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Prince Philip Leaves Hospital

Polly Davis Doig — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:02:00 CST

Britain's Prince Philip left the hospital this morning after a four-night stay for heart surgery that saw him miss Christmas , reports the Mirror . The 90-year-old Duke of Edinburgh waved to media gathered outside Papworth Hospital, and appeared to be in good spirits. Philip was headed by car for the queen's...

Feeling 'Great,' Bill Clinton Gets Back to Work

M. Morris — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:39:00 CST

Less than 24 hours after surgery to insert two stents in a coronary artery, Bill Clinton got back to work today. "I feel great," the former president said after returning to his home in Chappaqua, NY. It's "miraculous what they do with the stents," he added. The 63-year-old Clinton, who...

Bill Clinton Home After Heart Procedure

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:31:45 CST

Former President Bill Clinton is recovering at his suburban New York home today after leaving a Manhattan hospital where he underwent a heart procedure. Three black SUVs with tinted windows pulled through the high gates of his Chappaqua house around 7:45am. Clinton adviser Douglas Band said in a statement...

Bill Clinton Likely Headed Home Tomorrow

Will McCahill — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:47:00 CST

It looks like Bill Clinton will only spend one night in the hospital after undergoing an emergency heart procedure today—and wife Hillary will merely postpone her diplomatic trip to the Middle East by a day. “He’s in good spirits, and we hope to have him go home tomorrow,” says...

How Tim Russert Saved My Life

Jason Farago — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:53:16 CDT

TV producer Michael Bicks considered himself pretty healthy for a 50-something guy. But lying in bed to recover from an unusually exhausting bike ride, his thoughts turned to Tim Russert, who died of a heart attack with no forewarning. Hours later, Bicks was on an operating table for a stent...

Stents Show No Lasting Benefit In Heart Study

Sam Gale Rosen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:17:19 CDT

Stents used to open arteries are no more useful than conventional drug treatment for patients who haven't yet had a heart attack, a new study reveals. In more than 2,000 patients over five years, those who had surgery suffered the same number of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths as...