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FDA Panel Scheduled to Review Edwards Sapien Valve for High-Risk Patients on June 13 Marketwire Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:01 AM PDT IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 9, 2012) - Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ( NYSE : EW ), the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, today announced that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Panel has proposed a review of the company's Premarket Approval (PMA) application for its Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve on June 13, 2012. Edwards ... April 9, 1982: The White Sox Lose a Wayward Son Bleacher Report Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:45 AM PDT Let’s get our welcome to the work week with a bit of a downer, a canary in the coalmine of the consciousness, if you will. Thirty years ago today, former White Sox right-hander Francisco Barrios died of a heart attack brought on by the abuse of drugs and alcohol. He was 28. A few years earlier, Barrios had been a key pitcher on a shockingly good White Sox team , an out-of-nowhere assemblage that ... Good Fat, Bad Fat: Fats You Can -- And Should -- Eat The Huffington Post Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:44 AM PDT It's just not fair: Fat got a bad rap decades ago because scientists assumed, based on the misinterpretation of a couple of large studies, that eating foods containing fat would lead directly to obesity and heart disease. Nance returns to pulpit after heart attack KMOV St. Louis Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:23 AM PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A well-known St. Louis pastor and civil rights leader says he hopes to be back in the pulpit full-time in May as he recovers from a massive heart attack.     The Rev. Earl Nance spoke briefly at the pulpit during Easter Sunday services at Mount Carmel Baptist Church. He had been out nearly four months following the heart attack that nearly killed him.     Nance suffered chest ... “MasterChef” Judge Joe Bastianich Cooks With “Heart” At New Chicago Walgreens Flagship Store Business Wire Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:17 AM PDT CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One in five adults over the age of 20 in the United States has high cholesterol1, which is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke. Eighty-eight percent of Illinois residents have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease2. Pfizer and Walgreens are showing Chicagoans how easy and convenient it can be to shop for and ... Bayonne 6-year-old eagerly awaits second heart transplant The Jersey Journal Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:06 AM PDT Courtesy of the Dziekan familySix-year-old Matthew Dziekan of Bayonne, who is waiting for a heart transplant. A young child from Bayonne is still alive thanks to modern medicine, but he still faces tough odds, The Jersey Journal reports. Six-year-old Matthew... Women Over 40 Taking Control at the 2012 London Olympics: Fan Perspective Yahoo! Sports Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:31 AM PDT Long hours and hard workouts make for the training regime of any Olympic athlete. It is not for the faint at heart and most athletes today are in their teens or twenties. But tell that to some of the women that are working to earn a spot at the 2012 London Olympics. Former NFL quarterback Blair Kiel dies at 50 NBC Sports: ProFootballTalk Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:17 AM PDT Blair Kiel, a quarterback who played for the Buccaneers, Colts and Packers, died on Sunday at the age of 50. WISH-TV in Indianapolis reports that Kiel died Easter morning, apparently of a heart attack, at the home of a family friend. After a college career at Notre Dame, Kiel was chosen by Tampa Bay in… Cheney receives heart transplant BigPond News Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:08 AM PDT Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering in a Virginia hospital after having a heart transplant. Eye study aims to identify signs of heart disease The Scotsman Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:50 AM PDT A PIONEERING study by scientists at the University of Edinburgh will examine whether a scan of blood vessels in the eye can identify signs of heart disease.

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