Zapper Update/Special Edition

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Greetings Zap Friends!

A Zapper Update is not

due for another week or so. But I have gotten so much EMail... from

worried readers... I thought I would send out a brief special edition.

Thankfully, Hurricane

Gordon only filled the yard with pine needles and left the grass much longer

and needing a mowing... otherwise NO MAJOR PROBLEMS as we enjoyed napping

on the back porch to the sound of wind and rain. The ISP from which

we operate our web services also had no problems during the storm.

Please include Collin

Kerridge in your prayers. The British fellow who publishes a newsletter

based on the Zapper format for Europeans suffered a heart attack this week

and is in pretty rough shape. According to his daughter, his

ICD wore out and he is getting an upgrade. So think think positive

thoughts for ZapmasterUK.

Below is a sampling of

the week's other news... get details at http://www.ZapLife.org/zap2.htm

Don't forget... the Zap•Chats

are now happening four times a week... and more and more folks are signing

on for the free AOL Instant Messaging service for impromptu (online anytime)

ICD support groups. Details of both are available online at our main

site: http://www.ZapLife.org/

Stay well...

Duffey

HEADLINES

DIFFERENCES IN CHF CARE

ULTRASOUND GUIDING TRANSVENOUS PACING

NEW PACEMAKER TRACKS HEALTH

MORE AED SUCCESS STORIES

NEW GUIDANT, ST JUDE, VITATRON & BIOTRONIC PACEMAKERS

NASA BIOTECH PARTNERSHIP

WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

THE CAPACITOR MAKING

THE ICD POSSIBLE WAS CREATED FOR USE IN A SPACE GUN

ATRIONIX A-FIB TREATMENT

CHF DRUGS MAY LEAD TO ARRHYTHMIAS

JARVIK 2000 HEART IMPLANT

CARDIAC MONITORING SERVICES

AND THE BIGGIE FROM LAST

WEEK:

HEART'S ELECTRIC 'SWITCH' IDENTIFIED