The plane was at cruising altitude: far from its departure point of Albuquerque, N.M., but still about 1,000 miles from its destination of Washington, D.C.
A study supported by the Saint Luke’s Hospital Foundation and conducted by a U.S.-Egyptian research team has uncovered the earliest documented case of coronary atherosclerosis – a build-up of plaque in the arteries that supply the heart muscle that can result in heart attack – in a princess who died in her early 40’s and lived between 1580 and 1550 B.C.
Getting around had become nearly unbearable for Clarice McLaughlin. The 75-year-old should’ve been enjoying retirement after years of caring for others as a certified nursing assistant.
Every few weeks or so, a middle-aged woman makes her way to an emergency room to seek treatment for her asthma attacks. Doctors treat her and prescribe medicine for her. She takes her medicine but her condition does not improve.
Debe Gash, vice president and chief information officer for Saint Luke’s Health System, has been named an IDG Computerworld 2011 Premier 100 IT Leader.
For her 35th birthday, Christina Faris gave herself a present that neither her husband nor her friends thought to give. Faris had her first mammogram. The cost of her $20 co-pay may have saved her life.
Plagued by seizures since childhood, Carol Salinas’ life had been a roller coaster. During her teens, Salinas often zoned out, hearing what was happening around her but not seeing. Doctors said she was hypoglycemic but never prescribed medication. Her condition worsened. By age 21, Salinas suffered her first grand mal seizure, blacking out and ending up in the hospital. Still, there was no official diagnosis.
Daniel Patterson had just about had it. For 11 years, the semi-retired cognitive engineer tried various hearing aids, but he struggled to find one that suited him just right.