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Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital

By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press Writer; Nov 19, 2008 01:29 PM PST

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." Full Story

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Health Tip: Considering Home Birth?
Nov 20, 2008 04:03 PM PST, HealthDay
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Home birth is a safe option for many moms-to-be who want to deliver in the privacy and comfort of their home.
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Health Tip: Storing Your Insulin
Nov 20, 2008 04:03 PM PST, HealthDay
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Nov 20, 2008 04:03 PM PST, HealthDay
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Texting Food Diaries Helps Kids Stick With Diets
Nov 20, 2008 04:03 PM PST, HealthDay
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Experts hope that letting kids have their fingers do the texting will increase compliance with the food diaries that are such a critical part of successful dieting.
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Health Highlights: Nov. 20, 2008
Nov 20, 2008 04:03 PM PST, HealthDay
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
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Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 20, 2008
Nov 20, 2008 04:03 PM PST, HealthDay
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
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CDC Monitors Shortage of Hib Vaccine
Nov 20, 2008 04:03 PM PST, HealthDay
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials said Thursday that a shortage of vaccine is leading them to monitor Hib infections, one of the most important causes of bacterial illness in young children.
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Abortion to remain a crime in Uruguay after Congress vote
Nov 20, 2008 03:57 PM PST, AFP
AFP - Lawmakers failed Thursday to muster enough votes for a measure that would have ended Uruguay's 70-year-old ban on abortion, meaning the procedure will remain a crime in this socially conservative country.
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Conjoined twins die on airliner: report
Nov 20, 2008 01:47 PM PST, Reuters
Reuters - One-month-old conjoined twins died on Thursday on board an airliner that was taking them from Europe to the United States for medical treatment, a Canadian newspaper reported.
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Policy has changed how organs are allocated
Nov 20, 2008 01:29 PM PST, Reuters
Reuters - An organ allocation policy that puts the sickest patients first in line to receive available donor livers for transplantation has created some unintended consequences for those patients low on the organ wait list, research suggests.
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