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Minnesota firm makes black box for the body
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. -- Data recording devices in airplanes, called black boxes, describe what went wrong after a disaster. Now, medical devices are emerging to act like black boxes in the human body, except they're being used to prevent disaster.
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BY EVAN RAMSTAD,
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
12/03/2002 08:33 AM PST)
TURNING POINT: Heart patient got up close and personal with a killer
A decade ago, J.R. Johnson-Wahlberg of St. Paul lost 86 pounds — and kept it off — by practicing a low-fat lifestyle. Then, she quit smoking — a 27-year habit — the day she was diagnosed with peripheral artery disease. It seemed her ticker was in trouble. But her health problems marked the beginning of her work as an advocate for women and heart disease. Johnson-Wahlberg, a computer consultant, is 42.
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BY RHODA FUKUSHIMA,
Pioneer Press,
11/25/2002 07:12 AM PST)
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