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    Apr 5, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. The gender line

    Say what you will about Mars and Venus, but anatomically, male and female hearts look the same. When healthy, both should be about the size of a fist. Both have three main coronary arteries, the large blood vessels that wrap around the outside of the heart, supplying blood, oxygen and nutrients to keep each one pumping properly.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Say what you will about Mars and Venus, but anatomically, male and female hearts look the same. When healthy, both should be about the size of a fist. Both have three main coronary arteries, the large blood vessels that wrap around the outside of the...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Mayo Clinic

    2. Jun 23, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Tim Russert: the details about what caused his death

    WHEN TV journalist Tim Russert died June 13, it was heartbreaking news for his family, friends and fans. Chief of the Washington bureau of NBC News and longtime moderator of "Meet the Press," Russert was known for asking tough questions. He leaves two more: How could death come so fast to a man who, on-air and off, had always seemed so full of life? And couldn't something have been done to prevent the tragedy?
    Special to The Times
    WHEN TV journalist Tim Russert died June 13, it was heartbreaking news for his family, friends and fans. Chief of the Washington bureau of NBC News and longtime moderator of "Meet the Press," Russert was known for asking tough questions. He leaves two...

    Tags: Police Arrests, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Columbia University, Death

    3. Apr 5, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Never mind the party, listen to your heart

    I shouldn't have had a heart attack 11 days shy of my 55th birthday.
    HealthKey
    I shouldn't have had a heart attack 11 days shy of my 55th birthday. Just one month earlier I'd passed a physical with flying colors. My blood pressure was its usual 110/70. My bad and good cholesterol levels were respectively low and high. I never...

    Tags: Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Symptoms

    4. Apr 5, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Demystifying the cardiac stress test

    Dr. Marc Wallack routinely passed his cardiac exercise stress test with flying colors. He was, after all, a veteran marathon runner with respectable cholesterol and blood pressure numbers.
    Chicago Tribune
    Dr. Marc Wallack routinely passed his cardiac exercise stress test with flying colors. He was, after all, a veteran marathon runner with respectable cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. But as many heart disease patients discover, a treadmill analysis...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses

    5. Mar 17, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. When doctors and patients bargain over health

    Special to The Times
    I'm staring at a brand new pet: my lucky turtle. He's sitting on my desk right next to my computer monitor, smiling at me, cheerful and friendly. He's low maintenance, my turtle -- just a little silver charm, a trinket. He was given to me by the...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Anxiety, Health

    6. Aug 27, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Finding the right words for someone who's ill

    Many of us have been through illnesses that require operations, risky procedures or recurring downtime that can change our lives, even if we fully recover. Any of this makes us face our death.
    Special to The Times
    Many of us have been through illnesses that require operations, risky procedures or recurring downtime that can change our lives, even if we fully recover. Any of this makes us face our death. Our imaginations race toward finality. No matter how elevated...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Illnesses, Death, Diseases and Illnesses, Health

    7. Apr 4, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Unnecessary medicine: Physician groups list 45 overused tests, procedures

    Should you get a cardiac stress test as part of your annual checkup? A chest X-ray before outpatient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics for chronic sinusitis?
    Should you get a cardiac stress test as part of your annual checkup? A chest X-ray before outpatient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics for chronic sinusitis? In most cases, no. But patients get these commonly used tests and procedures — and many...

    Tags: Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Acetaminophen (drug), Medical Specialization

    8. Feb 15, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  8. Heart condition sidelines S.D. Sen. Hundstad

    Sen. Jim Hundstadsaid Wednesday he probably won’t be returning for the remainder of the 2012 legislative session.
    Sen. Jim Hundstadsaid Wednesday he probably won’t be returning for the remainder of the 2012 legislative session.  Hundstad, D-Bath, said he must be in Sioux Falls for a stress test early Friday morning at the Veterans Administration hospital....

    Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Heart and Circulatory System, Human Body

    9. Jan 20, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  9. Pradel undergoes heart procedure; released this morning

    TribLocal - Naperville » News
    Mayor George Pradel was hospitalized Thursday to fix a blockage in a coronary artery, but was already released this morning, according to his daughter. “We’re …...
    10. Dec 2, 2011 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  10. God Squad: More examples of thanks during the holiday season

    Thanks to all my wonderful readers for sending me your lists of what you're thankful for this holiday season. If we think of thankfulness as just some abstract concept, we lose its transforming power in our lives. If we just express gratitude for...

    Tags: Holidays, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Marc Gellman, Human Interest

    11. Jan 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Positive thinking seems to help the heart

    Depression, anxiety, anger and other negative emotions have been linked to heart disease and heart attacks. But what about the flip side — are positive emotions connected to better heart health? Yes, say two reports that addressed this question from different directions.
    Depression, anxiety, anger and other negative emotions have been linked to heart disease and heart attacks. But what about the flip side — are positive emotions connected to better heart health? Yes, say two reports that addressed this question from...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine

    12. Nov 27, 2011 |Story| KFOR

  12. New procedure makes heart surgery history

    OKLAHOMA CITY—While open heart surgery is a scary process, it saves lives across the United States every day. However, not everyone can have it and that may be the difference between life and death.
    KFOR-TV
    OKLAHOMA CITY—While open heart surgery is a scary process, it saves lives across the United States every day. However, not everyone can have it and that may be the difference between life and death. Now, an amazing new procedure is giving a...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Surgery, Chest, Health

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