheney’s Medical History Traces Milestones in Heart Care
New York Times Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:30 AM PDT
Since his first heart attack at 37, Dick Cheney has benefited from nearly every procedure, technology and class of drug available to those with his condition.

EPL doctors to assess Muamba treatment
The Daily Jeffersonian Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:23 AM PDT
LONDON (AP) -- Premier League club doctors will discuss Fabrice Muamba's treatment and decide if heart screenings for footballers need to be improved or carried out more frequently, The Associated Press has learned.




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