Nationally, over 3,000 people are waiting for a heart transplant – and a new lease on life. Sadly, only half of those will receive a transplant. Now, pioneering research at Arizona Heart Institute (AHI) is paving...
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Governments in Asia are pumping in big funds to fight off the credit crunch emerging out of global crisis. Governments are also cutting down cash reserve and interest rate to make more liquidity. Hong is cutting its key interest rate by 100 basis points effective Thursday....
This is interesting. I had no idea by brushing your teeth it lowers the chances of you receiving heart diseases. I always thought brushing your teeth is for lowering the chance of you having bad breathitis. So now...
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The Movie is based on the Premise that a Fireman/Policeman has a special relationship with his/her partner while assigned together. Metaphorically speaking of marriage. In marriage, many times the...
"Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit - keeping their blood vessels feeling younger. Advanced heart disease patients have arteries which have effectively aged faster than the rest of their bodies. University of Cambridge...
"ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) today issued the following statement on Barack Obama's misleading new radio ad on stem cell research, which is airing in the Philadelphia suburbs: "The fact is...
Batteries powered by...a virus? It sounds like something out of a comic book, but scientists are working on a mixture of a harmless, genetically engineered virus that will provide cheap, easy to produce power...
New technology out of Stanford gets you to put gloves on instead of taking them off when things heat up. Two biologists, Dennis Grahn and Craig Heller have designed a device called “the glove” that cools...
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For the estimated one in two adult Americans with elevated cholesterol levels, there is good news: eating soy burgers, tofu, and other soyfoods is a tasty way to lower both the total amount of cholesterol in the...
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" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...
Researchers have noted that a woman's menstrual blood is rich with stem cells that would be useful in stem cell research."The blood that uselessly leaks away from a woman’s body every month until she hits menopause is a good source of stem cells, which are still at an early...
Ann and Nancy Wilson of the 70's rock band "Heart" are reportedly up-in-arms over Sarah Palin's use of their hit song Barracuda at the Republican National Convention. ""The Republican campaign did not ask for...
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" Phone Hoax Plays On Heartstrings, OHP Says'Sick' Call Delivers Message About Fatal CrashesPOSTED: 11:13 pm CDT September 4, 2008UPDATED: 10:18 am CDT September 5, 2008OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma highway patrol troopers are arning people about a heartstopping and...
The McCain-Palin camp aren't doing themselves any favours by continuing to appropriate musical works -- as campaign theme songs -- without the songwriters' consent. Nice strategy, guys. Way to infuriate not just one,...
"MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- John J. Connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive John Callahan's bullet-riddled body was discovered in the trunk of his Cadillac at Miami's airport. ...