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New York - A new American study shows that obese children have arteries as thick as a man in his mid 40's. Scientists at the Children's Mercy Hospital n in Kansas City have examined the state of the arteries of 70 children aged between 6 and 19 who were mainly an increased risk of cardiovascular problems. Either because they were obese or because they had high cholesterol or a family history of cardiovascular events. With the help of ultrasound, the researchers scanned and measured ... Read More

Washington (CMRT) - According to a new study, headphones can have a negative impact on heart devices. Researchers were led by Dr. William Maisel of Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston. For the study, they tested 60-patients to see how headphones impacted heart devices. They found that these headphones can harm those who have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator. It is best to keep them off the ears of those who have these types of devices in them. This is due to the fact that the ... Read More

Mayo Clinic Replaces Heart For Second Time In 20 Month Old Boy St. Paul, MN- A medical first was performed at the famous Mayo Clinic last week on a 20-month-old infant boy. After the failure of an initial heart transplant that appeared at first to be successful, a second heart was successfully transplanted into the infant boy. Kobe Giesen, of Fargo ND, received a second heart less than a week after getting his first donor heart which failed after being transplanted. Surgeons worked very hard to ... Read More