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Traffic reporter who survived helicopter crash sues chopper company
Published July 10, 2009, 1:58 pm, The Palm Beach Post
A former CBS 12 traffic reporter who survived a helicopter crash in November during a morning traffic report is suing the company that owns the chopper, claiming that poor maintenance caused the crash.
New Ronald McDonald House set to open
Published July 10, 2009, 7:08 am, FOX 13 Tampa Bay
A fourth Ronald McDonald House in the Bay Area will open at the end of December in St. Petersburg, offering 14 bedrooms within the new All Children's Hospital's Outpatient Care Center for families with children too sick to leave.
What Is An Aneurysm? What Causes Aneurysm?
Published July 9, 2009, 12:13 pm, Medical News Today
An aneurysm occurs when part of a blood vessel (artery) or cardiac chamber swells, - either the blood vessel is damaged or there is a weakness in the wall of the blood vessel. As blood pressure builds up it balloons out at its weakest point. The swelling can be quite small or very large - when large it tends to extend along the blood vessel.
Operation For Aneurysm Yields Nearly Normal Longevity
Published July 9, 2009, 3:14 am, Medical News Today
Preventive operations are being used more and more often to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. Even though the operation is now being offered to ever older and sicker patients, the long-term survival of those who have had the operation has improved over the last two decades. This is shown in a major Swedish study in which researchers from Uppsala University examined 12,000 patients.
New Desert Symphony director chosen
Published July 9, 2009, 1:19 am, The Desert Sun
Award-winning musician Thomas Hartley will replace the late Edwin “Ben” Benachowski as music director of Desert Symphony, it was announced Wednesday.
What's Happening
Published July 8, 2009, 8:29 pm, Arizona Range News
Free concert at The Spring Friday The SPRING Student Center is pleased to invite you to a free concert featuring "When Death Becomes You" on Friday, July 10 at 7 p.m.
Physician trying to bring sophisticated heart surgery to poor countries
Published July 8, 2009, 2:38 pm, The Wilmington Star-News
By Veronica Gonzalez Veronica.Gonzalez@StarNewsOnline.com When Dr. Howard Marks learned that a 24-year-old woman’s heart was close to bursting because of an aneurysm, he thought he could save her life. After all, Marks, who works at Coastal Thoracic Surgical Associates in Wilmington, has been in private practice here since 1988 and has performed more than 3,000 heart operations here.
Improvement In Long-Term Survival From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Published July 8, 2009, 3:14 am, Medical News Today
Long-term survival for patients undergoing surgical repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms has improved in recent decades, according to a Swedish study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the main artery leading away from the heart (the aorta) that occurs below the kidneys (in the abdomen).
HHCS to host Health Fair and Screening
Published July 7, 2009, 11:43 pm, York News-Times
HENDERSON — A Mini Health Fair will be hosted at Henderson Health Care Services on Saturday, July 11, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon during Henderson Community Days.
Desert Symphony leader Benachowski dies
Published July 7, 2009, 2:33 pm, The Desert Sun
Edwin "Ben" Benachowski, conductor of the desert's only professional symphony for 20 years, died Monday of an apparent aortic aneurysm at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. He was 86.
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