heart News
 New York Times (blog) | Calcium supplements and heart attack: Implications for a nutrient hungry nation Fox News A recent study out of the University of Zurich Wednesday reported the controversial findings that taking calcium supplements is linked with double the risk of heart attack. After studying over 24000 men and women, researchers found that those who took ... Calcium supplements may raise heart attack risk Taking Calcium May Pose Heart Risks Calcium Supplements a Heart Risk |
 CBS News | 'Skin Cells From Heart Failure Patients Made Into Healthy New Heart Muscle Cells' Medical News Today For the first time in medical science, Israeli scientists have successfully turned skin cells from heart failure patients into healthy new heart muscle cells. This achievement is significant, as it opens up the prospect of treating heart failure ... Stem cell treatment for heart failure takes small step forward Skin cells transformed into beating heart tissue, fueling heart failure ... Scientists convert skin cells into full functioning heart cells |
 PolicyMic | Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk: study Reuters "People with good metabolic health are not at risk of future heart disease -- even if they are obese," Hamer told Reuters Health. On the flip side, the non-obese in poor metabolic shape face as much risk as the unhealthy obese, the researchers ... Obesity Does Not Lead to Heart Disease: New Study |
GSA official at heart of conference scandal leaves agency Fox News The General Services Administration official at the center of the Las Vegas convention scandal has left the agency. Jeff Neely, who played a big role in organizing the costly and controversial 2010 gala for western region GSA employees, had previously ... |
 msnbc.com | doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart msnbc.com An Italian heart surgeon holds a tiny titanium pump, the world's smallest artificial heart, which was implanted in a baby, at the Bambino Gesu' Hospital in Rome May 24, 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi By Antonio Denti Italian doctors have saved the ... 16-month-old becomes recipient of world's smallest artificial heart in Italy Doctors save life of toddler after they implant him with the world's smallest ... Tiny artificial heart saves baby |
 Christian Science Monitor | Message from Google chief: Have a heart ? turn off this screen Christian Science Monitor Google chief Eric Schmidt suggests young people drop their screen time for some real conversation, heart to heart. Being better connected digitally isn't the best way to develop social skills. By the Monitor's Editorial Board / May 24, ... |
'Moonrise Kingdom': Quirk, And An Earnest Heart NPR by Ian Buckwalter Cousin Ben (Jason Schwartzman) leads Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) down a dock in Moonrise Kingdom. The film, set in 1965, follows Sam and Suzy when they elope together into the wilderness of the fictitious New Penzance ... |
Heart of Illinois Senior Games open with arts awards, big dinner Peoria Journal Star By JUSTIN GLAWE A few hundred seniors gathered at the RiverPlex Recreation and Wellness Center on Thursday night at the kickoff for the Heart of Illinois Senior Games. With the RiverPlex Arena converted into a giant mess hall, the event was more social ... |
New mom wakes up with a new heart CNN Her heart, she told him, felt like it was in a vise grip. Hill described the sensation -- which had come and gone for weeks after she had a baby girl -- like being "punched in the chest." Yet none of the tests performed on her heart indicated a problem ... |
Eugene middle school students glimpse the world of open heart surgery The Register-Guard By Colton Totland Dr. John Armitage (top left) invites students from Cascade Middle School to drink Kool-Aid pumping out of a heart/lung machine at the conclusion of a tour of the Cadiovascular Operating Room at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. |