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Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:04 AM PDT TUESDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers who found that two out of three severely obese children already have at least one risk factor for heart disease say their findings are cause for concern in light of increasing rates of childhood obesity. Rural Mo. town serves as health care experiment Rolla Daily News Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:37 AM PDT Polishing off his pork and beans at the local senior center, Gentry Malcom politely passes on the peas and broccoli still sitting on his plastic food tray. He's finished eating, but not done talking about how a heart attack nearly killed him a decade ago. APTANJ 'Motion Specialists' Mobilize to Help Athletes Complete the First Ironman U.S. Championship Business Wire Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:22 AM PDT ROBBINSVILLE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The grueling, 17-hour-long Ironman U.S. Championship is a 140.6-mile race that includes a 2.4-mile swim in the Hudson River, a 112-mile bike race along the cliffs of the Palisades Parkway and a marathon that spans a 26.2-mile course crosses the George Washington Bridge and finishes in the heart of Manhattan, at 81st Street in Riverside Park. “This event is a ... Severely obese kids at risk for heart disease Fox News Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:16 AM PDT Two-thirds of severely obese children already exhibit one or more risk factors for heart disease Teen returns to W. MI to thank doctors WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:50 AM PDT Anabel de la Rosa of the Dominican Republic suffered from a serious heart defect as an infant. She came to Grand Rapids, with the help of Healing the Children, to have life-saving surgery. Avi Creditor: Henry, Beckham show grit amid playoff chase Sports Illustrated Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:44 AM PDT In the heart of transfer season, with big-name signings taking place all over the world, here is a Designated Player-heavy look back at Week 20 in MLS: Heart transplant situation critical says Freeman Hospital doctor icNewcastle - Evening Chronicle Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:43 AM PDT EIGHT tiny lives hang in the balance today â€" all in need of a heart transplant. All aged two or under, the children urgently need a swap op and time is becoming critical. Sally Ride dies of pancreatic cancer 29 years after space flight ABC 7 Chicago Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:34 AM PDT Sally Ride blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard, Glenn, Armstrong and Aldrin. Heart IT Announces election to acquire WebPAX® system to Manage Medical Images PR Newswire Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:26 AM PDT DURHAM, N.C., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart IT, the global leader that pioneered the first FDA approved zero footprint medical imaging workstation, has announced that WebPAX® has been purchased by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in order to help manage and distribute... Boy shot in heart with BB gun News Chief Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:14 AM PDT LAKELAND -- A 4-year-old Lakeland boy was shot with a BB gun that left a BB lodged in his heart, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

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