Health News: [heart]

Fighting disease is team effort Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:17 AM PDT Alex Paluka was a freshman in high school in 2001 when his mother, Gail Paluka, died of breast cancer the day after Christmas. Seven weeks earlier, his paternal grandfather, Amil, had died of a heart attack. ACRO Recognizes World Heart Day With Focus on Clinical Research Business Wire Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Last year, ACRO member companies conducted nearly 600 clinical trials of new drugs and treatments for cardiovascular disease involving 230,000 patients around the world. Focus of symposium is on aging, long-term care Times & Transcript Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:13 AM PDT Achieving excellence in long-term and aging care is at the heart of a symposium that began in the city Wednesday. Mobile pilot project gets to heart of treatment Telegraph-Journal Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:07 AM PDT With one drop of blood taken and tested in the back of an ambulance, University of Alberta researchers are hoping to transform care for heart patients across the country and abroad. SPORTS DIGEST The Mail Tribune Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:02 AM PDT KAUNAS, Lithuania â€" Basketball Hall of Famer Arvydas Sabonis is in stable condition after suffering a heart attack. Doctors in Sabonis' hometown of Kaunas, Lithuania, said Wednesday that the former NBA player is in intensive care, but the heart attack is not life-threatening. UMMC transplant program revived Washington Examiner Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:48 AM PDT GARY PETTUS The Clarion-Ledger and Hattiesburg American JACKSON, Miss. When a 13-year-old boy recently got a new heart at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the hospital's prestige as a transplant center also found new life. At this past week's news conference, surgeons lined up not only to disclose details of the successful operation on Malcolm Jones of Winona â€" UMMC's first ... Heart attack and stroke alert on common medicines York Press Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:39 AM PDT COMMON anti-inflammatory drugs could increase the risk of heart attack and stroke by a third, according to scientists at University of York. People's Pharmacy: Preventing blood clots is big business The Tuscaloosa News Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:32 AM PDT Warfarin is a lifesaving drug that doctors love to hate. It has been widely prescribed (mostly as Coumadin) since the mid-1950s to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to blood clots. Saint John’s Health Center honored for heart care, pneumonia treatment The Argonaut Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:32 AM PDT Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica has been recognized by the Joint Commission as one of the top-performing hospitals in the country for treatment of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. Family sets up fund to honour tragic father icWales Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:14 AM PDT THE devastated family of a man who died suddenly of a heart attack have set up a fund in his memory.

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