Study: Heart patients who get the flu are more likely to have a heart attackSeptember 21st, 2009 Study: Flu viruses can spark heart attacksLONDON — Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows. Amid the global outbreak of swine flu, experts say it's crucial that heart patients get vaccinated against both regular flu and swine flu to avoid medical problems.
Toddlers can learn second language at 20 monthsSeptember 9th, 2009 LONDON - Toddlers are able to learn a second language from the age of 20 months, just as they are still learning their own native tongue, says a new study. At that age the tots' minds are developed enough to learn basic language skills but are not sufficiently tuned in to one language ahead of another.
Baby boy with stomach in his chest, hole in heart kept alive with ViagraAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - A baby boy born with multiple complex conditions is being kept alive on Viagra. Three-and-a-half weeks old Owen Bloomfield, born with his stomach in the chest, a hole in his heart and a rare lung disorder, is virtually living on the impotence drug.
British teen who won right to refuse heart transplant changes mind, has operation, media sayJuly 29th, 2009 UK teen who refused transplant has operationLONDON — British media outlets say a teenager who won the legal right to refuse a lifesaving heart transplant has changed her mind and had the operation. Fourteen-year-old Hannah Jones made headlines last year when she successfully fought doctors who went to court to force her into a hospital.
Scientists find new way to fix a broken heartJuly 24th, 2009 LONDON - A new way to mend damage to the heart has been found by scientists. The boffins have devised a method to coax heart muscle cells into re-entering the cell cycle, allowing the differentiated adult cells to divide and regenerate healthy heart tissue after a heart attack, according to studies in mice and rats by Children's Hospital Boston reported in the July 24th issue of the journal Cell.
Railway firm slammed for denying permission to rebuild Malay Indian Congress schoolJuly 13th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu has hit out at the railway firm Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd for denying the party permission to rebuild a 75-year-old Tamil school in Perak.
New test predicts heart disease risk more accuratelyJuly 9th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have come up with a new test that can help predict a person's risk of heart disease more accurately. An independent external validation of QRISK, a new score for predicting a heart disease risk has been found to be more accurate than the existing test.
Paki kid gets a new life in India after being operated for a rare congenital heart disorder July 3rd, 2009 KARACHI - Relations between India and Pakistan soured and the blame game from both sides gained unprecedented heights after the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, but for Syed Saadat Ali and his wife, the heightened tensions between the two neighboring nations did not affect the treatment of their son, Syed Raahim, who was operated in New Delhi for a rare congenital heart disorder in December 2008. Ali and his wife, Nadia came to New Delhi in December, barely one month after the ghastly terror attack on Mumbai, for the treatment of their son, who will soon be celebrating his first birthday.
Meet, the 11-month-old tot who's kept alive by ViagraJuly 1st, 2009 LONDON - Despite being given just a few weeks to live by doctors, a little boy with a serious heart condition has managed to survive, courtesy anti-impotence drug Viagra. Little Alfie Oliver, who needs six doses of the drug every day, is set to celebrate his first birthday in two weeks.
Pensioners' coffee morning banned over safety fearsJune 29th, 2009 LONDON - A group of British pensioners have been barred from enjoying a coffee morning at a public library for health and safety reasons. The seven members of the coffee morning for over 50s have met at Eye Library in Eye, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, every Tuesday for the last four years without incident.
Man saves chopped off ear by stitching it to stomach!June 12th, 2009 LONDON - A man has got one of his ears stitched to his stomach after it was sliced off in an attack in a park. Paul Gibbs, a student from Leeds, was attacked by a group of men while he was camping with friends last year.
Researchers develop artificial tissue that mimics real onesMay 16th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers have developed a unique, highly porous, sponge-like material whose properties mimic those of biological soft tissues. Australian and Korean researchers, led by Goeffrey M.
Doctors praise fighter Jade Goody's strong heartMarch 20th, 2009 LONDON - Jade Goody was staying alive Friday through willpower and what her doctors called her 'strong heart'. Taking a brief break from her bedside vigil at Jade's home in Upshire, Essex, mum Jackiey, 50, told mirror.co.uk Thursday: 'The nurses are doing a fabulous job.'
She added: 'We cry, we laugh, we cry, we laugh.
Miley Cyrus suffering from heart diseaseMarch 11th, 2009 LONDON - 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus is suffering from a heart condition. The pop star-actress has revealed in her autobiography 'Miles to Go' that she has tachycardia, meaning her heart rate exceeds the range of a normal resting heart rate, reports contactmusic.com.
Tissue engineering will speed up oral wound healingFebruary 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A gum tissue or gingival substitute, developed by a Dutch research team, helps accelerate wound healing in oral cavity or mouth. 'Our results represent a large step forward in the area of clinical applications in oral tissue engineering, which until now have lagged behind skin tissue engineering,' said study author Susan Gibbs of the VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam.
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