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Once upon a time, I was an armchair mountain climber. Dale Shippam, however, is a real mountain climber even after receiving a heart transplant eight years ago. On Monday night, he and his team were within 200 metres of the summit of Mount Vinson Massif but they had to turn back because his fellow climbers, [...]
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Looking for a heart healthy gift for that special someone? EBT-Heart & Body Imaging has gift certificates for heart, lung, and full body scans plus virtual colonoscopy ranging from $300 to $750.
EBT-Heart & Body Imaging Medical Director Dr. Marc Kahn:
The scans have proven to be very popular gift items over the years. They are [...]
Exercise physiologist Scot Long of The Clarion-Ledger answers one reader’s question about his father strength training after a heart attack.
Q. My father recently suffered a heart attack and has been advised to perform some strength training in his cardiac rehab program. I always thought lifting weights was strictly taboo after any heart problem. Is that [...]
Time to get your new calendars for 2007! My preference is for Mary Engelbreit calendars but I might consider getting this cute Keep the Beat Calendar from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
This beautifully illustrated wall calendar from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will guide you through 12 months of eating well, [...]
See the white mark on this X-ray? It’s the bullet that has been in Vien Doan’s body for 35 years. He was shot in 1971 while acting as a South Vietnamese police officer. The Kalashniko assault rifle bullet entered his back, passed through his ribcage, and eventually travelled into the bloodstream where it lodged in [...]
Cardiovascular technology is amazing even if not always the safest. Approval for the Acorn Cardiovascular CorCap Cardiovascular Support Device was just denied by the FDA.
The device is a mesh wrap that is covers the heart to provide support in patients with heart failure. It’s designed to counter the build-up of pressure within the heart against [...]
As some people already know, Australians are special people. So special they don’t need to worry about the evils of trans fat in their diet.
Lydia Buchtmann of Food Standards Australia New Zealand:
There’s not a huge percentage of trans fat in the Australian diet. We’ve been carrying out a formal review with dietary modelling, and the [...]
Bob Christiansen woke up one evening in November 2005 with sharp pains in his chest. Within hours, he was undergoing surgery for spontaneous aortic arch rupture, so rare that only 18 similar cases have been reported in the past 40 years. Later, it was found that Christiansen’s heart and connective tissue were not as strong [...]
Merck has been found not responsible for Anthony Wayne Dedrick’s death. He died six months after going on Vioxx but was a 51-year-old smoker with diabetes, high cholesterol, a family history of heart disease, and a history of cocaine use. Of course, Dedrick’s attorney, Andy Birchfield, Jr., is considering an appeal.
Isn’t that the logical thing [...]
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