Lakewood educator always placed family, kids first
Everett Herald Sun, 29 May 2011 22:19 PM PDT
When Marlys Jensen made friends, they became friends for life. A career-long Lakewood School District employee, loyal member of Everett High School's class of 1957, and Assistance League volunteer, Jensen was known for opening her heart and home to her cherished family and countless friends. |
Catheterization through wrist artery proves safe and effective
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sun, 29 May 2011 21:44 PM PDT
After James Hager began experiencing chest pain, he had a stress test, which was abnormal. His doctor prescribed a heart catheterization, which was performed late last month by David Lasorda, director of the interventional cardiology program at Allegheny General Hospital. |
Stroudsburg combat vet of WWII felt he had to go
Pocono Record Sun, 29 May 2011 21:15 PM PDT
Anthony DeRobertis has a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. But of all the war medals he keeps in an oak box in his home in Stroudsburg, the World War II veteran is proudest of an unassuming gray and blue one: the Combat Infantry Badge. |
Duaghter of Heat forward Miller released from hospital
The Kansas City Star Sun, 29 May 2011 21:11 PM PDT
Mike Miller will play these NBA finals with a heavy heart, amid concerns of a tiny heart, but at least with his newborn daughter closer to his heart. Miller, a Miami Heat forward, said Sunday that his daughter, Jaelyn , had been released from a Broward, Fla. hospital. She spent the initial days of her life in intensive care because of a ventricular septal defect. In this case, Miller said, it ... |
Cholesterol drug Niaspan fails to protect heart: Study
News-Medical-Net Sun, 29 May 2011 19:58 PM PDT
According to researchers at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), increasing the dose of niacin to patients with heart disease who are already taking a cholesterol-lowering statin does nothing extra to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Approximately one out of seven Americans have high blood cholesterol, a main risk factor in heart disease, which kills some 800,000 people in ... |
Megan and Jennifer Lead the Red Dress Pack in Marie Claire
PopSugar Sun, 29 May 2011 19:47 PM PDT
Marie Claire enlisted the help of Aussie glamour girls Megan Gale and Jennifer Hawkins to raise awareness about heart disease for their July issue, on sale Wednesday. Photographed by Harold David and David Gubert, the girls wear dramatic red designer dresses designed exclusively for the magazine Red Dress campaign, and are joined by more famous faces such as Miranda Otto, Ruby Rose, Sonia Kruger ... |
Ultra bad cholesterol
News-Medical-Net Sun, 29 May 2011 19:44 PM PDT
Bad cholesterol, known as LDL is known to be sticky but this ultra â€"bad called MGmin-LDL is found to be stickier meaning it's more likely to attach to arterial walls. This is more dangerous because when LDL attaches to artery walls it forms fatty plaques that cause coronary heart disease (CHD). As fatty plaques grow, they narrow the arteries and reduce blood flow and also may trigger a stroke or ... |
Industrialist Dugadh passes away
Nepalnews. com Sun, 29 May 2011 19:07 PM PDT
Industrialist Tolaram Dugadh passed away at the age of 81 at his residence in Naxal Sunday. He died of heart attack. Dugadh was the chairman of TM Dugadh, one of the largest business houses of Nepal. He was also the chairman of Rastriya Marwari Sewa Parishad. |
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