" Posted by: Thomas Hendrick News Editor August 31, 2009BACKGROUND: One in three American adults has high blood pressure; one third of those with high blood pressure are unaware of it, according to the American...
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The first recipient of a tiny, rechargable spinal-cord stimulator is giving the device the thumbs-up."After suffering a broken femur, a shattered pelvis and a severed spine in an epic parachute fail a few years ago, it seemed that Hammond would be condemned to a life of...
Neal Shine, who loved the Detroit Free Press so much he needed two
retirements to leave, died today of respiratory failure after a recent
illness.
Shine started at the Free Press as a copyboy in 1950 and by 1995...
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"Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's richest man and its former Prime Minister, recently flew to a hospital in Cleveland to have a pacemaker installed. Such journeys are not uncommon for the world's elite jet-setters and...
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"More than 2 million Americans depend on pacemakers or defibrillators to keep their hearts beating right, but those lifesaving implants come with a price: They're not allowed in MRI machines, leaving these patients out of luck if they later need scans to detect cancer, stroke...
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OTTAWA (CP) - Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson was unexpectedly admitted to a Toronto hospital with heart problems Friday and scheduled to undergo surgery. She was to have a pacemaker implanted over the weekend after doctors noticed an abnormality during a routine checkup....
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Pacemaker For High Blood Pressure
