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Girl home after life-saving operation
02 Feb 2012
…14 hours of surgery in October to remove an aggressive tumor and to undergo a transplant of her stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver, small bowel and esophagus. Hospital officials say it was the first known esophageal transplant in the world and the largest… ...
Scientists: Sugar Should Be Regulated
02 Feb 2012
…but also is critically altering people's hormones, metabolism and blood pressure and causing "significant damage to the liver." In an article entitled "The Toxic Truth About Sugar," published in the journal Nature, the scientists said that sugar… ...
Babies With 3 Parents Possible
20 Jan 2012
…mother to prevent her child inheriting her faulty genes, which can cause incurable and potentially fatal conditions such as liver, kidney, brain, muscle and heart disease. "Every year, we see hundreds of patients whose lives are seriously affected… ...
Docs: Be careful when it comes…
13 Jan 2012
…WebMD that the science behind the detox theory is deeply flawed, as the body already has multiple systems in place –like the liver, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract, for example -- that do a perfectly good job of eliminating toxins from the body within… ...
CDC Reports Higher Binge Drinking Rates
10 Jan 2012
…to the CDC, binge drinkers are at a higher risk for many health and social problems, including car accidents, violence, liver disease, certain cancers, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies. Overconsumption of alcohol… ...
Feds Eye Face-Transplant Regulation
05 Jan 2012
…cancer and other problems. The risk wasn't considered worth the benefit for operations that are not life-saving as heart or liver transplants are. But the objections have softened as face transplants have been so successful and greatly improved quality… ...
01 Jan 2012
…your family for positive news and a great way to begin 2012!" wrote Brenda Tomtan. Many people are not aware that kidney and liver donations can now come from living donors. In 2010, 16,800 kidney transplants were performed in the United States, of which… ...
State denies benefits for cop's widow
27 Dec 2011
…a viral disease spread through blood. Shaw became so sick, he needed a liver transplant. He lost his battle with the disease in 1998 after his body rejected the new liver. Shaw's doctor from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center believed he… ...
Gene Therapy Used To Treat Hemophilia B
10 Dec 2011
…researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and University College London in the UK used a virus that targets liver cells as the delivery vehicle for the Factor IX gene. Patients receive the gene therapy in a 20-minute IV infusion into a… ...
Report: Ali Hospitalized After Fall
02 Dec 2011
…legendary former foe Joe Frazier in Philadelphia. Frazier died Nov. 7 at the age of 67, within weeks of being diagnosed with liver cancer. Read more: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/12/muhammad-ali-hospitalized-unconscious… ...
Robin Gibb Reportedly Has Liver Cancer
20 Nov 2011
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is battling liver cancer, according to reports Sunday. ...
Scientists Make Albumin From Rice
31 Oct 2011
Scientists at a Chinese university said Monday they can use rice to make albumin, a protein found in human blood that is often used for treating burns, traumatic shock and liver disease. ...
Snake Blood Could Promote Healthy Heart
27 Oct 2011
…and in the heart muscle cell size -- without any negative effects like an increase in heart fibrosis or alterations in the liver or in the skeletal muscles. "We found that a combination of fatty acids can induce beneficial heart growth in living organisms… ...
Study: FDA Allowed Contamination
12 Oct 2011
…chemicals found in oil, industrial pollution and urban runoff that can cause cancer, birth defects, neurological delays and liver damage. "Our findings add to a long list of evidence that FDA is overlooking the risks from chemical contaminants in food… ...
07 Oct 2011
…after Jobs passed away after battling an undisclosed illness. He previously underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant. There is no public memorial planned for Jobs' death, said an Apple spokesman. In a letter to Apple's employees… ...
Pancreatic Cancer Cases Declining
06 Oct 2011
…having lost a lot of weight, Jobs had a liver transplant. Experts said it was likely because his cancer had returned or spread. A liver transplant sometimes can cure the type…
…heart. You can live with just part of a liver or a colon, or only one kidney or lung…
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Jobs' Disease Ran Predictable Course
06 Oct 2011
…remarkable about the progress of the rare, relatively slow-moving form of pancreatic cancer that afflicted Apple Inc.'s co-founder Steve Jobs for at least the past seven years, except that he had a liver transplant as part of his treatment. ...
Accused Katrina Gunman Unfit for Trial
21 Sep 2011
…he shouldn't stand trial until he has a liver transplant. Other doctors who have been…
…concluded he currently isn't a candidate for a liver transplant. "The natural history of Mr. Bourgeois' liver disease is unpredictable and it is not possible…
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Dick Cheney Praises Medical Innovation
09 Jul 2011
…Three days before the operation was scheduled, he told The Journal that "all my systems are starting to crash -- kidneys, liver, everything, blood flow just wasn't adequate to keep everything going." He recalled a hurried consultation in his hospital… ...
Chinese Dissident Hu Jia Freed
26 Jun 2011
…plain-clothed security officials. In a posting last week, Zeng said that upon his release her husband, who suffers from a liver ailment, would be deprived of his political rights for one year and would not be able to speak to the media. "For this one… ...
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Nancy Michaels is a single mother of three and a successful business woman from Concord. But if it weren't for organ donation, she wouldn't be here.
“…was taken -- where it was and complete liver failure. …”
“…when you came to -- didn't realize. That you kind of a liver transplant or actually tell you can't breath yeah I think I do remember my doctor telling -- wanted -- that are real …”
“…be a little daughter there right after -- her kidney and liver and that don't donate a little but you're my car because it regenerate out. …”
State denies benefits for cop's widow
UNDERCOVER - The widow of an honored Boston police officer is fighting the state for accidental death benefits 13 years after her husband died.
“…battle with the disease in 1998. After his body rejected the new liver. . And up and down and working with European I'm totally and I feel like killed in Iraq. Doctor Beth Israel deaconess medical …”
It is the number one health concern for older men.
“…risk of cancer but. It is now I will build -- and liver and too much is not a good thing out. A lot of -- got to be careful about doing is really -- …”
Man gives part of liver to ailing son
WORCESTER - A Worcester father has donated a piece of his own liver to save his 6-month-old son's life.
“…to be a Long Island hell week. Jeremy donated to the -- liver to handle what the young son who was suffering from liver disorder. …”
“…In the live liver operation 50% of German adult liver was removed and -- platitudes aren't. Mother Caroline Aaron was concerned it could -- lost a husband and on in the -- …”
GOP lawmakers are taking aim at the president's newly released 2012 budget. Staffers unpacked boxes yesterday full of President Barack Obama's $3.73 trillion budget blueprint.
“…written an article are produced to back there all morning like liver problems are -- in the army on Thursday in a -- to write to on the street near -- on knocking Everett …”
Elizabeth Edwards, stoic as her husband's presidential ambitions collapsed, her marriage crumbled and cancer sapped her strength, thanked her supporters online Monday as word spread the disease may take her life within weeks.
“…issued a statement today saying that -- Has spread to her liver and doctor further treatment would be unproductive. Edwards has been battling brought in 20041. Night in -- final days of the campaign. …”
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