Stories from Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Residents living in and around the Mountain Home community can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke. The complete screening package now includes a new Heart Rhythm screening, checking for irregular heartbeat which is a major risk factor for stroke. A stroke, also known as a "brain attack" is ranked as the third leading killer in the world...

A six-year-old Mountain Home child died in the early hours of Monday morning as a result of complications stemming from his choking on a toy part a little over a week ago. Dustin McClure, a first-grade student at West Elementary School, died at about 2 a.m. after his family made the difficult decision to withdraw life support from their son, who had suffered massive brain damage as a result of insufficient oxygen reaching his brain...