Nevada folk tale: Keeping Key Pittman on ice

Nevada is full of myths and folk tales.  There are tales from the days of the Comstock Lode when Mark Twain was a reporter in Virgina City to Highway 40 better known as the Lincoln Highway ( USA's first trans continental Highway). Clark Gable's last movie, The...

Paul McCartney has secret heart operation

"Music legend Sir Paul McCartney underwent secret heart surgery last autumn, it was revealed last night. The 65-year-old former Beatle reportedly had a coronary angioplasty - a procedure that opens up arteries and allows a greater flow of blood. A source told British...

Tampa General starts procedure on wrong patient

"TAMPA -- Staff at Tampa General Hospital mistakenly started performing a cardiac catheterization last week on the wrong patient, hospital officials said Wednesday evening.The man was not harmed, and the hospital is conducting an internal investigation. Staff members failed...

AstraZeneca Announces First Patient Enrolled in Head-to-Head Comparison of CR...

"AstraZeneca today announced enrolment of the first patient in the new GRAVITY study (Gauging the lipid effects of RosuvAstatin plus ezetimibe Versus sImvastatin plus ezetimibe TherapY). GRAVITY is a clinical trial examining the impact on LDL-cholesterol ('bad' cholesterol)...

Noise of modern life blamed for thousands of heart deaths

"Thousands of people in Britain and around the world are dying prematurely from heart disease triggered by long-term exposure to excessive noise, according to research by the World Health Organisation. Coronary heart disease caused 101,000 deaths in the UK in 2006, and the...