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Associated Press Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Spencer King demonstrates how doctors can open blocked heart arteries by going through an arm, using a model on March 11 at the American College of Cardiology conference in San Francisco. The original catheter-based treatment, balloon angioplasty, is still used hundreds of thousands of times each year in the U.S. alone. A Japanese company, Terumo Corp., is one of the leaders of a new way to do it that is easier on patients - through a catheter in the arm rather than the groin.
Heart repair advances replace surgeon’s knife
SAN FRANCISCO — Have a heart problem? If it’s fixable, there’s a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels. Heart ...
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Contributed by Murray-Calloway County Hospital Murray Mayor Bill Wells has his blood drawn by Tori Stone, LPN, to test for cholesterol levels, estimated average glucose and blood sugar screening during the Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Day at Murray-Calloway County Hospital on March 16. The hospital sponsored the free screenings and educational sessions to the public to help gauge and reduce the risk level of diabetes. More than 100 community members stopped in to learn about the disease and participate in the free screenings.
Promoting diabetes awareness
Contributed by Murray-Calloway County Hospital Murray Mayor Bill Wells has his blood drawn by Tori Stone, LPN, to test for cholesterol levels, estimated average glucose and blood sugar screening...
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Neurologists: Take the bench with concussions
Concussion research has yet to turn up therapies that can diminish the consequences of a mild traumatic brain injury or shorten the duration of its symptoms, the nation’s leading group of neurologi...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Lindsay Avner is flanked by Mary Kate Fitzgerald, left, and Denise McClanahan at a presentation Avner made to Chicago Bulls employees, March 7, in Chicago. Avner had a preventive double mastectomy at age 23 and has since founded Bright Pink, an organization to help young women facing choices about breast and ovary health.
Double mastectomy offers pre-emptive cancer strike
CHICAGO — At age 23, Lindsay Avner took charge of her genetic fate: she elected to have her healthy breasts removed before cancer could strike first. Six years later, the resident of Chicago’s Nort...
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Benton Elementary receives Project Fit America grant
With a grant from Baptist Health Paducah, Benton Elementary School this fall will launch Project Fit America, a fitness program aimed at reducing childhood obesity. Benton is the sixth area scho...
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This is your teenager’s brain, growing up
Wondering where your teen’s mind is? A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests adolescents may be quite busy adding brain cells during puberty, and it might just ha...
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The cost of care
A new national report suggests 1 in 3 seniors will die from Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia as Alzheimer’s increasingly claims more people despite declines in other major diseases in the past...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Caffeinated beverages and shots are displayed January 21, 2013. Energy drinks, which derive much of their stimulant capacity from caffeine, have shown up in reports of a number of recent deaths, the FDA says.
Caffeine intake: How much is too much?
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Sitting in a booth at the La Palma Chicken Pie Shop in Anaheim, Calif., takes you back to a time long before Starbucks. As you scan the interior to admire the macramé hanging...
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Want a healthy brain? Go vegan, doctor says
If you want to increase your chances of avoiding Alzheimer’s disease, you might want to drop the cheeseburger. That advice comes from Dr. Neal D. Barnard, a clinical researcher and author known ...
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