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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Paul Corby, an autistic adult, was denied a heart transplant. His mother, Karen, is using an online petition to gather support in a bid to convince a hospital to reconsider.
Should autism block a heart transplant?
PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-three-year-old Paul Corby has a bad heart and a flawed mind. The question before doctors now is whether his autism is severe enough to make him a bad candidate for a heart ...
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Associated Press Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Republican vice presidential candidate, pauses on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul Ryan's fastidious commitment to fitness and healthy living can be traced to 1986. That's when he found his father dead of a heart attack in the family's Wisconsin home, becoming the latest in a long line of men in the family to die prematurely. Today, Ryan is 42. He boasts of body fat between just 6 and 8 percent. He holds early-morning workouts in the House gym for colleagues. And he favors a high-intensity workout called P90X. The youthful Ryan's intensity -- and the story behind it -- has been in the spotlight since Romney announced his running-mate selection.
Vice presidential candidate’s family example of early heart death risk
MILWAUKEE — Paul Ryan works out and watches his diet, but a new study shows that clean living can only go so far to help people like the vice presidential candidate overcome a strong family history...
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Metronome aids coordination, concentration
Can you clap your way to better health? Therapists at Hampton Physical Therapy in Paducah say it’s possible. The occupational and physical therapy center has recently started using the Interacti...
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Gluten-free products fly off shelves
Associated Press Gluten-free products are flying off grocery shelves as cases of the once rare celiac disease increase, but some estimate that more than half of consumers buying the products don...
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Associated Press A new public service from AARP and the Ad Council illustrates the frustration that family members can feel as they struggle to care for aging loved ones while holding down jobs, raising children and taking care of their own health. The campaign seeks to point them toward resources that may ease the strain.
Ad campaign portrays caregivers’ call for help
WASHINGTON — A woman grips her car's steering wheel and silently lets out a scream as her frail father, on oxygen, coughs beside her and her kids play around in the back seat. The frustration port...
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Study associates blood type with risk of heart disease
LOS ANGELES — Potentially good news for the 45 percent of Americans who have Type O blood: Researchers said Tuesday that those people appear to have a slightly lower risk of developing heart diseas...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Western Baptist Hospital RN Beth Taylor answers calls at the hospital's call center. The nurses take health-related calls 24/7 to advise people whether they should go to the ER, see their doctor or if they can be treated at home.
Heart attack survivor lauds life-saving phone call
It was exactly five years ago this month that faint chest and neck pains prompted a swift rush to the emergency room for Dennis Rittenberry in the back of an ambulance. A 30-year veteran firefig...
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The Pulse
Dr. Brady Harris, a future general surgeon at West Kentucky Surgical at Murray-Calloway County Hospital, received the J. David Richardson M.D. Award and Trauma Institute Award for Excellence by the...
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Associated Press Bertha Domimguez prepares gluten-free dough in July at Pure Knead bakery sandwich bread in Decatur, Ga. Scientists suggest that there may be more celiac disease today because people eat more processed wheat products than in decades past, which use types of wheat that have a higher gluten content. Or it could be due to changes made to wheat, said the Mayo Clinic's Dr. Joseph Murray. In the 1950s, scientists began cross-breeding wheat to make hardier, shorter and better-growing plants. It was the basis of a so-called "Green Revolution" that boosted wheat harvests worldwide.
Is your problem gluten? Or faddish eating?
ATLANTA — It sounds like an unfolding epidemic: A decade ago, virtually no one in the U.S. seemed to have a problem eating gluten in bread and other foods. Now, millions do. Gluten-free products...
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Murray-Calloway cancer program receives three-year accreditation
The Murray-Calloway County Hospital Regional Cancer Center received a three-year Accreditation with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The cancer pro...
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