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 The 18-year-old girl who is on her THIRD heart
The 18-year-old girl who is on her THIRD heart
At the age of 18, Leanne Nicholson has already had three hearts. She is making a good recovery after her second transplant operation. Leanne has a condition called cardiomyopathy caused her heart to fail in 2002 and parents Helen and Rob, both 40, as well as brothers Scott, 16, and Ryan, ten, were told to say goodbye. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago
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 Patient is given a third-hand heart
Patient is given a third-hand heart
A heart donated for transplant was beating inside a third owner last night. The donor heart was first given to a patient several weeks ago. But a week after the transplant, the patient died of unrelated causes. So surgeons removed the heart and transplanted it again. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago
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 Regular sex 'good for the heart'
Regular sex 'good for the heart'
Regular sex can be a life-saver, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) says. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago
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 Concert Interrupted to Inform Transplant Patient His Heart is Ready
Concert Interrupted to Inform Transplant Patient His Heart is Ready
Police had to track him down via cell phone coordinates. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago
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 Viagra may be better heart medication than nitroglycerin
Viagra may be better heart medication than nitroglycerin
Studies suggest that Viagra does a better job before and after a heart attack. Now you can strengthen your heart and your *** at the same time! picked by Browntrout 2 years ago
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 Watch Your Own Heart Attack
Watch Your Own Heart Attack
Sadly, one in three heart attack victims die before they reach hospital. Many people don't recognise the signs and fail to take the steps that may have saved their life or the life of a loved one. Watch Your Own Heart Attack is an unforgettable, two minute film which enables you to experience what it's like to have a heart attack first hand. Take the time to watch it then you'll be prepared if a... read full post picked by loonytoon 3 months ago
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 Unfair Treatment Can Harm the Heart
Unfair Treatment Can Harm the Heart
I hope you like your job, for your heart's sake. picked by slider 2 years ago
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 Mature Heart Cells Can Replicate
Mature Heart Cells Can Replicate
When human hearts are injured, as during a heart attack, healthy tissue normally can't regrow. Researchers now demonstrate in rats that a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin and placed over the injury, can not only get heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again, but also improves heart function. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago
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 Artificial heart donated to Smithsonian
Artificial heart donated to Smithsonian
The pioneering artificial heart developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution next month picked by suebe 2 years ago
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 Woman visits her own heart at exhibition
Woman visits her own heart at exhibition
Transplant patient Jennifer Sutton paid a visit to an exhibition in London called The Heart today, mainly to check out a particular item on display - her own heart. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago
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 Mechanical heart removed after organ heals self
Mechanical heart removed after organ heals self
A 15-year-old Camrose, Alta. girl has become the first Canadian to be taken off an artificial heart device because her own diseased heart healed itself. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago
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 Three babies are alive after each received an unorthodox heart transplant, raises ethical issues
Three babies are alive after each received an unorthodox heart transplant, raises ethical issues
The experimental transplant procedure marks the first time infants have received hearts from infant donors who had been taken off life support. picked by afroMOSHI 3 months ago
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 2 men, 2 suicides, 1 heart and 1 widow
2 men, 2 suicides, 1 heart and 1 widow
Woman is widowed twice, first by the man whose heart was donated to her eventual next husband, then by that man. picked by suebe 3 months ago
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 Heart Made of Sound
Heart Made of Sound [video]
Trippy stop motion animation set to a song. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago
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 Brave toddler is only person in Britain to be kept alive with artificial heart
Brave toddler is only person in Britain to be kept alive with artificial heart
Toddler Ollie Drew is hoping for a heart transplant this year. Aged just 14 months old, Ollie is the only person in the country to be kept alive with an artificial heart. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago
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 Hearts Or Tails? Genetics Of Multi-chambered Heart Evolution
Hearts Or Tails? Genetics Of Multi-chambered Heart Evolution
A new paper in the October 1 issue of G&D elucidates the genetics of heart formation in the sea squirt, and lends surprising new insight into the genetic changes that may have driven the evolution of the multi-chambered vertebrate heart. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago
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  Early rising no good for the heart: study
Early rising no good for the heart: study
Generations have praised the wisdom of getting up early in the morning, but a Japanese study says early-risers are actually at a higher risk of developing heart problems. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago
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 Heart starts beating again 4 days after it stopped!
Heart starts beating again 4 days after it stopped!
A teenager was on a bypass machine waiting for a transplant after his heart stopped, but then it started up again!
"I've been a surgeon for 10 years, and this is probably one of the most incredible things I've ever seen," said Dr. Abeel Mangi picked by Kitsune86 2 years ago
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 Paul Stanley from Kiss misses concert due to heart 'episode'
Paul Stanley from Kiss misses concert due to heart 'episode'
And in the "Make you feel really old" category of the news today...only a few days after Mick Jagger turned 64, the lead singer of Kiss, Paul Stanley missed a concert due to a heart episode. His pulse rate went to 190 and stayed there for over an hour during a sound check. picked by Moe 1 year ago
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 Man Survived 12 Heart Attacks, One After the Other
Man Survived 12 Heart Attacks, One After the Other
A U.K. man survived a massive heart attack after he was given electric shock treatment 12 times and a clot-busting injection. picked by kospa 1 year ago
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 Paramedic Sues Heart Patient For 999 Fall
Paramedic Sues Heart Patient For 999 Fall
A paramedic who tripped and fell while on an emergency call is suing the heart patient he was sent to help.

Someone should refer him Here picked by doggylives 8 months ago
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