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...Russert is survived by Big Russ, whom he immortalized through his writing and broadcasts, and by his wife, writer Maureen Orth. He is also survived by former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, who announced Russert's death on MSNBC this afternoon, his voice cracking, like a father prematurely saying goodbye to a journalistic son. "I think I can invoke personal privilege to say that this news division will not be the same without his strong, clear voice," Brokaw said. "He'll be missed as he was loved, greatly...
...markedly increased risk of heart trouble. As a result, researchers are calling more insistently for doctors to include the diagnosis and treatment of stress in routine care for patients with heart conditions and for those at risk. "It's not enough to give typical medicine," says Dr. Kristina Orth-Gomer, who has been studying stress and cardiology for 25 years and works at Stockholm's Karolinksa Institute. "We have to develop the simple, core questions that identify these patients, and then investigate what treatments or preventative tools we have at hand...
...such studies started to gather critical mass, and researchers have begun calling on clinicians to include the diagnosis and treatment of stress in the routine care for patients with conditions like AIDS and heart disease. "Every layman knows that stress is a cause of heart disease," says Dr. Kristina Orth-Gomer, who has been studying stress and cardiology for 25 years, and now works at Stockholm's Karolinksa Institute. But she feels that physicians have been slow to put that knowledge into practice. "Lately, that is beginning to change. The evidence is more convincing now," she says...
...that was high in psychological demands but low in feelings of control - were not only at higher risk for a second heart attack, but also had a markedly higher risk of death than their less-stressed peers. Studies like this may strengthen the link between stress and disease, says Orth-Gomer, whose editorial accompanies the Canadian study in the October 10 issue of the journal, but, she says, it's only a beginning: "The other argument is, of course, what do you do about...
...help treat the kinds of stress - professional and personal -that put their patients at risk. Right now, it isn't part of standardized practice for cardiologists, for instance, to evaluate their patients' feelings about a taxing job or a difficult marriage. But doctors should be asking these questions, says Orth-Gomer, and it's incumbent upon the medical community to make them part of routine care...