The day in photos, April 5, 2011

photo by: Kansas University Hospital

A research study at Kansas University Hospital has found that yoga can reduce episodes of irregular heartbeat and improve the symptoms of anxiety and depression often associated with atrial fibrillation — a common heart rhythm disorder. The study was presented Saturday at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting in New Orleans.

photo by: AP Photo/Gerry Broome

Miami head coach Frank Haith reacts in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game a in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, March 10, 2011. Haith will take over as coach at Missouri, leaving the Miami basketball program after seven seasons.

photo by: Nick Krug

Lawrence Memorial Hospital cardiologists Dr. Roger Dreiling, left, and Dr. Tapas Ghose, discuss a patient outside their offices at Cardiovascular Specialists of Lawrence on Monday, April 4, 2011. Ghose, who refers to Dreiling as his mentor, is among a small percentage of cardiologists who uses an artery in the arm rather than the leg for heart diagnostic tests and procedures. A study released Monday by the American College of Cardiology confirmed that the method Ghose prefers involved fewer complications.

photo by: Belinda Rehmer/LMH

Dr. Tapas "Joey" Ghose, of Cardiovascular Specialists of Lawrence, shows WellCommons editor Karrey Britt how a wrist band is used to control bleeding after a diagnostic heart test is done through the wrist. The wrist band has an air pump that applies pressure based on need. He demonstrated the technology Friday, April 1, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

photo by: Belinda Rehmer/LMH

Here's a look at the needle difference between doing a heart diagnostic test through the arm versus leg. The larger needle is used when doing the test through the leg.

photo by: Meghan Brozanic

Julian Zugazagoitia, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art's director and CEO, gives opening statements during the press review Friday morning for "Monet's Water Lilies," which opens April 9.

photo by: Nick Krug

Gordon Michels of Midwest Irrigation Systems Inc., left, and Mark Gantz, neighbor, survey the damage done to an irrigation pivot just north of Williamstown Monday, April 4, 2011. Experts are calling the storm, which damaged various properties around the area, a "gustnado."