Health News: [heart]

New Procedure Treats Atrial Fibrillation redOrbit Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:08 PM PDT Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are performing a new procedure to treat atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat. Available at only a handful of U.S. medical centers, this “hybrid” procedure combines minimally invasive surgical techniques with the latest advances in catheter ablation, a technique that applies scars to the heart’s inner surface to block ... Thin Gene Raises Heart Risks MedicineNet.com Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:39 PM PDT Title: Thin Gene Raises Heart Risks Category: Health News Created: 6/28/2011 11:01:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 6/28/2011 Diabetic Girls May Have Heart Risk Factors MedicineNet.com Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:36 PM PDT Title: Diabetic Girls May Have Heart Risk Factors Category: Health News Created: 6/27/2011 2:06:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 6/28/2011 Heart lecture interrupted by heart attack The Lewiston Sun Journal Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:22 PM PDT LEWISTON â€" Dr. William Phillips figured he was being kidded when a lecture on coronary heart disease was interrupted by a man complaining of chest pain. Diabetics get blood vessels made from donor cells Manila Bulletin Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:10 PM PDT MILWAUKEE (AP) â€" 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 is to one day have a refrigerated inventory of these in various sizes ... Carol Saunders: Megastar fashion designer Tory Burch visits Palm Beach Gardens Mall The Jupiter Courier Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:05 PM PDT On March 9, in the heart of one of the busiest social seasons we've ever had in the North County area, a very famous megastar fashion designer chose our location to present her resort fashion collection at an exclusive luncheon. Peat wildfire linked to heart failure risk UPI Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:54 PM PDT CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 28 (UPI) -- A wildfire fueled by peat that burned for weeks in North Carolina resulted in increased respiratory and cardiovascular problems, researchers say. Abiomed sinks on FDA marketing letter Boston Globe Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:29 PM PDT Shares of Abiomed Inc. fell, sinking as much as 7.1 percent, after the company received a letter from the Food and Drug Administration accusing Abiomed of marketing one of its Impella heart pumps without marketing clearance. Danvers-based Abiomed made several “objectionable’’ claims about the potential uses for the Impella device in an advertisement last September in Cath Lab Digest, according ... China to expand medical insurance for rural kids China Economic Net Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:18 PM PDT China plans to expand a pilot medical care project to all rural areas by September to give increased financial assistance to children with congenital heart disease and leukemia, Health Minister Chen Zhu said Tuesday. China plans to expand pilot medical insurance program for rural children People's Daily Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:36 PM PDT China plans to expand a pilot medical care project to all rural areas by September to give increased financial assistance to children with congenital heart disease and leukemia, Health Minister Chen Zhu said Tuesday.

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