Casey Reyes struggled for a way to explain the “sci-fi” surgery doctors were proposing to save her 87-year-old grandfather’s badly…
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Kidney exchange between strangers spans continents
Two strangers living across the world from each other in the U.S. and Greece made medical history when they became…
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Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes – and a new…
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CDC says another 19 people diagnosed with meningitis in US outbreak
Another 19 people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S.…
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U.S. officials sound worldwide alert for Yosemite hantavirus risk
U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent…
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Doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world’s smallest artificial heart to keep the…
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Man, 36, dies after soccer injury, officials say
NORTON SHORES, Mich. – Officials say a 36-year-old man has died after sustaining a head injury during an indoor soccer…
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Ear itching turns out to be rare case of mites for man
A man whose ear had itched for two months turned out to have mites crawling in his ear canal, a…
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Researchers say form of Ecstasy may offer some relief for combat trauma
A South Carolina psychiatrist and his wife, a nurse, have taken an uncommon, controversial approach to helping war veterans who…
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Teenager in health scare after 15-year chicken nugget diet
British teenager Stacey Irvine has eaten practically nothing but chicken nuggets since the age of two. Horrified doctors learned of…
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