Cardiac Arrhythmia

Study: Misuse of medication led to $213 billion in avoidable costs

2013-06-19 09:47:00

A study found that if patients and doctors used medicines responsibly, the U.S. healthcare system could save $213 billion annually. Failing to adhere to prescription instructions, misuse of antibiotics and medication errors are some of the reasons for...

FDA investigating long-acting Zyprexa shots after two deaths

2013-06-18 11:06:00

The Food and Drug Administration says it is investigating the unexplained deaths of two patients in the wake of receiving intramuscular injections of the antipsychotic medication Zyprexa (generic name olanzapine). The patients died three to four days...

Alan Trounson, California's Dr. Stem Cell

2013-05-29 00:00:00

In 2004, with President George W. Bush dead set against stem cell research, California just went ahead and did it. Voters made stem cell research a state constitutional right, and endorsed $3 billion in bond sales for 10 years to cement the deal. CIRM,...

Dr. Christian de Duve dies at 95; Nobel-winning scientist

2013-05-07 16:52:00

For the first half of the 20th century, the cell was a mysterious, unfathomable entity. Nutrients went in and hormones, wastes and other products came out. But what happened in between was anybody's guess. Light microscopes could reveal the rough...

FDA approves a drug to reverse anticoagulation

2013-04-29 17:51:00

Ever since the drug warfarin was discovered to be a highly effective anti-clotting agent as well as a good rat poison in the early 1950s, it has been the frontline weapon in preventing stroke among those with atrial fibrillation. But its growing use has...

FDA warns heart patients of risk from a second antibiotic

2013-03-12 14:56:00

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned that the widely prescribed antibiotic azithromycin -- marketed as Zithromax and Zmax -- may cause potentially fatal changes in the heart rhythm of people who are taking medications to treat...

Pro golfer goes from fearing for his life to winner's circle

2013-01-04 00:00:00

Incredible things happened in the world of pro golf in 2012. --Bubba Watson won the Masters with a shot on the second playoff hole that only a magician or a contortionist could pull off. --Brendt Snedeker won $11.13 million in one day by taking the...

Rodney King on cocaine, PCP before drowning, coroner finds

2012-08-23 10:23:48

Rodney King drank, smoked pot before drowning, records show

2012-08-23 11:33:39

Rodney King 'incapacitated' by drugs, alcohol before drowning

2012-08-23 13:52:50

Office workers trained in CPR make life-or-death difference

2012-10-06 16:34:00

On the morning of July 10, attorney Jerald Gale was reading an e-mail in his office on the 20th floor of a Koreatown high-rise. That's the last thing the 58-year-old husband, father and avid cyclist remembers before losing consciousness. Gale's heart...

Calling Dr. Smartphone

2012-10-06 00:00:00

The digital doctor will see you now. Just pull out your smartphone. Want to track your blood pressure? Make checking your pulse as easy as saying "cheese"? Figure out your eyeglasses prescription or diagnose an ear infection? "The smartphone is...

Marcus McCleery suffered from atrial fibrillation and weighed more than 370 pounds before a medical procedure returned his heart rhythm to normal. The life-altering surgery gave him the confidence to reclaim his life and shape up.

2013-01-30 16:39:03

She is 5-5 and 271 pounds. A paralegal, she says she has struggled with her weight for much of her life but having twins pushed her over the edge: "I couldn't fit in the car.

2011-12-28 08:35:01

Dr. Paul J. Pearson is joining NorthShore University HealthSystem as head of cardiac surgery. Pearson, a renowned thoracic and cardiac surgeon, comes to NorthShore from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul.

2011-07-11 22:00:00