For years, those involved in cardiac care viewed the diagnosis and treatment procedures for cardiovascular disease as applicable to both men and women, despite the fact that heart disease kills 200,000 women each year, five times the rate of breast cancer.

By Payne, Jason A Snyder, David C; Olivier, Jacob; Salameh, Jihad R Total abdominal colectomy is required for many colonic diseases. The authors studied the outcomes of this operation and the quality of life based on the decision to perform an ileostomy or an anastomosis.

By Northway, Wally JACKSON - Donna Norris leaned into the speaker and listened as the AirCare helicopter radioed in its status. It was approximately 10 minutes outside of Cleveland in the middle-Delta, carrying one patient southbound for the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC).

By Northway, Wally In the spring of 2002, the Mis

SUNDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind has found that 37 percent of blacks in Jackson, Miss., have metabolic syndrome, a collection of conditions that puts them at a much higher risk for coronary heart disease.