Heart Failure Device
“Back in 94 I was laying down Christmas Eve and my heart started racing and when I got here my heart rate was 250 beats.” Ronald McClarin has a dangerous heart rhythm--which is why doctors put into him an ICD--an implantable cardioverter. It keeps his heart beating regularly…and shocks it when the rhythm has gone arhy.
But pacemakers and ICDs do fail from time to time.
There are more and more pacemakers and so called ICD’s—implantable cardioverter-defibillators used each year.
Still there is not a lot known about their reliability and how often they malfunction--something that could cause a very serious problem.
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CALLING 911 AND HEART ATTACKS
Being a grandparent is one of life’s great gifts. As a grandmother of 5 grandchildren, 52 year old Nancy Ruggles is intimately familiar with the joy. But, for Nancy, the day she had her heart attack, she feared she’d never see her grandchildren again. “I felt like my heart was coming out of my chest. I’m just lying on the bathroom floor going, I’m weak, I think I’m just dying.”
Nancy’s daughter immediately called 911. EMT, Robert Deschense, was the first responder on the scene. “I observed that Nancy was red in the face and she appeared to not have been breathing really well and I knew at that point that time was of the essence, it could be a possible heart attack. I went to my medical bag and administered her a St. Joseph’s regimen aspirin,” explains Deschense
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HEART FAILURE DRUG
HEART FAILURE DRUG
James Appello is 64 and says his heart failure had all but taken away his life. “Before I had the treatment I couldn’t walk across the room without gasping heavily for breathe and holding on to an item of furniture to support myself.”
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Heart Failure Device
HEART CAT SCANS
Fast heart CAT scans have been a screening test in limbo. The exact role and place for this exam, which is becoming more widely available, hasn’t been well defined, until now.
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HOME BLOOD THINNER TEST SPECIAL REPORT
If you’re on a blood-thinner, it’s likely you’re in and out labs a lot. Now, a new Coumadin patient self testing system can help you save you a lot of time while allowing you to remain on track toward good health.
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AHA: PLAQUE REMOVER, VITAMIN E DEATH RISK
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HEART STUDIES-- PLAVIX AND OLDER WOMEN
There are important new studies concerning heart disease and protecting against death associated with heart attack.
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LAUGHTER AND HEART HEALTH
Forget an apple a day. There’s new research that examines the health benefits of laughter, and shows that a good old guffaw can be terrific for your cardiovascular health.
We all know it makes us feel better, but now scientists have looked closely at the health benefits of laughter, and found that a hearty jiggle of the belly can be very beneficial for your heart.
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VISUALLY IMPAIRED FIND MEDICINE LABELS TOO SMALL TO READ
74 year old Teresa Olender struggles to keep track of all of her medications.
“One is for the heart, one is for blood pressure, one is a water pill and the other one is for cholesterol,” says Teresa. Teresa’s problem is that she has poor eyesight, making it hard for her to the read the labels on her medicines.
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AHA: PLAQUE REMOVER, VITAMIN E DEATH RISK
In data presented at this year’s American Heart Association annual meeting, scientists from the biotech company lipid sciences announced they are able to reverse the build up of fatty cholesterol plaque in heart arteries.
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STATIN STUDY
For the millions of Americans undergoing angioplasty, the procedure that props open clogged heart arteries, there is new research which shows that a simple medication i.e. statins, can lower one’s risk of having a heart attack during the procedure.
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