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Laura

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posted 11/04/2008, comments (5)

Senator Dick Durban's Daughter Passes Away

Senator Dick Durban's eldest daughter, Christine Ann Durbin, passed away on November 1, 2008 at age 40 due to complications from a congenital heart condition. Durban's communications director released a statement saying, ""Chris was a remarkable woman who was deeply committed to her family and deeply loved in return. The Durbin family is... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Larry Weinrauch

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posted 07/23/2008, comments (2)

Jaw Pain Could Be Sign of Serious Heart Condition

Can pain in the jaw or teeth be an indication of a heart attack? How do I tell if a pain in my arm or shoulder is due to a heart condition? These questions are quite common and frequently asked, and not always easily or correctly answered in magazines and journals. In fact, pain caused by an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart can... Read more Chevron

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worlehteh

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5 yrs of palpitations, then thickened LV

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posted 07/09/2008, comments (9)

Dying slowly...

I am dying slowly and desperately need help. I live in a country just coming out of a long civil war and was victimized by effects of that war. I suffered from nearly non-stop heart palpitations for 5 years up to 2005 when I was diagnosed of cardiac dialation (hypertrophic cardiomyophathy???) by an Internist. I was told that the long years of... Read more Chevron

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Annilou

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posted 12/26/2007, comments (2)

A long Journey

My experience with heart disease is a long one. I had Rheumatic fever when I was in second grade. At that time they gave me penicillin and bed rest in a hospital. The damage done to my heart by rheumatic fever involved the mitral valve. In 1956 the best they told me I could hope for was to live to about age thirty, never have children, and ... Read more Chevron

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Wilbert Bates

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posted 10/12/2007, comments (2)

Awarding numerical rating for VA compensation

I am a Vietnam era vet, with agent orange exposure, with Diabetes type 2, Prostate cancer, radiated 2005, 0.0 from radiation hence now 0.3 - 10-11-2007, yet the VA claim decision states that the cancer is not active. Why is the PSA elevated from 0.0 (2005) and now is 0.3 (10-11-2007) Does not this indicate that there is some type of process... Read more Chevron

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