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At The Heart Of Oklahoma

2013-10-01 19:00:00| OGI

The Cana Woodford takes center stage for central Oklahoma liquids plays, but the SCOOP, Hunton and Caney are vying for the spotlight as well.

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Defibrillators and pacemakers might soon use light instead of electricity to restart your heart

2013-09-26 21:17:58| Extremetech

Closed-chest electric defibrillators can be effective at restoring normal heart rhythm, but they come at a price -- even with fine-tuned pulse shapes and sequences they can still be very painful. Researchers have been looking to scrap these devices altogether by switching to a softer, smarter technology that uses light to activate responsive stem cells engrafted to the heart.

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Take heart: combating climate change can happen at the individual level

2013-09-25 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: I'm running after the bin truck, pre-caffeinated, bleary-eyed and in a barely acceptable state of dress, which is my usual Monday morning ritual. In the panic that follows the familiar noise of my neighbour's bins being emptied (almost always it's the sound of beer bottles), I grab the general waste bin and leave the recycled one. My neighbours, I have noticed, are not the recycling type, and beer bottles mean that I have almost certainly missed the recycled waste collection. The consequence of...

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FDA broadens options for using Edwards heart valve

2013-09-24 03:15:08| Biotech - Topix.net

The agency approved revised labeling for Edwards Lifesciences' Sapien heart valve, which is approved for patients who face major risks from open-heart surgery or who are too sick to have that procedure done.

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