History of heart disease


LONDON (Oct 22, 08): Doctors too often view erectile dysfunction as a “lifestyle” issue rather than as a serious problem that provides an early warning of a heart attack, a British expert said on Wednesday.

Heart Day on the Square (VIDEO) (The Frisco Enterprise)
A benefit festival at Frisco Square was held this weekend to help raise money to help children with heart problems.

Stem Cells From Fat Create Beating Heart Cells (Slashdot)
Amenacier writes “Melbourne scientists recently discovered that stem cells isolated from human fat could be made to turn into beating heart muscle cells when cultured with rat heart cells. This discovery may lead to the use of fat stem cells in repairing cardiac damage, or fixing such cardiac problems as holes in the heart. It is proposed that culturing the stem cells with rat heart cells allows …

Ex-patient sues Saint Agnes, surgeon after heart surgery (The Fresno Bee)
A former patient at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno is suing the hospital and his surgeon for an infection he claims he contracted there last year after heart surgery. Read comments

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