Park Ridge businesses give back for annual walk against breast cancer and other top stories.

• Park Ridge businesses give back for annual walk against breast cancer

  

  As Park Ridge prepares to host the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk this Saturday, some local businesses are bringing out the pink.At Holt's, 43 S. Prospect Ave., it's The Pink Drink that is being served up throughout the month of October, with $2 from each $8 cocktail going to Making Strides in support of the American Cancer Society. Brad Doyle, managing partner of Holt's, said the drink is made from Nolet gin, fresh muddled raspberries, demerara syrup and soda water."It's got a real..

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• CardioBrief: FDA Reaffirms Safety and Efficacy of Rivaroxaban

  

  Following a year of controversy and uncertainty relating to the anticoagulant drug rivaroxaban (Xarelto, Johnson & Johnson), the FDA has reaffirmed the drug's safety and efficacy. Rivaroxaban is approved for stroke reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation. The indication is based on results of the ROCKET-AF trial, which compared rivaroxaban to warfarin. New questions about the trial emerged last year when it became known that the portable device used to adjust warfarin usage in the trial ..

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• After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators' failed batteries

  

  According to the US Food and Drug Administration, 398,740 of St. Jude Medical's implantable cardioverter defibrillators, known as ICDs, and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators, known as CRT-Ds, are affected with premature battery depletion. The defibrillators were manufactured before May 2015. Both CRT-Ds and ICDs are implanted under the skin, in the patient's upper chest area. The devices have wires called leads that attach to the heart and regulate the rhythm of the muscle. Defibr..

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• Latino Voters Grow in Numbers, but Fewer Certain They Will Turn Out

  

  Latino voters have the potential to swing the presidential election and several Senate races in November, but the group’s turnout remains a big question. A new Pew Research Center poll found that fewer Latino registered voters are “absolutely certain” to...

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• As babies stricken by Zika turn 1, health problems mount

  

  RECIFE, Brazil –  Two weeks shy of his first birthday, doctors began feeding Jose Wesley Campos through a nose tube because swallowing problems had left him dangerously underweight. Learning how to feed is the baby's latest struggle as medical problems mount for him and many other infants born with small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus in Brazil. "It hurts me to see him like this. I didn't want this for him," said Jose's mother, Solange Ferreira, breaking into tears as she cradled..

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• Here's Why Big Cities are Healthier

  

  Big cities win out over smaller communities when it comes to healthy, happy residents, and it's largely because of sidewalks, parks and good public transport, according to a new survey. The top five cities in the report might not immediately shriek "healthy living" to the average Americans, but they score high on important health measures, the report from Gallup and Healthways found. Woman exercising. Shutterstock The cities include: Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Wa..

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