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Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital (AP)
Nov 19, 2008 3:29:37 PM | Yahoo
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."

Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections? (HealthDay)
Nov 19, 2008 3:03:06 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Ear infections are common in children, and may occur for a variety of reasons.

Growth Hormone Boost May Not Slow Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
Nov 19, 2008 3:03:01 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A compound that boosts growth hormone levels in Alzheimer's patients may not slow the disease, new research suggests.

Technique Tracks Cancer-Killing Cells (HealthDay)
Nov 19, 2008 3:02:56 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've developed a new long-term method of monitoring the location and survival of cancer-killing cells within the body.

Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate (AP)
Nov 19, 2008 2:30:52 PM | Yahoo
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.

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells (AP)
Nov 19, 2008 12:58:12 PM | Yahoo

Undated file picture of 30-year old Colombian female recipient Claudia Castillo, taken at the Hospital clinic of Barcelona. The pioneering transplant of a windpipe stripped of its cells and seeded with recipient stem cells has given Castillo a new lease on life, according to a study released Wednesday.(AFP/LANCET PRESS OFFICE)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.




Panel urges revised warning on facial filler risks (AP)
Nov 18, 2008 4:10:55 PM | Yahoo
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.

Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study (AP)
Nov 18, 2008 4:03:26 PM | Yahoo
AP - 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 think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the federally funded study.

Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 17, 2008 (HealthDay)
Nov 17, 2008 10:47:46 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

Medicare wants limits for weight loss surgery (Reuters)
Nov 17, 2008 5:12:37 PM | Yahoo
Reuters - Medicare, the U.S. government's largest payer of health care, said on Monday it does not plan to cover weight-loss surgery in diabetic patients who are not dangerously overweight, saying there is not enough evidence to show it can improve their health.

 
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