American Heart Month at RMH Highlights Research Advances
Ransom Memorial Hospital joins national observance stressing ongoing medical research in heart disease and stroke. Noting milestones from Goldstein and Teitelbaum on familial hypercholesterolemia to blue babies and pacemakers, the piece urges readers to monitor blood pressure and cholesterol, quit smoking, exercise, and seek dietary advice. New RMH ER physicians John Burnett joins Scott Franksen as director. Burnett began Feb 1 with training and experience in emergency medicine and administration.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
American Heart Association
Joseph Goldstein
Michael Te
Brown
Scott Franksen
John Burnett
RMH
Toronto
Canada
Burnett
Queen’s University
Kingston
Ontario
North York General Hospital
Foundation ends free cancer patient second opinion panels
After ten years the R A Bloch Cancer Foundation suspends its free second opinion panels for new cancer patients in Kansas City. The program, started by Richard Bloch, drew groups of doctors to review records and advise patients, but scheduling four to five doctors proved impossible and patients now seek routine confirmations elsewhere.
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Kansas City, Mo
R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation
Trish Miller
Miller
Richard Bloch
H&r Bloch Inc
Bloch
Bloch*Cancer Foundation
Caroll Denning
Merriam
Hospital executive overdoses during probe into vanished muscle relaxant
Springfield Ohio officials review a 1985 disappearance of 59 vials of a powerful muscle relaxant. Chris Brouchard Community Hospital executive vice president took about 50 trazodone pills and unknown Xanax amount. He is in stable condition after wife found him incoherent.
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Springfield
Ohio
Chris Brouchard
Community Hospital
Clark County
Gene Kelly
Brouchard
Students Jump Rope to Fight Heart Disease at Local School
Students at Central Greist Elementary will join Jump Rope for Heart from 12 30 to 3 p m next Friday, sponsored by Terry Tinich and Central Heights Elementary, to benefit the American Heart Association. The event teaches cardiovascular health and raises funds for research education and programs, with last year’s Kansas Affiliate contributing nearly 950 000 to researchers at Kansas State University University of Kansas University Medical Center and UM Kansas City.
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Central Greist
Terry Tinich
Central Heights
American Heart Association
Kansas
Kansas State University
University of
Families Should Keep Medicines Up to Date at Home
A fragment advises updating medicine cabinet items and organizing first aid supplies. It notes leftover prescription drugs, aging bandages, and nonsterile gauze, suggesting many people overlook routine readiness until an emergency and urging a ready home first aid kit.
Health officials urge up-to-date first aid at home
Pediatric specialist Gary Wasserman from The Children's Mercy Hospital underscores the need for families to keep first-aid kits current and know their contents. The American College of Emergency Physicians lists essential items to handle common home medical emergencies.
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Gary Wasserman
Children’s Mercy Hospital
American College of Emergency Physicians
Young Men Most Likely for Emergency Injury Treatment
A National Center for Health Statistics survey shows males, especially ages 15 to 24, dominate emergency department injuries. Falls and car crashes lead, with 34 million of 90 million ED visits injury related. average treatment cost $271.
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National Center For Health Statistics
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