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    Mar 20, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  1. Danville emergency crews prep doctors before patients get to hospital

    Monitoring a person's heartbeat and pulse has been a practice for more than one hundred years.
    WDBJ7 Reporter
    Monitoring a person's heartbeat and pulse has been a practice for more than one hundred years. Danville is taking the process and advancing it to the 21 century. Each of the city's fire engines now have its own portable electrocardiograms. The EKG...

    Tags: Cardiologists, Heart Attack, Mike Jefferson, Fires

    2. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  2. The Test That Saved One Salem Man's Life

    One Salem man feels lucky to be alive.  If it weren't for a test he had done at LewisGale Medical Center he might not be. 
    WDBJ-TV Anchor/Reporter
    One Salem man feels lucky to be alive.  If it weren't for a test he had done at LewisGale Medical Center he might not be.  Jerry Brinkley is a husband, father and a grandfather who loves collecting, sitting on the front porch and talking walks with his...

    Tags: Cardiologists, Salem (New London, Connecticut), Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Attack, Hospitals and Clinics

    3. Oct 27, 2011 |Story| WDBJ7

  3. Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax to be bought by Duke

    New ownership is in the works for a Galax hospital.
    New ownership is in the works for a Galax hospital. Duke Lifepoint Healthcare could soon own and operate Twin County Regional Healthcare (TCRH), in Galax. The TCRH Board of Directors signed a partnership agreement with Duke, giving Duke Lifepoint an 80%...

    Tags: Corporate Officers, Employees, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Conservation, Environmental Issues

    4. May 17, 2011 |Story| WDBJ7

  4. Healing the Heart through the Wrist

    <span style="font-size: small;">It's a medical procedure that's done a lot, sometimes five or six times a day at Lewis Gale Medical Center.&nbsp; It's where a doctor places a tube into a patient's blood vessels to look at what's going on in a person's heart and vessels.&nbsp; It's also used to put stents into a patient to open up blocked vessels.</span>
    WDBJ-TV Anchor/Reporter
    It's a medical procedure that's done a lot, sometimes five or six times a day at Lewis Gale Medical Center.  It's where a doctor places a tube into a patient's blood vessels to look at what's going on in a person's heart and vessels.  It's also used to...

    Tags: Cardiologists, Heart Disease, Health and Medical Professionals, Surgery, Hemorrhaging

    5. May 13, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  5. New names announced for hospitals in Berkeley, Jefferson counties

    What were, until Monday, City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Charles Town, W.Va., are now Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center, both under the umbrella of University Healthcare.
    richardb@herald-mail.com
    What were, until Monday, City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Charles Town, W.Va., are now Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center, both under the umbrella of University Healthcare. The new names were announced...

    Tags: West Virginia University, Corporate Officers, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture

    6. May 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Pulmonary hypertension often misdiagnosed, research finds

    Whitney Gaspar has long known that she didn't have much endurance.
    Whitney Gaspar has long known that she didn't have much endurance. When she was in secondary school, Gaspar said she ran a "slow mile" in gym class of 14 to 15 minutes and "avoided stuff (that required) a lot of endurance." Then in December 1999,...

    Tags: Cardiologists, Asthma, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities

    7. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. State report outlines Kwiatkowski's time in Maryland

    Supervisors at a Maryland hospital weren't surprised when drugs were missing from a treatment room where contract radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was assigned.
    Supervisors at a Maryland hospital weren't surprised when drugs were missing from a treatment room where contract radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was assigned. A manager had spotted him going through needle-disposal containers and he was among...

    Tags: Collective Contract, General Practitioners, Trials, Maryland General Hospital, Health and Safety at Work

    8. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| AM News

  8. Hospice Cares: Heart disease presents itself in unusual ways with women

    February is the month devoted to matters of the heart, so it&rsquo;s a great time to consider the health of this vital organ. Heart disease once was mostly associated with men, but today it is the No. 1 killer of women, accounting for half a million deaths a year. Like most illnesses, we never think it&rsquo;s going to happen to us.
    Contributing writer
    February is the month devoted to matters of the heart, so it’s a great time to consider the health of this vital organ. Heart disease once was mostly associated with men, but today it is the No. 1 killer of women, accounting for half a million...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, High Blood Pressure, Shortness of Breath, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Heart Failure

    9. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  9. Hospital employees work to improve cardiac care for local patients

    Ron Petrunak remembers the wonder he experienced the first time he watched a heart catheterization in 1984.
    Ron Petrunak remembers the wonder he experienced the first time he watched a heart catheterization in 1984. He said he still feels that “wow factor” as he watches the doctors and staff at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center moving forward in...

    Tags: Electrophysiology, Heart Attack, Hospitals and Clinics, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, General Practitioners

    10. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  10. Hospital auxiliary donates $50,000 to Time Saves Lives

    West Virginia University Hospitals-East City Hospital officials announced Nov. 30 a $50,000 donation by the City Hospital Auxiliary in support of the $3 million Time Saves Lives capital campaign.
    West Virginia University Hospitals-East City Hospital officials announced Nov. 30 a $50,000 donation by the City Hospital Auxiliary in support of the $3 million Time Saves Lives capital campaign. In mid-November, WVUH-East officials launched the pubic...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest

    11. Sep 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Lawmakers allow two hospitals to expand cardiac procedures

    PolitiCal
    Two prominent California hospitals will be allowed to perform some cardiac procedures in outpatient buildings thanks to legislation approved on Friday. The bill involves cardiac catheterization, in which a small tube is inserted into an artery or vein and...
    12. Jul 20, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  12. Hepatitis C danger for Hays patients

    The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and HaysMed in Hays are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010, to September 22, 2010, of potential exposure to hepatitis C.
    KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
    The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and HaysMed in Hays are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010, to September 22, 2010, of potential exposure to hepatitis C. The U.S. Attorney for the...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hepatitis C , Hepatitis

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