Archive for March 11th, 2010
Need help getting a good night’s sleep?
[KARE11, March 11, 2010] More than a quarter of the U.S. population report difficulty sleeping or not getting enough rest. Many of them can be helped with a sleep study to diagnose their problems. KARE11 Sunrise reporter Jeff Olsen visited the Aspen Sleep Center at Bandana Square in St. Paul this morning during National Sleep [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 12:22 pm under Aspen Medical Group, KARE11, TV News, _.
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Are too many angiograms being performed on patients without CAD?
[Cardiovascular Business, Mar. 11, 2010] Slightly more than one-third of patients without known disease, who underwent elective cardiac catheterization, had obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) out of nearly 400,000 patients at 663 sites, based on study findings published March 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, in an interview, Timothy D. Henry, MD, [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 12:18 pm under Cardiovascular Business, Minneapolis Heart Institute.
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More kids surviving blows to chest during baseball, other sports
[St. Paul Pioneer Press, Mar. 11, 2010] It’s parents’ worst nightmare — watching children collapse from ill-timed baseballs or pucks that strike their chests and shut down their hearts. Since this phenomenon was identified 15 years ago, a Minneapolis registry has collected information on 224 U.S. cases — most of which resulted in the deaths [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 9:02 am under Allina System, Minneapolis Heart Institute.
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