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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Medical device maker CVRx has won FDA and European approval for a large trial to test its implantable Barostim neo device's ability to treat dangerously high blood pressure and heart failure. CVRx first generation (pictured) and second generation lead for their Barostim neo device.
Blood pressure treatment fools brain
While dozens of medical device makers are racing to treat medication-resistant hypertension by burning nerves inside arteries in the kidneys, Minneapolis firm CVRx is coming at the problem from a d...
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Murray-Calloway unveils donor wall
Contributed by Murray-Calloway County Hospital Keith Travis (left), vice president for institutional development, and Jerry Penner, Murray-Calloway County Hospital CEO, formally unveil the Murra...
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Wounded vets lobby for fertility treatment
LOS ANGELES — Army Staff Sgt. Matt Kiel was shot while on patrol in Iraq just six weeks after his wedding. Doctors said he would be on a ventilator for the rest of his life and would never again mo...
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Associated Press Displaced people gather around the coffin containing the body of Rebecca Yalala, who died the day before of complications from diabetes and malaria, as they prepare to bury her in a grove of banana trees near a camp for displaced people Nov. 18, 2008, in Bulengo, near Goma, eastern Congo.
Malaria progress falters; WHO questioned
LONDON — The fight against malaria is slowing down amid a dramatic drop in efforts to reverse the epidemic, even as health officials insist they will try to meet their idealistic target of virtuall...
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Alzheimer’s, dementia make holidays difficult
For many families, the holidays are marked with joyous holiday traditions and memories. But when a family member struggles as a result of Alzheimer’s or dementia, the holidays can be a trying time ...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Chart showing number of cases of whooping cough in the U.S., 1922-2012, and includes when inmunizations were developed; cases of whooping cough in United States highest since 1959.
Cases of whooping cough in US highest in decades
PHILADELPHIA — Pertussis is at its highest level nationally in a half-century. But cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, often decline in late fall into early winter. With 16 deat...
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Lourdes Associates support foundation
Nearly 500 Lourdes associates pledged record-breaking support to Lourdes Foundation’s annual employee giving drive to benefit patients, co-workers, programs and patient care projects at the hospita...
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Local blood donors can win gift card
Holiday shopping can be stressful, but picking out the perfect gift doesn’t have to be that hard. The American Red Cross requests donors to give the gift of life this December during the Give Somet...
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Asperger’s dropped from manual
CHICAGO — The now familiar term “Asperger’s disorder” is being dropped. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be given a scientific-sounding diagnosis called DMDD. But “dyslexia” and...
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Sun files Tracy Stewart (left) receives a flu shot from Terri Walters, R.N., during Western Baptist Hospital's annual free flu shot clinic in Doctors Office Building 2 in November. Though January and February are traditionally peak flu season, reports of flu throughout the region have started to intensify.
Reports of regional flu increasing
Regional reporting of positive flu cases across the state signal an early start to flu season, as health officials warn residents to prepare for winter’s virulent side. While the traditional flu...
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