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    Jun 11, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Artificial heart sustains Reisterstown man to successful heart transplant

    A fist-sized contraption of plastic and metal kept 63-year-old Grant Feusner alive for five weeks earlier this year, pumping blood from his chest to his brain, kidneys and muscles. Doctors had removed most of Feusner's heart, ballooned with disease and too weak to nourish his organs with oxygen and nutrients.
    A fist-sized contraption of plastic and metal kept 63-year-old Grant Feusner alive for five weeks earlier this year, pumping blood from his chest to his brain, kidneys and muscles. Doctors had removed most of Feusner's heart, ballooned with disease and...

    Tags: Heart Failure, Heart Surgery, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Reisterstown

    2. Jun 16, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  2. Cancer battle has a happy ending

    <span style="font-size: small;">MISHAWAKA -- When Jackie Nisley had late-night talks with her father 10</span><span style="font-size: small;"> years ago about someday</span><span style="font-size: small;"> walking her down the aisle, it may have seemed more like a distant dream.</span>
    South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
    MISHAWAKA -- When Jackie Nisley had late-night talks with her father 10 years ago about someday walking her down the aisle, it may have seemed more like a distant dream. Jackie, 16 at the time, was battling cancer and, after a recent staph infection, the...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Weddings, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Ewing's sarcoma

    3. Jun 1, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Nurse accused of sexually assaulting patient, hospital fined

    L.A. NOW
    State regulators have fined six Southern California hospitals for healthcare violations that included an emergency room nurse's sexual assault on a patient at the Chapman Medical Center in Orange....
    4. Jun 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Two men shot after early morning argument on skid row

    L.A. NOW
    Los Angeles police are continuing to investigate a shooting on skid row that sent two homeless men to a hospital early Sunday morning....
    5. Jun 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. CPR training offered throughout L. A. County on Thursday

    L.A. NOW
    L.A.County residents can receive free, hands-only CPR training at 80 locations on Thursday....
    6. May 1, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  6. Scientific study shows Taser shocks can cause heart attacks and death

    A <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/health/research/taser-shot-to-the-chest-can-kill-a-study-warns.html?_r=3">new study</a> has found evidence that getting hit in the chest with a Taser stun gun can lead to cardiac arrest and can potentially result in death.
    A new study has found evidence that getting hit in the chest with a Taser stun gun can lead to cardiac arrest and can potentially result in death. Since 2005, at least 11 people in Connecticut have died after being hit with police Taser weapons. In...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Heart Failure, East Haven, Electronics, Meriden

    7. Apr 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. FDA approves new drug for erectile dysfunction

    Men now have a new option to treat erectile dysfunction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drug Stendra to treat the illness that causes problems in the sex lives of 30 million men. It is the first erectile dysfunction drug in a...

    Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Drug Trafficking, Drugs and Medicines, Cialis (drug)

    8. May 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Kelly Thomas died from chest, facial injuries, coroner says

    L.A. NOW
    A coroner’s pathologist testified that Kelly Thomas, the mentally ill homeless man who was beaten by police last summer, died from chest compression and blunt-force facial injuries....
    9. May 7, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Tobacco companies add $15 million to fight cigarette tax

    PolitiCal
    Tobacco companies are stepping up their efforts to defeat Proposition 29, the June ballot measure that would hike cigarette taxes by $1 per pack. On Friday, the parent companies of Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reported giving......
    10. Apr 3, 2012 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  10. What is Asthma?

    Nine&nbsp;year old Evan Smith was diagnosed as having Asthma at a young age. He is able to manage his Asthma and participate in sports without any trouble. "He can do pretty much anything, he skates, he plays hockey, he hikes, he's very active," says Evan's father Curtis Smith.
    Nine year old Evan Smith was diagnosed as having Asthma at a young age. He is able to manage his Asthma and participate in sports without any trouble. "He can do pretty much anything, he skates, he plays hockey, he hikes, he's very active," says Evan's...

    Tags: Wheezing, Shortness of Breath, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hospitals and Clinics, Lungs and Airways

    11. Apr 4, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Unnecessary medicine: Physician groups list 45 overused tests, procedures

    Should you get a cardiac stress test as part of your annual checkup? A chest X-ray before outpatient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics for chronic sinusitis?
    Should you get a cardiac stress test as part of your annual checkup? A chest X-ray before outpatient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics for chronic sinusitis? In most cases, no. But patients get these commonly used tests and procedures — and many...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Diseases and Illnesses, Behavioral Conditions, Health Insurance Cost, Colleges and Universities

    12. Apr 6, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  12. Campaign seeks to root out unnecessary health care

    Daily American Staff Writer
    Does a person having knee surgery need a pre-operative chest X-ray? Do patients need brain imaging scans after fainting? In both cases, probably not. Still these tests are routinely ordered. Nine leading physician specialty societies have released...

    Tags: Consumers, Politics, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health

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