Hearts
New technology preserves donor hearts for transplants | Southcltweekly
CHARLOTTE – Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s heart transplant team is using new technology to keep hearts viable while being transported to a waiting heart transplant recipient. The portable technology, called the TransMedics Organ Care System, expands the amount of time a donated heart can be suitable for transplant, helping make more donated …
Kingdom Hearts IV announced with a more realistic art style
Kingdom Hearts IV is officially in the works. Square Enix announced the upcoming installment during an event in Japan to celebrate the series’ 20th-anniversary. You watch its trailer in the video embedded above. The trailer doesn’t immediately start with Kingdom Hearts IV — it also includes clips from the newly-announced mobile game, Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, …
In Georgia, romance scammers are breaking hearts — and pocketbooks
A military man on an international assignment or a medical doctor on an important overseas mission are just some of the identities scammers have used. But in recent years, it might be someone posing as a regular person stuck at home during a pandemic lockdown. But there are commons threads: the scam artists never meet …
Racism may be breaking Latinos’ hearts
Feeling stigmatized, threatened or discriminated against correlates with structural heart abnormalities in Latinos, according to a preliminary study. Why it matters: Experts increasingly recognize the negative effects of discrimination on physical wellbeing, and the American Medical Association has identified racism as a public health threat. How it works: The study measured the left ventricle and …
The senator who is breaking the Internet (and liberal hearts) has a wild backstory
However, as many Americans noticed, on Friday as the Senate voted on whether to raise the federal minimum wage, one senator decided to make a little spectacle out of her vote. Kyrsten Sinema gave a dramatic thumbs down moments after literally bringing a chocolate cake to the Senate (reportedly as a gift for the Senate …
Psaki: Biden admin ‘committed to fighting our hearts out’ for Tanden, raising minimum wage
The Biden administration remains staunchly supportive of Budget Director pick Neera Tanden as well as working towards raising the federal minimum wage, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Sunday. “We remain committed to fighting our hearts out for Neera Tanden,” Psaki told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace. “We believe she is the right person — she is qualified, …
Washington QB Taylor Heinicke steals hearts of viewers with ‘courageous’ performance in loss to Bucs
Prior to Saturday night, Taylor Heinicke was best known for his exploits at Old Dominion and his ability to celebrate an XFL win. That’s no longer the case. Heinicke gave a valiant effort on Saturday night in a 31-23 wild-card loss to Tampa Bay, completing 26-of-44 passes for 306 yards, one touchdown and one interception, …
See the Photo of Harry Styles & Olivia Wilde That’s Breaking Hearts
Other than the Vogue interview, however, Harry and Olivia have said very little publicly about one another—or their romance for that matter. But the two stars are notoriously private when it comes to their personal lives. In fact, Olivia flies so under the radar, fans didn’t learn that she and Jason Sudeikis had ended their nearly decade-long relationship until …
‘My children’s hearts just break’: Some parents, teachers left scrambling after HCS learning model change
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Some Horry County teachers and parents expressed disappointment in Horry County School district’s decision to transition to full distant learning. For now, full distant learning will be for the first full two weeks of January, starting January 4. The district announced the switch Monday after reporting a rise in coronavirus …
COLUMN: North Carolina is breaking hearts | Health and Fitness
One of the best reviews of a state’s return on investment in Medicaid expansion was done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which reviewed over 1,000 separate studies. They found that in those states that adopted Medicaid expansion, total employment grew 1.3%, more than those states that did not adopt. For example, Colorado experienced 31,074 additional …