Tag: heart
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One of the world’s leading heart surgeons interviewed at the age of 87 – Channel 4 News
[ad_1] Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub was one of the world’s leading heart surgeons. At London’s Harefield hospital he created a universally acclaimed heart transplant centre – he performed one of the first heart transplants in Britain and the first heart-lung transplant in Europe. Now 87, a new biography traces his life growing up in Egypt…
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EastEnders spoilers: Heart attack drama for Ian with big consequences | Soaps
[ad_1] He makes a mistake (Picture: BBC) Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) tries to use his past health problems to his advantage in EastEnders soon – but it ends in complete disaster. Shortly after we discovered Cindy (Michelle Collins) was alive and living with Ian and Peter (Thomas Law) in France, Ian had a heart attack…
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Ruling Against Trump Cuts to the Heart of His Identity
[ad_1] Nearly every aspect of Donald J. Trump’s life and career has been under scrutiny from the justice system over the past several years, leaving him under criminal indictment in four jurisdictions and being held to account in a civil case for what a jury found to be sexual abuse that he committed decades ago.…
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How People Are Using Smartwatches for Heart Monitoring
[ad_1] The evolution of smartwatches has ushered in a new era of personalized health monitoring. Many of these devices now come equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG) feature, allowing wearers to independently record their heart’s rhythm. This was the case for Val Chaban, a retired law enforcement officer from Lodi, who noticed that he was frequently…
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Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Heart Into 58-Year-Old Man
[ad_1] Doctors in Maryland successfully transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man, making him the second patient to undergo the experimental surgery. RELATED: Doctors Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney To Human Patient The Doctors Remain Cautiously Hopeful: “We Don’t Want To Predict Anything” According to AP News, the procedure went down at the University of Maryland…
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Genetically Modified Pig’s Heart Is Transplanted Into a Second Patient
[ad_1] Surgeons in Baltimore have transplanted the heart of a genetically altered pig into a man with terminal heart disease who had no other hope for treatment, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced on Friday. It is the second such procedure performed by the surgeons. The first patient, David Bennett, 57, died two months…
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Bean bag rounds fired by officers hit NSW woman in heart and killed her, police say
[ad_1] Key PointsA Newcastle woman shot in the chest with a bean bag round during an attempted arrest died, NSW police confirmed.Police have suspended the use of bean bag rounds.The woman was involved in a nine-hour standoff. A Newcastle woman shot in the chest with a bean bag round during an attempted arrest died after…
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10 ways to deal with a broken heart
[ad_1] Death of a loved one, dissolution of a friendship or end of a romantic relationship, can all feel so heartbreaking, the pain of which is unfathomable. Heartbreak is a universal human experience that can leave us feeling shattered, lost, and overwhelmed by emotional pain. The anguish that accompanies heartbreak is a formidable challenge to…
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Statin May Lower Heart Disease Risk for H.I.V. Patients
[ad_1] Americans with H.I.V. are achieving the once unthinkable: a steady march into older age. But beginning around age 50, many people living with the virus face a host of health problems, from heart disease and diabetes to social isolation and cognitive decline. And so the medical research community, which some three decades ago developed…