CLAIRE SYLVIA, a divorced mother of one was 47 and dying from a disease called primary pulmonary hypertension when, in 1988, she had a pioneering heartlung transplant in America. She was given the organs of an 18-year-old boy who had been killed in a motorcycle accident near his home in Maine. Claire, a former professional [...]

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I’m no hypochondriac at least I don’t think I am but I had this virus last week. I had a normal cold and thought I was over it but all of a sudden I’m having chills fever and short of breath. Almost went to the hospital. I took some hot baths and fought it off [...]

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Why not panic people who have to stay awake all night 
 
LONDON —  Like UV rays and diesel exhaust fumes, working the graveyard shift will soon be listed as a “probable” cause of cancer.It is a surprising step validating a concept once considered wacky. And it is based on research that finds higher rates of breast and [...]

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A revolutionary new scanner, the Philip’s Brilliance CT machine, gives 3D crystal-clear images which allows doctors to reduce the human body down to bones and blood vessels. There is no commentary on this video. SKY

Philips yesterday unveiled their 256-slice scanner that renders 3-D images of the body like never before. The $2-million Brilliance CT machine [...]

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I have been trying to convince people that cannabis is a medical tool for I forget how long. I hear it’s not that good for memory though.
A compound found in cannabis may stop breast cancer spreading throughout the body, US scientists believe.
The California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute team are hopeful that cannabidiol [...]

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Great story, some things in life are not easily explained
They say twins share a strong bond - but the one between Gabriel and Ieuan Jones was unbreakable.
When doctors found that Gabriel was weaker than his brother, with an enlarged heart,and believed he was going to die in the womb, his mother Rebecca Jones [...]

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Our heart goes out to her and her family 
MIAMI — Singer Gloria Estefan’s mother, Gloria Garcia Fajardo, is hospitalized in critical condition and the Miami-based superstar has canceled appearances to be by her side.Estefan returned to Miami from Los Angeles Monday where she was promoting her new album, “90 Millas.”She canceled appearances at the last [...]

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Every day, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center physicians and scientists perform important basic and clinical research in an effort to better understand, and help prevent, diagnose, and cure cancers and other diseases. Two notable studies have recently appeared in the news – one on an extremely effective breast cancer treatment, and the other [...]

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WASHINGTON — Good news on the cancer front: Death rates are dropping faster than ever, thanks to new progress against colorectal cancer. A turning point came in 2002, scientists conclude Monday in the annual “Report to the Nation” on cancer. Between 2002 and 2004, death rates dropped by an average of 2.1 percent a year. [...]

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