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Scientists Uncover Exciting Lead into Premature Ageing and Heart Disease Japan Corporate News Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:56 PM PDT Singapore, Apr 30, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Scientists have discovered that they can dramatically increase the life span of mice with progeria (premature ageing disease) and heart disease (caused by Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy) by reducing levels of a protein called SUN1. This research was done by A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) in collaboration with their partners at the ... Double lung-heart recipient encourages organ donations Vancouver Sun Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:41 PM PDT Colleen Kohse knows all about organ transplants, having donated her own heart when she received a double lung and heart transplant 23 years ago. Later, she also got a kidney. Understandably, the 53-year-old Vancouver woman â€" the longest-living person with cystic fibrosis to receive a double-lung transplant â€" is passionate about the importance of organ donors. Readers' views The Fayette Tribune Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:38 PM PDT It was a hot day in July, back in 2002, when our 11-year-old son ran in screaming, “Mom, hurry! Dad’s not moving!” While I began doing CPR, our other son ran for help. Tragically, the heart attack their father experienced proved to be fatal. Deep, talented field for 138th Kentucky Derby The Huntington Herald-Dispatch Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:07 PM PDT Bob Baffert is happy to be anywhere these days, considering a heart attack flattened him in Dubai last month. NC worker death: Omar, aides get clean chit IBN live Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:58 PM PDT The chief minister was exonerated in a magisterial inquiry, which said that the NC worker had died of heart attack. PREP SCOOPS: Baseball Bird In the line of fire The State Journal-Register Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:55 PM PDT Sacred Heart-Griffin High School’s Ryne Elvers wound up and threw an 0-1 curveball to Southeast’s Robbie Cooper in the bottom of the fifth inning Wednesday during Game One of the City Series at Lanphier Park, and suddenly the feathers were flying. Eye on Health: Million Hearts KX TV North Dakota Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:51 PM PDT What you eat everyday has a lot to do with your risk for heart disease.There's a new effort called the "Million Hearts" campaign to try and prevent a million heart attacks and strokes in the next five Scientists find new developments to treat heart diseases Channel NewsAsia Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:50 PM PDT SINGAPORE: Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) have made a discovery that could lead to the development of new treatments for heart diseases. Dover man has new heart, new lease on life The Times-Reporter Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:39 PM PDT As Dover's Larry Williams recovers from a January heart transplant, he is thankful for his family and The Cleveland Clinic for their support. 18 Killed In Bomb Attack In Nigeria Bernama Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:36 PM PDT KANO, Nigeria, April 30 (Bernama) -- At least 18 persons were killed in an early Sunday morning attack in Nigeria's northwestern Kano State during a church service in the heart of Bayero University in Kano, eyewitnesses and health workers said.

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