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Preps for the Football Season FOX 7 Austin Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:11 PM PDT Ekg leads might not seem like a typical way to prepare for football season but for some Austin-are junior high and high school student athletes, it could save their lives. This last year, several teens across the country died on the playing field from a genetic heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.   Cohen Fitness Academy to sponsor first jamboree Connecticut Post Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:51 PM PDT The first -- and only time -- Calvin Murphy met Chelsea Cohen in the fall of 2005, she forever touched his heart. Murphy, the former Norwalk High and NBA star, was back to present Cohen with the Fairfield County Sports Commission 's first "Courage Award." Diagnosed with heart disease at B&Q: Spur-of-the-moment decision that saved John's life Daily Mail Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:39 PM PDT He decided to have his blood pressure checked at a stall offering ‘heart health MOTs’ being held at an event at his local store. A life worth fighting for: At 13 she refused a heart transplant but changed her mind on the brink of death... now ... Daily Mail Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:38 PM PDT Hannah Jones, 16, from Hereford is enjoying a new lease of life since having the life saving operation. Myocardial Infarction Patients Who Smoke Risk Death ThirdAge Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:14 PM PDT Myocardial infarction (heart attack) patients who resume smoking are three to five more times likely to die than those who don't, an Italian study found. Researchers at San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome and La Colletta Hospital in Genoa studied 1,294 middle-aged men and women who had stopped smoking while in the hospital being treated for myocardial infarction symptoms, reported HealthDay. ... Nash Heart Center exceeds goals with successful stent placements Rocky Mount Telegram Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:07 PM PDT In the first six months of 2011, the newly established Nash Heart Center has performed more than 750 heart catheterizations during the first six months of 2011, and more than 100 of those have resulted in successful stent placements. California forest purged of marijuana The Scotsman Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:07 PM PDT LAW enforcement officials have revealed they struck a major blow against illegal drug cultivation on public lands in the heart of Northern California marijuana country. Sideglances The Gilmer Mirror Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:46 PM PDT COMPLICATIONS of a heart attack have kept me from my appointed rounds at the Mirror office and elsewhere since late May, but I am mending gradually in the rehabilitation wing of Upshur Manor, and able to use my Apple iBook to catch up on news I had saved for future reading. Student athletes received free heart screenings KVUE-TV Austin Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:20 PM PDT Local student athletes received potentially life-saving care Saturday. Doctors used EKGs to see if students had any kind of heart conditions that could put them at risk. On Saturday they discovered heart issues in more than two dozen students. The Heart Hospital of Austin gave free screenings to athletes ages 14 through 18. "A hypertrophic cardomyopathy is what we're looking for," said David ...

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