STAYING IN TOUCH

If not for the bedside monitor that tracks the condition of her heart device and her health, Marjorie Moncrief would never have left Oakdale to spend the winter with her husband in Arizona. Last fall, Moncrief became the first patient in the nation to receive Guidant Corp.'s new wireless remote monitoring system after having a combination pacemaker-defibrillator implanted. St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/14126260.htm)