Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital
D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart." ...
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Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate
The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions - but in return i ...
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Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies
Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nation's first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. He was 90. Kantrowitz died Friday in Ann ...
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Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a ...
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Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study
The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't thin ...
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Panel urges revised warning on facial filler risks
Cosmetic surgery patients who think facial fillers are a magical antidote to aging must be better informed of possible risks, government health advisers said Tuesday. ...
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Family history can trump breast cancer gene test
If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, sobering new research shows. ...
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Doctors hoping for new era of artificial ankles
What was left of Dan Sivia's ankle simply didn't work. He limped through his 30s by sheer force of will, one foot almost completely immobile from repeated broken bones and surgeries. Then a doctor off ...
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W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking
As a portly woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America's fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue. ...
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Burlington, Vt., is healthiest city, CDC says
What's the healthiest city in America? It appears to be Burlington, Vt. ...
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