Health Briefs 12-31 The Walton Sun Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:18 AM PST Sacred Heart Hospital The following classes will be held at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. To register, call 278-3600 or toll-free (877) 416-1600 unless noted. â¢Happiest Baby Class: Learn how to calm your baby at 6 p.m. Jan. 3 in the... | TOP 10 STORIES OF 2011 Pahrump Valley Times Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:13 AM PST Steve Thornâs death saddens community The Pahrump community held a memorial at the stadium in September, just after the beginning of the school year, for Steve Thorn, a long-time teacher and coach, who died at the age of 59, because of complications following a heart attack in memory of Steve Thorn. The large crowd filled[...] | 7 Heart-Healthy Foods The Huffington Post Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST "Certain key foods can dramatically reduce your heart disease risk," says Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Add these superfoods today for a healthier heart. | Seoul skeptical about North Koreaâs account of leaderâs death Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:09 AM PST How did North Korean leader Kim Jong Il really die? South Korean spies are skeptical about the official Pyongyang line that Kim died of a heart attack while hard at work on a train Saturday morning, the Los Angeles Times' John Glionna reports from Seoul: South Korea's top spy, Won Sei-hoon, told lawmakers in Seoul [...] | Wide heart monitor use tied to missed alarms Boston Globe Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST A wave of recent studies show that a large percentage of patients who are on cardiac monitors do not need to be - an overuse of technology that has seemed harmless in the past but that medical experts are realizing contributes to the serious problem of alarm fatigue for nurses. A study headed by Yale found widespread over- monitoring. Why is it so hard to step away from technology in our medical ... | A life devoted to helping others The Shelby Star Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST Polly Payne may be retired, but sheâs still a nurse with a caring heart. As a resident at Sterling House in Shelby, Payne shows concern for the other residents in simple ways like getting them water, tying a shoe or getting a staff member to check... | Sensitive Blood Test Rules Out Heart Attack WebMD Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:29 AM PST Researchers from Germanyâs University Heart Center Hamburg who used the newly developed test were able to accurately rule out a heart attack close to 99% of the time by repeating the test. | | |
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