All Children's Hospital fundraiser
ABC Action News Tampa Bay Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:46 AM PDT
For just a $20 donation, you can munch on food from Outback Steakhouse, drink a brewski, and it's all for a good cause! Tuesday night's "Heineken with a Heart" is a fund-raising event benefiting All Children's Hospital. |
South Korean striker Shin wakes from coma
The Malaysian Insider Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:25 AM PDT
Seoul, June 28 â€" South Korean striker Shin Young-rok, who suffered a heart attack during a K-League game in May, is communicating simple words such as “fatherâ€, “mother†and “goodbye†after waking up from a seven-week coma, his club told Reuters today. The 24-year-old Jeju United forward slipped into unconsciousness after collapsing during a game ... |
Tissue-engineered blood vessels from donor skin cells successfully implanted in patients
News-Medical-Net Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:20 AM PDT
For the first time, blood vessels created in the lab from donor skin cells were successfully implanted in patients. Functioning blood vessels that aren't rejected by the immune system could be used to make durable shunts for kidney dialysis, and potentially to improve treatment for children with heart defects and adults needing coronary or other bypass graft surgery. |
State officials review heart program at Beth Israel
Boston Globe Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:50 AM PDT
Massachusetts public health officials are monitoring the heart program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after discovering the hospital had a high death rate in 2009 for a small group of patients who had emergency cardiac catheterization. |
Diabetics get blood vessels made from donor cells
The Washington Times Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:44 AM PDT
Three dialysis patients have received the world's first blood vessels grown in a lab from donated skin cells. It's a key step toward creating a supply of ready-to-use arteries and veins that could be used to treat diabetics, soldiers with damaged limbs, people having heart bypass surgery and others. The goal ... |
Amarnath pilgrim dies of cardiac arrest
PTI via Yahoo! India News Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:44 AM PDT
Srinagar, June 28 (PTI) An Amarnath pilgrim from Rajasthan today died due to cardiac arrest at Baltal base camp in Ganderbal district of Kashmir, official said.55-year-old Rajinder Singh, a resident of Jagdamba Nagar in Jaipur, died following the heart attack at the Baltal camp this morning, they said.Arrangements are being made to sent the body of the deceased to his native place, they added. |
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