Heart worm disease
In a medical case of Jekyll and Hyde, carbon monoxide - the highly toxic gas emitted from auto exhausts and faulty heating systems - has proven effective in treating the symptoms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), an extremely debilitating condition that typically leads to right heart failure and eventual death.
Outdoors: Wasting disease rules still apply
About the first of August, most hunters start thinking about the coming deer season. The rest have been thinking about it since last December. They don’t have to think much longer. It’s just about here.
War Against Diabetes Gets Major Support from New Alliance of Walgreens and Harvard’s Joslin Center
September 19, 2006 - Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, and Joslin Diabetes Center, a global leader in diabetes research, care and education, have formed a sweeping alliance to improve health outcomes for Americans with diabetes.
Fuller and Baca once again team up to save lives
Fuller and Baca once again team up to save lives READING, Pa. (Sept. 12) — Top Fuel driver “Hot Rod” Fuller nearly lost his mom Cathy to liver disease. Fellow Top Fuel pro David Baca had a big scare when doctors discovered his father-in-law Frank Gau had a faulty artery in his heart.
Alastair Cooke’s arms and legs sold to transplant firm
Alastair Cooke’s arms, as well as his legs, were sold to a transplant firm it was revealed today as further details of the body parts scandal are uncovered
Stories from the heart
WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Alexander “Xander” Green inspired Nathan and Alice Green to walk in the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk this year. Xander, 1, the Greens’ first grandchild, had open-heart surgery six weeks after he was born.
Walk for heart disease and stroke
On Friday Sept. 22, thousands of people, including hundreds of students and staff members from the University of Illinois at Chicago, will gather downtown to walk for the American Heart Association. The 3-mile walk, which will start at 11am and end at approximately 2 pm, is being held in order to raise money for research, education and advocacy to fight heart disease and stroke.
Down’s syndrome: ‘She wasn’t the daughter I wanted’
Having a baby with Down’s syndrome was Edward Batha’s worst fear. Then Mia arrived. Three weeks after her birth, he recounts his traumatic journey through shock and disappointment to love and acceptance.
Foxhollow falls on ended Merck contract
Shares fell $2.14, or 6.8 percent, to $29.11 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Foxhollow said a one-year contract with Merck & Co. to study arterial plaque samples terminated Friday.
Free Tests Screen For Circulatory Disease
PALM HARBOR - Beginning Tuesday, hospitals and medical centers in north Pinellas and west Pasco counties will offer free screenings for peripheral arterial disease, a painful circulatory disorder caused by blocked blood vessels in the legs.
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