Cases: A Heart That Needed Fixing, a Mind That Said No
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A doctor knew that operating would bring about a cure of a patientÂs condition, but he was convinced of both her insanity and her utterly lucid desire to avoid surgery.
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Have heart problems? Hit the gym and start lifting some weights.
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NEW YORK  - Adults who have undergone  surgery during childhood to repair a congenital heart defect  called tetralogy of Fallot have a satisfactory quality of life,  although psychosocial problems and impaired thinking are often  present, according to a report in the medical journal Heart.
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New studies shed some light on these controversial heart treatments, but many questions remain. What patients need to know.
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Infusing patients with bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may one
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Since then, the design has changed, but the goal remains the same -- to take the place of a failing heart, to pump blood through the body, and to keep someone alive.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair underwent a successful heart procedure last week to correct an irregular heartbeat, a procedure British Heart Foundation cardiologist, Professor John Camm described as a simple ...
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NEW ORLEANS - More than five million Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood, starving the body of oxygen and leading to weakness, chest pain and, eventually, death.
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I guess I'm the bad boy of heart attack survivors. Mine played like low comedy from the start. It felt not like shearing pain; I had no revelations of mortality and sense of endtimes and lost opportunities. Actually, it seemed Bill Clinton was sitting on my chest playing the saxophone.
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Medical care was at times so scarce and shabby that it became another kind of abuse. An inside look
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The nationâs most common cardiac malfunction is increasingly being treated with expensive procedures.
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Given medical advances, it&#39;s no wonder that heart disease patients expect doctors to address coronary problems with drugs, medical devices or both.
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'He is stable now. He experienced chest pain due to exertion and high blood pressure but that has now been brought under control through medicines,' a doctor said.q
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Deaths among women due to cardiovascular disease are down, but too many still ignore signs of heart trouble. How to stay vigilant and healthy.
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Work could lead to patch for damaged tissue - MIT engineers are significantly closer to mending broken hearts. In a paper to appear the week of Dec 13 in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National
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Patients with heart disease are being offered a  treatment with a difference - vibrating trousers.
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Our health care system is a frustrating mix of routine miracles and scandalous failures. The miracles abound; Bill Clintonâs recent open-heart surgery was cutting-edge a few decades ago.