Study Questions CT Scans to Rule Out Heart Attacks
ThirdAge Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:51 PM PDT
 If you're having chest pains, an advanced type of CT scan can quickly rule out a heart attack. New research suggests this might be good for hospitals, but not necessarily for you. These heart scans cut time spent in the hospital but didn't save money, the study found. They also prompted more tests and questionable treatments and gave relatively large doses of radiation to people at such low ... |
3-year-old girl is first in La. to receive mechanical heart
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:01 PM PDT
Meg Farris / Eyewitness News Email: mfarris@wwltv.com | Twitter: @megfarriswwl NEW ORLEANS -- Her parents say not long ago their little girl was vibrant, funny and loved to dance. Now she lies sedated in a hospital bed as the first child in the state to get a mechanical heart. But the next week is critical to see if her heart will get strong again. It was a normal day when the Sanchez family ... |
Socks For Johnny
KWQC-TV 6 Davenport Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:47 PM PDT
Honoring a father and husband, that's what John Chapman's family will do at the Bix 7 this Saturday. John died at age 41 while running the Bix two years ago. "Every 24 hours, 2200 people die of heart |
Payne: 'After jellyfish and shark nets, a few ducks won't hurt'
Independent Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:40 PM PDT
Not all swimming events are the same. Miles away from the futuristic Aquatic Centre, with its parallel lanes in the sanitised pool, there is the Serpentine. The great old lake, at the heart of Hyde Park, is the location for the 10km race on 9 August. Twenty-five athletes will swim six laps of it, through the ducks and the reeds, in pursuit of gold. At the front should be Keri-Anne Payne, Britain ... |
Modric's heart set on Madrid move
The Irish Times Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:35 PM PDT
SOCCER TRANSFER NEWS:LUKA MODRIC has apologised to Tottenham Hotspur for staging a rebellion to try to engineer a move to Real Madrid, but he will continue to train away from the first-team squad as the club wait for an acceptable offer. The playmaker failed to board the squad’s plane to Los Angeles last Saturday as Tottenham embarked on their pre-season tour of the United States and he has been ... |
Surgeon faces disciplinary for father's death
Redditch Standard Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:24 PM PDT
A MEDICAL hearing is underway into the conduct of a surgeon who injected air into the knee joint of a Morton Bagot man causing a fatal heart attack. |
High-Tech CT Scan May Get People With Chest Pain Home Faster
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:12 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Using a specialized type of CT scan can help doctors rule out heart attacks faster in people who've come to the emergency room with chest pain, researchers say. |
Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:12 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have grown small blood vessels in a lab using stem cells from fat gathered through liposuction. Such cultured blood vessels might someday play a role in transplant operations, including heart bypass surgery. |
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