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1-in-50,000 boy's heart skips a beat Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 6:00AMELEVEN-MONTH-OLD Josh Martin cries when he sees adults dressed in white.
Blue Lantern Continues Efforts for Heart Association Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 3:43AMIn April, the Blue Lantern in Elma hosted a “Little Black Dress Party,” joining forces with other local businesses to raise money for the American Heart Association. The association and its work has special meaning for Blue Lantern owners Tom and Donna Pease; their granddaughter Layla was born with a heart condition known as coarctation of the aorta. Skilled heart physicians in Las Vegas saved ...
'Once Upon A Time'''' a throwback to gangsterism in Mumbai Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:23PMIt's the way he looks at the camera. Almost as if it doesn't exist. Ajay Devgn as Sultan Mirza is NOT Haji Mastan, please note.
Haiti Orphan to Stay in Minnesota Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:00PMA little orphan from Haiti has secured six more months in the United States as doctors in Minnesota try to treat a potentially deadly heart condition.
Iowa pays $6.6M to settle claims in 2010 Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:12PMState government paid nearly $6.6 million to settle claims and resolve disputes caused by employee mistakes, workplace misconduct or other damages in the past fiscal year, officials said.
Group Readies For Heart Walk Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:03PMThe American Heart Association held a kick off lunch Friday at the Holiday Inn Holidome for the Heart Walk, coming up Sept. 25.
'Once Upon A Time...' a throwback to gangsterism in Mumbai Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:00PMIt's the way he looks at the camera. Almost as if it doesn't exist. Ajay Devgn as Sultan Mirza is NOT Haji Mastan, please note.
Mother fears teenage son is in 'cult' home in Gardendale Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:39AMJudge denied motion for emergency custody
VitaPath Genetics launches VitaTrack Folate Tracker Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:37AMVitaPath Genetics, the Spina Bifida Association and the National Council on Folic Acid today announced the launch of the free iPhone application—the VitaTrack Folate Tracker— which allows women to track their daily intake of folate and folic acid. Maintaining an adequate level of folic acid prior to and during pregnancy can reduce the risk of serious birth defects like Spina Bifida by up to 70 ...
Disputes, damages, worker mistakes cost Iowa $6.6M Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:17AMDES MOINES — State government paid nearly $6.6 million to settleclaims and resolve disputes caused by employee mistakes, workplacemisconduct or other damages in the past fiscal year, officials saidThursday.
Haiti Orphan?s Life Depends on MN Stay Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 9:45PMA metro church is helping a little orphan from Haiti whose 10-day visa is almost going to expire.
Researcher Awarded NIH Grant To Study Proteins Linked To Genetic Diseases Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:24AMA Florida State University biochemist who studies a group of proteins linked to several inherited diseases has received a major grant to advance his research toward a better understanding of cellular secretion, which is linked to a wide range of diseases. That research could one day lead to new treatments for those diseases. Scott Stagg, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and ...
Campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:00AMMANAMA - The Rotarian community in Bahrain has planned a series of activities to create awareness about breast cancer after a recent increase in the number of cases in the kingdom.
Heart Bypass For Uncomplicated Heart Surgery Does Not Reduce Neurocognitive Function In Children Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:18PMSchool-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during surgery for less complicated congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer any impairments in neurocognitive abilities, such as intelligence, memory, motor skills and behavior.Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, in a study in the August issue of Pediatrics, reported on neuropsychological effects after ...
Mum's praise for retiring head teacher Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:59AMTHE MUM of a boy who has spent his early years suffering from numerous illnesses has praised his retiring head teacher for the fantastic role she has played over recent years.
Matt's Picks: July 26-29 Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:43AMHuge (Monday, 9/8c, ABC Family) In this episode, set on "movie night" at Camp Victory, Nikki Blonsky sings. (As any fan of the movie Hairspray knew she ultimately would — although some probably expected it to happen in the talent-show episode ...
Heart Bypass Does Not Impair Neurocognitive Function In Children With Less Complex Defects Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 6:40AMSchool-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during surgery for less complicated congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer any impairments in neurocognitive abilities, such as intelligence, memory, motor skills and behavior. Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, in a study in the August issue of Pediatrics, reported on neuropsychological effects after ...
Matt's Picks: July 26-29 Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 5:11AMMasterChef
Heart bypass for uncomplicated heart surgery does not reduce neurocognitive function in children Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:31PM( Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ) School-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass during surgery for less complicated congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer any impairments in neurocognitive abilities, such as intelligence, memory, motor skills and behavior. Pediatric researchers studied children aged 5-18 who received surgery for acyanotic heart defects. Researchers from ...
Heart bypass for uncomplicated heart surgery does not reduce neurocognitive function in children Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:26PMSchool-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during surgery for less complicated congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer any impairments in neurocognitive abilities, such as intelligence, memory, motor skills and behavior.
Heart Bypass Does Not Impair Neurocognitive Function in Children with Less Complex Defects Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 11:22PMSchool-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass during surgery for less complicated congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer impairments in intelligence, memory, motor skills and behavior.
LaDainian Tomlinson Makes Wish Come True for One of His Biggest Fans Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 7:11PMLaDainian Tomlison has plenty to think about these days.
Letters: Dream big, and make it happen Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 12:00AMMemphis has an untapped potential gold mine at the Mud Island/Bass Pro Pyramid recreational sites. By bridging the two sites with a children's outdoor theme park, Memphians could find profitable ways to mend the riverfront. All three entities could feed off the same premise. We could once again live off Ole Man River.
Babies' blood stored for future use Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:06AMA growing number of parents are storing their babies' umbilical cord blood with private blood banks in the hope it will one day be used for regenerative purposes.
LaDainian Tomlinson grants a big wish Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 9:44AMThrough the Make-A-Wish foundation, 9-year-old fan LeJerrick Keyes scheduled to meet San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson . Tomlinson Then the Chargers cut Tomlinson. Keyes was presented a choice: Hang with the Chargers in San Diego, or visit Tomlinson with the New York Jets . Keyes switched uniform allegiances and stuck with Tomlinson. In the latest chapter of ESPN's "My Wish ...
Bachelor and Bachelorette Auction to Benefit Local Baby With Heart Disease Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:54AMOn Thursday, July 29th from 6-9pm several Fort Myers businesses and residents are joining together to host a Bachelor and Bachelorette Auction to raise funds to help a local family with the rising medical cost necessary to keep their baby alive.
Nationwide Children's Hospital Chosen As Batten Disease Center Of Excellence Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:40AMNationwide Children's Hospital has been selected as a Center of Excellence by the Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDSRA), the largest research and support organization in North America for families that have children with Batten disease. BDSRA chose Nationwide Children's because of its clinical and research history with the disease and its ability to provide comprehensive care ...
GRCC star Voelkel is still the lucky one Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:10PMHe received a second chance on the baseball diamond. And it could have killed him. Instead, it saved Ryan Voelkel’s life. “I never really felt sorry for myself,” said the 6-foot-6, 230-pound Voelkel, a 2006 Kentlake High graduate who went on to establish a home run record at Green River Community College in 2008 and play professionally in the Atlanta Braves organization the same year.
Theravance Reports Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 3:20PMSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 22, 2010) - Theravance, Inc. ( NASDAQ : THRX ) reported today its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. Revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was $6.3 million. Net loss for the second quarter of 2010 was $20.8 million or $0.28 per share. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $210.7 million as of June 30, 2010.
Musical 'Pippin' to aid local child's medical expenses Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:44AMThe Charles Seller Foundation’s annual benefit show will help deter medical expenses for the family of a Bloomfield child with a rare congenital defect.
Heart Specialist Revolutionises 3D Imaging With "Slice" Technique Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:26PMA leading cardiologist based at Southampton's teaching hospitals is the first in the world to develop a unique technique to "slice" 3D images of the heart into intricate sections using computer software. The advanced method, known as multiplane review (MPR) 3D echocardiography, allows the user to identify heart defects much more accurately than on traditional 2D or standard 3D scans and is ...
German couple adopts girl with heart disease in Gujarat Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 12:17PMBy Parish, Rajkot, July 21 : A German couple, Ulrike and Freiburg Michale, has adopted an Indian girl with congenital heart disease in Rajkot.
South African Nurses to Visit Lucile Packard Children's Hospital as Part of a Quality Improvement Project to Reduce ... Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 11:00AMMINNEAPOLIS----On July 26, 2010, three nurses from the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, will arrive at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University to train, exchange and observe medical and clinical practices and to kick off a joint quality improvement project.
Blue Lantern Continues Efforts for Heart Association Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 3:17AMIn April, the Blue Lantern in Elma hosted a “Little Black Dress Party,” joining forces with other local businesses to raise money for the American Heart Association. The association and its work has special meaning for Blue Lantern owners Tom and Donna Pease; their granddaughter Layla was born with a heart condition known as coarctation of the aorta. Skilled heart physicians in Las Vegas saved ...
Style: Company with a heart Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 7:14PMTHIRTEEN years ago in Thailand, Nu Skin started helping children with congenital heart disease. Six years ago, it started the Southeast Asia Children’s Heart Fund and works with its distributors to raise funds to help children in its local markets.
NURSE'S NOTES: Good oral health important to patients with heart disease Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 9:44AMIf you have certain types of heart disease, you may be at riskto develop an infection of the lining of your heart calledendocarditis. The risk of endocarditis is greater if your oralhealth is not good.
New technique to measure ATP from arterioles helps understand hypertension in women Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:52AMResearch at the University of Arkansas took a step toward understanding hypertension in women by using a new technique to examine the release of a neurotransmitter in small blood vessels.
Monitor congestive heart failure closely Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 7:25PMBy Katherine Klingle
Robotic therapies reduce blood vessel trauma during minimally invasive procedures Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:52AMResearch conducted by surgeons from the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center shows that using robotics reduces blood vessel trauma during minimally invasive procedures to repair diseased arteries. Research results were presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery's 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting in Boston.
Despite law, child heads overseas for transplant Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 11:30PMA 7-year-old girl departed for Toronto on Tuesday to receive a heart transplant ahead of Saturday's enactment of the revised Organ Transplant Law enabling organ transplants from brain-dead donors younger than 15.
Baby with heart ailment needs help Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 10:54PMGEORGE TOWN: A child, who is seriously ill, is depending on the generosity of strangers for survival and to lead a normal life again. Eight-month-old Tan Yi Yi suffers from a complex congenital heart disease and needs a corrective surgery which is expected to cost about RM35,000.
Winthrop professor highlights similarities between simple organisms, human heart Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 10:09PMThey're not much to look at - squishy little blobs, five or six inches long and transparent, lying inert at the bottom of an aquarium in a research lab.But for Winthrop University biology professor Heather Evans-Anderson, researching these simple organisms just earned her more than $419,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health .
Could Waiting Two Minutes Improve How Newborns Recover From Heart Surgery? Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:27AMA newly funded study is set to determine whether waiting two minutes to clamp a newborn's umbilical cord after delivery could improve how well he or she recovers from corrective heart surgery. Most physicians typically clamp and cut the umbilical cord immediately following delivery. Some physicians advocate for delaying the clamping of the baby's umbilical cord, thereby increasing the flow of ...
$125,000 grant to study impact of delayed umbilical cord clamping on surgical outcomes Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 4:22AMA newly funded study is set to determine whether waiting two minutes to clamp a newborn's umbilical cord after delivery could improve how well he or she recovers from corrective heart surgery.
Scientists discover gene mutation responsible for CDG Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 1:52AMAn international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has discovered the gene mutation responsible for a condition in which eye and brain development is severely disrupted in affected infants.
The Children's Hospital, UCH to jointly establish new center for advanced maternal fetal medicine Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 1:37AMThe Children's Hospital and the University of Colorado Hospital have finalized an agreement to jointly establish a center for advanced maternal fetal medicine offering state-of-the-art care for high-risk pregnant women and their babies. The two leading academic medical centers have individually provided such services for more than three decades, and by building on already existing adult and ...
Six-month-old undergoes successful heart surgery in Amman Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 1:15AMSix-month-old undergoes successful heart surgery in Amman
TV Junkie: FCC Indecency Rules 'Vague & Chilling' Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 5:24PMThere's a new episode of "Burn Notice" tonight on USA - should be good. Yesterday it was announced that U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York labelled the Federal Communications Commission's indecency rules "unconstitutionally vague and chilling." Between the arbitrary identification of obscenity and the random assessment of fines, from a couple thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands ...
Man Peddling Cross Country For Good Cause Stops In Pittsburgh Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:28AMPedaling across the country to fight childhood heart disease, a Florida man made a stop in Pittsburgh to honor a local child.
Kilimanjaro climbers Make-a-Wish for the summit Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:21AMAs a father to nine-year-old Alicia and two-year-old Addison, Jim Richardson never takes his family’s health for granted.