Heart Drug Works for Bedouin Shepherd, 110
<i> Associated Press</i>
JERUSALEM — A 110-year-old shepherd is believed to be the oldest heart patient in the world to be treated successfully with an anti-clogging drug, a hospital said Wednesday.
It said the man, a Bedouin, has returned to living in a tent near Yerucham in the Negev Desert and tending his goats.
Because of possible side effects, the medication, streptokinase, usually is restricted to people under 75, said Tami Lunenfeld, spokeswoman of Soroka Hospital in the southern town of Beersheba.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
