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The future of heart surgery may involve this little caterpillar-like robot called HeartLander. It inches along on the surface of your heart and is capable of performing:
ablation for atrial fibrillation
lead placement for biventricular pacing
delivery of myocardial regenerative treatments
Watch the videos and learn more at Guardian Unlimited. Is it just me or does it look really […]
Over the weekend, singer Don Ho died of heart failure. He was 76.
Publicist Donna Jung said the singer died Saturday morning of heart failure. He had suffered with heart problems for the past several years and had a pacemaker installed last fall. In 2005, he underwent an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart […]
Need an organ transplant? All it takes is money and the willingness to take risks. Buying an organ, however, doesn’t guarantee a long, healthy life. I’d be afraid of any infectious diseases that may come from purchased organs but sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils. Here’s how much a heart would […]
Welcome to Saturday! Seems like it would be an appropriate time to let you know that if you can control yourself, don’t have a heart attack this weekend. Come to think of it, if you can control yourself that well, don’t have a heart attack at all. ;)
A study of New Jersey hospitals between 1987 […]
If discontinuing anti-clotting medication after receiving a coated stent is a bad idea, wouldn’t it be better to get a stent that dissolves after a certain period of time? Some good reasons to get an absorbable stent:
You’d avoid having a foreign body inside your heart
The absorbable stent is more flexible and conforms to […]
Uncle Sam wants you to take care of your heart.
Start by reading A Hearty Life!
Image created using hetemeel.com via Mary at That Damn PC!
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Everywhere I turn on the Web, I see advertisements for Goji juice and now I see another berry juice that promises to help prevent atherosclerosis - sea-buckthorn berries. Indian researchers have developed a technique to produce sea-buckthorn juice that is high in anti-oxidants, flavonoids, and vitamin C.
British Heart Foundation nutritionist Sara Stanner:
The pulp oil also […]
Our second letter in the Dear Doctor series comes from Aaron Brazell, tech manager extraordinaire who hasn’t got a minute to spare.
Dear Doctor,
Why do you make me wait to see you? Don’t you know my time is as valuable as yours?
Aaron
/me gets out the time calculator ;)
Have you got a Dear Doctor letter to share? […]
You’d think it would be a bad idea to transplant a heart from a donor infected with hepatitis C. But apparently, it’s considered acceptable if the heart transplant recipient is older or already infected with the hepatitis C virus.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that regardless of […]
Four years ago at age 12, Alexandra Ellis was diagnosed with an atrial septal defect, a hole between the heart’s two upper chambers that requires surgery in most cases. Alexandra needed two operations but is now so healthy she’ll be appearing at the Miss Teen British Isles contest. It’s obvious from this picture that […]
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