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Clinical Trial Studies New Treatment For High-Risk Heart Patients

A clinical trial under way at the East Carolina Heart Institute is testing the benefit of a new medical device designed to help high-risk people suffering from leaky heart valves. Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., director of the Heart Institute and professor of cardiovascular surgery at the Brody School of Medicine ...

GoodToBeAlive.Com Launches National Retail Outlet For Defibrillators Exclusively For Home Users

Good To Be Alive launches its primary retail channel, www.GoodToBeAlive.com and toll-free number 1-888-OWN-1-AED (1-888-696-1233), which is a one-of-a-kind retail outlet – the nation’s first exclusive-for-home seller of defibrillators (automated external defibrillators or AEDs) suitable for personal use. Good To Be Alive offers Personal-AEDs or automated external defibrillators, (sometimes referred to ...

The Facts About Heart Disease

Heart Disease has been the number 1 killer in the US every year since 1900 with the exception of 1918. At least 250,000 Americans die of heart attacks each year before they reach the hospital. Every 34 seconds someone in the US dies from Heart Disease. Heart Disease can be avoided with good nutrition. If you are ...

Nursing Shortfall In The UK, According To Hays, Specialist Recruitment

According to Hays, specialist recruitment, the acute shortage of qualified workers, which continues to plague the nursing sector, is particularly apparent for A&E, critical care (ITU), theatre, intensive care (ICU) and emergency medicine nurses. The magnitude of the shortage has however now also spilt over into other areas of nursing jobs such as ...

Officials From East Carolina University And University Health Systems Of Eastern Carolina Dedicated The East Carolina Heart Institute Today

Officials from East Carolina University and University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina dedicated the East Carolina Heart Institute today. Several hundred invited guests joined leaders from the two organizations to celebrate the facility. The Heart Institute puts ECU and Pitt County Memorial Hospital “at the forefront of progress and the cutting edge of the future,” said Dr. W. Randolph ...

As One Of The Largest Pain Management Facilities In Pinellas County And The Tampa Bay Area For Nearly 25 Years, The Center Continues To Grow By Adding Several New Specialty Medical Treatment Options

As one of Clearwater's first Pain Management clinics nearly 25 years ago, Dr Jayam Krishna-Iyer open the doors to patients with chronic back & neck pain, spine injuries, arthritis and many other debilitating painfull illnesses. Since then, residents from Belleair, Largo, Seminole, Indian Rocks, Redington Beach, Palm Harbor, Safety Harbor, Pinellas Park, St. ...

Kim Richards Admits To Alcoholism

Much speculation encircled Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and previous child-actress Kim Richards this television season. On the show, it was clear Ms. Richards was struggling with issues in her life. Her erratic behavior caused her fellow cast members to accuse her of using crystal meth on screen. Kim Richards, as ...

Retired Brigadier General’s sobriety offers hope for soldiers

Not only did Vietnam immediately and physically affect now-retired Brigadier General Stanley Cherrie, the ghosts of the war have continued to haunt him decades later. After having his right leg, right hand and part of his left heel mangled by stepping on a land mine in Vietnam, General Cherrie began drinking ...

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