On the TV show Inside Edition today, there was a segment on a news
anchor-woman, who recently had robot heart surgery in Atlanta.
She has Graves Disease, & needed a major, crack-open-the-chest-type
heart surgery, .... but she learned about & was able to get this newer

Dear Medical Experts: Could someone please explain what this baby in
this video-footage has, suffers from or is ?
I can not figure it out and I'm really curious.
Thank You

These are actual writings from hospital charts.
1.The patient refused autopsy.
2.The patient has no previous history of suicides.
3.Note:patient here recovering from forehead cut. Patient  became very angry

CRP Confirmed as Independent Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease Death in
Patients With Diabetes
Medscape Cardiology 2006. © 2006 Medscape
". . . [diabetic] patients with hs-CRP levels > 3/0 mg/L had a 1.6-fold higher

http://www.medscape.com/pages/features/hospitalcompare/hospitalcompare
Bill

patient age = late 40's
patient has daily ahrythmias less than 1 minutes duration several times per
day including episodes of ectopics. Usually leads to shortness of breath.
Will daily exercise bring about worsening of condition/ageing of the heart

Statins May Have Anti-Arrhythmic Properties
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 08 - A study involving patients with implantable
cardioverter-defibrillators suggests that the use of statins may reduce the
frequency of cardiac death or tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation,

I think I've been making a mistake buying my generic
Zestril...... Lisinopril
I always let my company health insurance pay for it and
it costs $20 thru them

I request your second opinion on the the data on the post operative
condition of my son. In particular the long term prospects.  Our cardio
thinks there is a chance he might need a pulmonary valve before his 5th
birthday.

Hi, I'm scooterman, and I have a small hole in one of my arteries, and
I get angina quite a bit.
I am on the Nitro patch and Nitro spray. I was taken to the hospital
four times in a month and a half.

"Taking Plavix With Aspirin Proves Risky", Houston Chronicle, March 12,
2006,
Link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/health/3718610.html
People taking the blood thinner Plavix on top of aspirin to try to

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday that new data showed two
years treatment with its anti-cholesterol drug Crestor reversed plaque
build-up in the arteries of patients with evidence of coronary artery
disease.

I have had numerous admissions to Accident and Emergency with severe chest
pain/shortness of breath and when this occurs my B.P. increases
substantially, right sided systolic exceeds left sided systolic by up to
20..Prior to these episodes I develope severe headaches and ...

Delurking for a question.
I've been taking 90 mg phenobarbital daily as an anti-seizure
preventative since the removal of a brain tumor 6 years ago.  My doctor
finally said that I could quit taking it and I did and I now feel a lot

Read the full article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/national/04drug.html
Excerpts below:
March 4, 2006