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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 at 4:20 pm Posted by smp

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

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:29 PM CST

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."

Insurers make pitch for health coverage mandate (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 02:30 PM CST

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.

Surgeon who did first US heart transplant dies (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 04:08 PM CST

In this photo released by L.VAD Technology Inc., Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz is shown in New York in 1968. Dr. Kantrowitz, who performed the first human heart transplant in the United States in 1967 also pioneered development of mechanical devices to prolong the life of patients with heart failure, died in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. He was 90. (AP Photo/L.VAD Technology Inc.)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.

Fast-food ad ban could cut child obesity: U.S. study (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:14 PM CST

A hamburger is displayed in Hollywood, California October 3, 2007. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, researchers said on Wednesday.

Health Tip: Is Your Child More Prone to Ear Infections? (HealthDay)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

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)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

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)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

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.

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