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After mild heart attack, Salisbury's Berkman says 'rest of my life should be getting back to normal'
Five days after suffering what his doctor called a mild heart attack Sunday, Salisbury coach Jim Berkman has only the tender area on his leg where a catheter was inserted as physical evidence of that procedure.
“I feel all right,” Berkman,...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Salisbury Sea Gulls, Heart Attack
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Salisbury confirms Berkman's hospital stay caused by heart trouble
Salisbury released a statement Monday evening regarding the welfare of coach Jim Berkman. While noting that the NCAA’s all-time winningest coach with 395 career victories is doing well, the school confirmed that Berkman did experience heart problems...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, College Sports, Heart Disease, Heart Problems, Lacrosse
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Stent committee member faces accusations
After Dr. Mark Midei was accused of implanting unnecessary heart stents in hundreds of patients at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, a Maryland Health Care Commission committee began developing safeguards to prevent a repeat situation. But now, one of...Tags: Concerts, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Medical Professionals
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Mark Midei fights for medical license, exoneration
It took 25 years for Dr. Mark Midei to build his reputation and less than two for it to come crashing down.
In the spring of 2009, he was a superstar cardiologist with a seven-figure salary and a staff that adored him. By late April 2011, he was...Tags: X-rays, Concerts, York (York, Pennsylvania), Symptoms, Abbott Laboratories
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Union Memorial Hospital, cardiac lab chief sued over stent
Union Memorial Hospital and the chief of its cardiac catheterization lab have been sued by a woman who claims that she unnecessarily had stents placed in her arteries, and that her recurring chest pains were later diagnosed as stemming from a stomach...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mark G. Midei, Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Litigation
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Team effort saves Baltimore half-marathon runner in cardiac arrest
Like many veteran marathoners, Bob Pohl always had an eye on the clock.
"I used to tell my wife that if I drop in a race to stop my watch because I don't want to go to the hereafter with a bad time," he said. "The joke was funnier before."
The 55-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Heart and Circulatory System, Track and Field, Genetics, Emergency Health Procedures
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Runner who collapsed in half-marathon meets with rescuers
Baltimore Running Festival organizers draped a finisher's medal on Bob Pohl's neck Thursday, nearly four weeks after he collapsed at the finish line of the half marathon and was saved by bystanders and medical personnel.
Just before the end of the 13.1-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Failure, Health and Medical Professionals, Awards and Prizes, Track and Field
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State redistricting panel to host Towson hearing in August
Brian Boston, chef at the Milton Inn in Sparks, and Larry Wilhelm, owner and president of Friendly Farm Restaurant in Upperco, were recognized by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on June 27 for their achievements in Maryland's restaurant...Tags: Lawyers, Morgan State University, Hospitals and Clinics, Regional Authority, Kevin Kamenetz
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Cardiologist's license revoked over accusations of placing unneeded stents
The Maryland Board of Physicians revoked the medical license of Dr. Mark G. Midei on Wednesday, finding that the Towson cardiologist falsified patient records in order to justify unnecessary and expensive cardiac stent procedures.
"Dr. Midei's violations...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Regional Authority, Trials, St. Joseph Medical Center
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New study scrutinizes heart stent procedures
A new study of more than 500,000 cardiac patients who underwent recent cardiac stent or angioplasty procedures in the United States has found that up to 15 percent were either unnecessary or appeared to be of uncertain medical benefit.
However, nearly...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chemicals, Heart Disease, St. Joseph Medical Center, Heart and Circulatory System
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Federal investigators to supervise stent doctors
Federal investigators have ordered St. Joseph Medical Center to conduct annual, random audits of its cardiac care practice to verify that the procedures performed there are necessary, in the wake of allegations that Dr. Mark G. Midei placed heart stents...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Legal Services, St. Joseph Medical Center
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Stents stir growing doubts, legal action
Charles E. Johnson Jr. was a hearty 62 in early 2008. He walked about 20 miles a month, worked out four times a week and played tennis on weekends. But he noticed a tightness in his chest sometimes. So he went to St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson and...Tags: X-rays, Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Heart and Circulatory System
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