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Cruisin' for a bruisin': Roller derby girls can take a hit — and dish it out

Cruisin' for a bruisin': Roller derby girls can take a hit — and dish it out
Jessica Mills, 31, of New Baden, paints on a Batgirl mask for competition. Her skating name is "Batty Oracle." Barbara Gordon, her favorite comic book Batgirl, became the super-hacker Oracle after being shot and paralyzed by the Joker. Jessica's arms …
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Pump gives heart failure patients hope for future
"I get on the treadmill. I ride the bike. I can do all kinds of things that I could not do before my LVAD," Mayberry said. Simeone implanted Mayberry's LVAD, a pump device that takes blood from a patient's bottom left heart chamber and pushes it …
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Hospital buys machine to improve heart screening
Patients exercise on a treadmill to elevate their heart rates and doctors monitor electrical activity for signs that indicate a problem with the heart or its arteries. “The only problem with the EKG, particularly in women, is it's just not very …
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