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Severely obese children at risk for heart disease GlobalPost Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT Nearly two-thirds of obese children exhibit early warning signs of heart disease. Sports guidelines for long QT syndrome patients may be too strict, Mayo Clinic finds EurekAlert! Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:01 AM PDT Participation in competitive sports by people with long QT syndrome -- a genetic abnormality in the heart's electrical system -- has been a matter of debate among physicians. Current guidelines disqualify most LQTS patients from almost every sport. In a first-of-its-kind study, Mayo Clinic's LQTS Clinic recently examined its own experience, determining the outcome of LQTS patients who chose to ... HIV-Positive Heart Recipient Marks One Year Hartford Courant Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:58 AM PDT John Rankl almost had to die to prove a point. Christian couple moving to Spain to serve at children's camp: 'The place just gripped my heart' St. Petersburg Times Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:56 AM PDT By Waveney Ann Moore, Times Staff Writer Monday, July 23, 2012 Cindy and Dave Bintz read with two of their eight grandchildren, Aliyah and Jayden White, 7 and 6, at home in Clearwater. The couple plan to become full-time missionaries at a children’s camp in northern Spain after 23 years in the Tampa Bay area. For the past 23 years, Dave and Cindy Bintz built a life in the Tampa Bay area, he as a ... Rural Mo. town serves as health care experiment Connecticut Post Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:54 AM PDT NEVADA, Mo. (AP) â€" 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. In the Orenburg area will reduce deaths from heart attacks and strokes Baku Today Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:46 AM PDT According to statistics, in the Orenburg region in the structure of the 57 per cent of population mortality due to diseases of the circulatory system, the main contributor to heart attacks and strokes. Loma Linda University Medical Center earns Joint Commission certification to treat ‘destination’ heart patients Highland Community News Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:31 AM PDT Loma Linda University Medical Center has become the first medical facility in the Inland Empire to receive certification to implant a heart assist device as destination therapy for patients with heart failure, similar to the one implanted in former Vice-President Dick Cheney before his recent heart transplant. Tips on gaining control of your allergies The Manila Times Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT Many allergy sufferers can improve their symptoms by reducing household dust and other allergy triggers. NAPSI: If you find yourself sneezing and wheezing from allergies or asthma, you have lots of company. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), allergies and asthma afflict 60 million Americans-more people than are affected by diabetes, heart disease, cancer and stroke ... Knee & Hip Replacement Increase Cardiac Risk ThirdAge Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:13 AM PDT Surgery for total knee and hip replacement sharply boosts heart attack risks in the weeks following the procedure, according to a new study. Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:05 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.

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