The Heart & Vascular Center of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff Medical Center and the Shadows Foundation are teaming up to provide free cardiac screenings for firefighters, police and emergency medical services personnel. Experts believe that working in fast-paced, high-stress conditions such as … [Read more...] about Shadows Foundation Working for Emergency Responders
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NAU Grad’s Program Helping Sell Sun, Wind Power
In 2001, the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technologies (NACET) – then known as the Northern Arizona Technology & Business Incubator (NATBI) – was founded to help develop small tech start-ups in the Flagstaff area. That same year, Brad Van Orden began studying mechanical … [Read more...] about NAU Grad’s Program Helping Sell Sun, Wind Power
Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
There are areas in the heart called pacemakers that send electrical signals to the rest of the heart, setting the speed or pace of the heartbeat. These pacemakers speed the heart up during exercise or hard work and slow it down again during rest. If natural pacemakers are injured or fail to do their … [Read more...] about Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
