Open Heart Surgery News
- A Calling for Color Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 5:13AMLAKELANDFor Ken Berman, the decision to pursue what he enjoyed and somehow make a living out of it changed everything.Berman, 44, first set out to be a doctor, a career chosen because his mother died when he was 11, not to mention it would have been steady, lucrative work.
- Today-Saturday Library fundraiser Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 5:04AMA Friends of the Library fundraiser is set for May 19-24 at Running Rooster to benefit the "Stock the Bookmobile" campaign. Patrons can ask for a percentage of their meals to go toward the library campaign.
- Battling brain attacks Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 3:40AMLast July, as Paul Gilbert was returning home one evening, he felt the oddest sensation, as if a butterfly was fluttering inside the left side of his chest."It wasn't painful," Gilbert said. "It was gentle. I didn't think anything about it."The next morning he got up to take a shower.
- World class hospital worth $200m on schedule to open in Al Barsha 2009 Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 3:14AMThe Islamic Finance Company and Bait Al Batterjee Holding announced today that the Saudi German Hospital€™s construction works have been completed.
- Pivotal Study Shows Physician/Nurse Teams Using SEDASYS(TM) System Reduced Risk Of Over Sedation With Propofol Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 3:08AMDDW 2008 Annual Meeting -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery announced that the results from its pivotal trial demonstrated physician/nurse teams using the SEDASYS(TM) System reduced the risk of over sedation with propofol in patients undergoing screening and diagnostic procedures for colorectal cancer (colonoscopy), and disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract (EGD).
- Process eased for adding hospitals Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 2:19AMNo new hospitals have been built in Palm Beach County in nearly 25 years. Standing in the lobby of Bethesda Memorial Hospital on Monday, Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law rules streamlining future state approval for hospitals around the state.
- Injured Roddick out of French Open Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 2:15AMAndy Roddick withdrew from the French Open on Monday because of a right shoulder injury, and hopes to be ready for Wimbledon.
- Pioneering cardiologist Edwards dies Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 11:00PMMINNEAPOLIS (AP) €” Dr. Jesse E. Edwards, a cardiologist who established a collection of hearts that became an international resource in the battle against heart disease, has died. He was 96.
- Hoiberg has good luck charm for Tuesday's draft lottery Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 8:39PMEven though Fred Hoiberg's playing career was cut short when he had to have open-heart surgery to correct a life-threatening abnormality in 2005,
- Hoiberg's Good Luck Charm For NBA Lottery Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 8:22PMEven though Fred Hoiberg's playing career was cut short when he had to have open-heart surgery to correct a life-threatening abnormality in 2005, he still considers himself a lucky man.
- Mark Ginn's Funeral Arrangements Set Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 7:17PMFuneral arrangements have been set for Mark Ginn after his vehicle was discovered with a body inside. But authorities still don't know the body's identity.
- Pioneer in cardiac treatment made use of every minute Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 6:12PMDr. Jesse E. Edwards, a pioneering cardiac pathologist whose work at Mayo Clinic and elsewhere led to advances in heart disease diagnosis and treatment, has died
- Do we know enough about presidential health? Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 4:51PMWoodrow Wilson's secret stroke. Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery. Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretly worsening heart disease at the world-changing Yalta Conference.
- Volcano Corp. pays $12M for Novelis Inc. Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 4:27PMVolcano Corp. has purchased Novelis Inc., a private company with ultrasonic technology for minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices.
- Do we know enough about presidential health? Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 3:40PM While the U.S. public knows far more today about the health of its presidents and presidential candidates than ever before, do we know enough?
- Do we know enough about presidential health? Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 3:37PM(AP) -- Woodrow Wilson's secret stroke. Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery. Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretly worsening heart disease at the world-changing Yalta Conference. Notice a lot of secrets?
- Clara Rojas, captive mother Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 3:17PMIt's vaguely European, Bogotá, with its malls, brick buildings, drizzle and commuters in suits. A friend and I sit about talking romance, London and kids; boys specifically, and their thing for Lego. Outside, at the apartment block gates, there's a sentry box, and a labrador sniffing for explosives.
- Mending a Rifle man's broken heart Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 1:26PMRIFLE, Colorado €” Three months ago, my husband Paul had a heart attack at the age of 43. Heart disease runs in his family €” his father and brother also had attacks in their early 40s. Both are still alive, and Paul survived his as well.
- Pioneering cardiac pathologist Edwards, one of a team of Minnesota cardiac pioneers, dies Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 1:02PMMINNEAPOLIS - Dr. Jesse E. Edwards, a cardiologist who established a collection of hearts that became an international resource in the battle against heart disease, has died. He was 96.
- Interim clinical results from 'OPEN I' study of the Stentys bifurcated stent reported at 'EuroPCR 2008' international ... Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 12:45PMMedical device pioneer Stentys announced today that clinical results from the 'OPEN I' clinical study using its bifurcated stent were presented at last week's 'EuroPCR 2008' international medical meeting on cardiovascular intervention.
- Interim clinical results from 'OPEN I' study of the Stentys bifurcated stent reported at 'EuroPCR 2008' international ... Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 12:44PM Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that clinical results from the €˜OPEN I€™ clinical study using its bifurcated stent were presented at last week€™s €˜EuroPCR 2008€™ international medical meeting on cardiovascular intervention. (PRWeb May 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/stentys/patients/prweb956034.htm
- Celebrated painter Elemore Morgan Jr. dies Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 10:55AMArtist known for vivid landscapes
- The wrong medicine Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 10:14AMCostly plans to introduce commercially-run polyclinics threaten the future of local GP surgeries, says Kailash Chand, as doctors step up their campaign against them
- Louisiana landscape artist Elemore Morgan dies Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 8:41AM LAFAYETTE, La. -- Elemore Morgan Jr., an acclaimed Louisiana landscape artist who loved to paint south Louisiana's prairies and rice fields, has died. He was 77.
- Apple Valley Medical Center Physicians Warn Of Lyme Disease Risk Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 4:11AMAs tick season approaches, the physicians at the Apple Valley Medical Center are warning community members to watch for signs of Lyme disease, an illness spread by the tiny deer tick. "Lyme disease can be serious," said David Maas, M.D., Apple Valley Medical Clinic family physician and medical director of the 24-hour Urgent Care.
- Comfort zone Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 2:58AM When she needed surgery to correct a heart defect, Julie Ogg was admitted to Nationwide Children's Hospital -- where she had been treated for years.
- Americas Watchdog Wants to Know if Consumers, HMO's or Health Insurance Company's were Overcharged with Drugs like ... Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 2:18AM Americas Watchdog has launched a national investigation into seeing if a consumers, HMO's, health insurance company, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, Trasylol or any other drugs, when much cheaper alternatives were available. According to the group, "We are out to protect consumers, HMO's, health insurance companies & health care cooperatives from being ...
- Americas Watchdog Wants to Know if Consumers, HMO's or Health Insurance Company's were Overcharged with Drugs like ... Monday, May 19, 2008 @ 2:01AM Americas Watchdog has launched a national investigation into seeing if a consumers, HMO's, health insurance company, or health cooperatives were over charged with the drug called Vioxx, Trasylol or any other drugs, when much cheaper alternatives were available.
- Mark Ginn's Vehicle Found with Body Inside Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 11:02PMThe vehicle belonging to a missing Hinds county man was discovered Sunday with a body inside. The 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee belongs to 52 year old Mark Ginn who has been missing for more than a month. Family members have been searching for Ginn since his disappearance on April 14th.
- €˜King€™ Kanu repays Redknapp faith and wins his redemption Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 5:27PMFor a brief period on Saturday afternoon, Kanu€™s mesmeric skill in turning past Glenn Loovens and Peter Enckelman, followed by one of the most astonishing misses of the season, seemed set to encapsulate the yin and yang of what has been a frustrating career but, fittingly given his strong Christian faith, he was offered a shot at redemption.
- Alicia Rasin brings compassion to a U.S. city's victims of violence Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 5:07PMHospitals make the healer nervous and before her lies a long institutional hallway. But she pushes forward - like she always does - because she has to. The man who needs her help is waiting.
- Soccer: King Kanu strikes for a new deal Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 12:40PMNwankwo Kanu wanted to give Portsmouth a reason to keep him. Scoring the winner in yesterday's FA Cup final to give Pompey its first title in 69 years should be enough.
- Miracle Child: Now an IUS student, Brittany Raisor captured community€™s heart a decade ago Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 8:22AMSharon€™s daughter, Brittany Raisor, was found to have four heart defects after her birth in 1987. The pulmonary arteries on the right side of her heart were blocked and doctors initially could not find any pulmonary arteries on the left side.
- Coast Calendar Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 5:23AMToday -- Moss Point Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will hold a Delta Doll Pageant at 4 p.m. at the Moss Point High School auditorium.
- Crews to reconstruct stream Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 4:35AMLINCOLN - A tributary of the Blackfoot River that runs through ranches and farmland in the Blackfoot Valley is being reconstructed under a program that uses fishing license money to help fund the work.
- Hospital official trying to mend rift Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 3:58AMMark Shugarman might still need some luck to find the cafeteria. He may not know Greenville from Georgetown yet.
- Legend of Verde keeps growing as Cajuns roll Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 3:01AMBATON ROUGE -
- Sankaty pro takes lesson of too much sun to heart Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 12:48AMLife was simpler for Mark Heartfield prior to November 2005, when the head professional at Sankaty Head Golf Club on Nantucket was diagnosed with a melanoma...
- New Bedford's Provencher back on court after heart transplant Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 12:09AM NEW BEDFORD €” One flight of stairs. A dozen steps. It might as well have been Mt. Everest.
- Land of top hats and fairy chimneys Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 6:21PMTurkey€™s Cappadocia region offers fantastical rock formations, ancient history, and warm hospitality.
- Nwankwo Kanu hopes for new contract after scoring FA Cup final winner Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 4:05PMLONDON - Nwankwo Kanu wanted to give Portsmouth a reason to keep him at the club. Scoring the winner in Saturday's FA Cup final at Wembley to give Pompey its first title in 69 years should be enough.
- Lessons on drinking and driving Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 3:46PMMy friend Jo Ross was killed on a sunny spring afternoon while driving to a church picnic to pick up her grandson. There's no way she could have seen it coming. Her light, on Steck Avenue, was green. The intersection ahead was clear. There was no way for Mrs. Ross to see the drunken driver in the Sequoia sport-utility vehicle as he was blazing down the MoPac Boulevard access road, oblivious to ...
- Nwankwo Kanu hopes for new contract after scoring FA Cup final winner Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 3:45PM LONDON - Nwankwo Kanu wanted to give Portsmouth a reason to keep him at the club.
- Bringing compassion to a city's victims of violence Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 1:55PMHospitals make the healer nervous, and before her lies a long institutional hallway.
- Lost in the Big City Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 8:58AMA rich felon and his family, perhaps looking to lose themselves in the anonymity of the big city, find a home at the Plaza Hotel.
- Heart services beating strong Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 6:12AMGary Kuncil was eyeing retirement and had just finished a whirlwind trip to Paris when he was diagnosed with a faulty valve in his heart.
- Money launderer for Cunningham gets eight years Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 5:24AMThe contrition, tears and poor health of Thomas Kontogiannis were not enough to spare him a prison sentence of eight years and one month for his role in laundering bribe money for former Rep. Randy €œDuke€ Cunningham.
- Dr. Pat O. Daily; cardiac surgeon assisted with first U.S. heart transplant; 71 Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 5:15AMWhen he couldn't find a device he liked to keep hearts cool during open-heart surgery, Dr. Pat O. Daily invented one. When he couldn't find a healthy fast-food restaurant for himself and his patients, he opened Daily's Fit & Fresh.
- Jennings Terrace Auxiliary celebrates 50-year mission of making things nicer Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 4:16AMOne year before a devastating fire destroyed Jennings Terrace in March of 1959, a group of women came together to make the retirement community a little nicer for its residents.
- Hospitals differ in ability to tackle a heart crisis Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 2:30AM The last thing you would think about during a heart attack is which hospital you should go to.
