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Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:08:58 -0500

AP - 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 Arbor of complications from heart failure, said his wife, Jean Kantrowitz.

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Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:29:37 -0500

AP - 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."by team

Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:50:53 -0500

AP - 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 it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.by team

Panel urges revised warning on facial filler risks (AP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:10:55 -0500

AP - 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.by team

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells (AP)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:03:38 -0500

AP - 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 similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.

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Fewer Brain 'Tangles' May Mean Smarter Old Age (HealthDay)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:03:02 -0500

HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Differences in the brains of elderly people may help explain why some develop dementia while others are among the "super aged" -- people who maintain sharp mental focus and ability well into old age.by team

Study: Vitamin C or E pills do not prevent cancer (AP)

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:43:46 -0500

AP - Vitamin C or E pills do not help prevent cancer in men, concludes the same big study that last week found these supplements ineffective for warding off heart disease.by team

W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking (AP)

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:46:46 -0500

AP - 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 (AP)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:05:35 -0500

AP - What's the healthiest city in America? It appears to be Burlington, Vt.

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Doctors hoping for new era of artificial ankles (AP)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:38:21 -0500

AP - 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 offered his last hope: An ankle replacement. A what? Sivia knew about hip, knee, even shoulder replacements. But ankles?

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