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New Orleans Ranks High In Heart Attack Survival
WGNO NewsNew Orleans tops many lists for its food, music and culture, and now we're learning it's also leading the pack in heart attack survival. “If someone has a heart attack in the City of New Orleans, they have the best chance of survival than anyone in...Tags: Heart Attack, Aaron Miller, Physical Conditions, Emergency Health Procedures, Health
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Store Owners Notified By Sheriff Offices Regarding So-called Synthetic Marijuana
ABC26 NewsSheriff Craig Webre announced members of the Lafourche Parish Drug Task Force in conjunction with the Thibodaux Police Department are in the process of circulating letters to store owners across the parish about popular products they may be selling that...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Economy, Business and Finance, Business, Louisiana, Sales
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A Louisiana Man Just Received His Second Heart Transplant
ABC26 NewsA Louisiana man just received his second heart transplant -- something that rarely ever happens. But there's even more to this story. Matthew Fletcher isn't from New Orleans, but he's been here with his family since the beginning of January. "I just...Tags: Heart Transplants, Hospitals and Clinics, Surgery, Louisiana, Pharmaceuticals
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Vitamin Pills Don't Prevent Heart Disease
A new study says men shouldn't look to Vitamins C and E for help preventing heart disease. It's one of the largest and longest studies of the supplements taken by millions of Americans. Vitamin E even appeared to raise the risk of bleeding...Tags: Clubs and Associations, American Medical Association, Medical Research, Dietary Supplements, Heart Disease
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Docs: Katrina Stress Still Causing Heart Attacks?
Stress following Hurricane Katrina may still be causing heart attacks years after the storm slammed Louisiana, according to a new Tulane University study. Tulane University Hospital and Clinic has seen a threefold increase in the percentage of...Tags: Medical Research, Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Health and Safety at School, Stress
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Itching, File Sharing, Kidney Disease, Preventative Medicine, Fainting
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Teaching about HIV/AIDS in the church
When the Rev. Keron Sadler of the NAACP tried to persuade churches around the country to play a more active role in HIV/AIDS education, she drew some hostile reactions. One pastor said his congregants might think he was gay. Another said AIDS is a curse....Tags: Human Body, AIDS, HIV, Religion and Belief, Judges
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Report: Baptist Hospital Receives Poor Ratings in Some Key Categories
The Winston-Salem JournalN.C. Baptist Hospital performed worse than the national average in four of six categories identified by the federal government as key measures of treatment for Medicare patients who suffered heart attacks, heart failure or pneumonia during a three-year...Tags: Yale University, Entertainment, Duke University, Cardiologists, Medicare
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Aging out of health care?
More than 11 years ago, at age 89, Mary Cipolla, of Roselle, went through surgery for a rare type of pancreatic cancer, a "Hail Mary" procedure that removed parts of her stomach, pancreas, bile duct, gallbladder and small intestine — and saved her...Tags: Conservation, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments, Hip Replacement, Gallbladder
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Push for hospitals to buy new defibrillators criticized
Hospitals around the country have been spending millions of dollars to buy automated defibrillators to save the lives of more patients who go into sudden cardiac arrest. The purchases were spurred by a 2000 recommendation from an American Heart Assn....Tags: American Medical Association, Medical Research, Human Body, Cardiologists, Electronics
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FES BIKE: Functional Electrical Stimulation bikes are more than just a great workout
ReporterIt’s called a FES Bike, which stands for Functional Electrical Stimulation. It looks like most stationary bikes, but the FES bike helps people who’ve experienced a stroke or been diagnosed with disease like Muscular Sclerosis regain...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Stroke, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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