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Teen spends summer practicing medicine in India
A Laguna Beach High School senior swapped her Bluebird Canyon home for a rural Indian town this summer. Alia Manetta, 17, spent the month of August working at Sundari Mohan Seva Bhawan Hospital in the Northern Indian town of Silchar, an area known for...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Hospitals and Clinics, India, University of California, Berkeley, Heart Attack
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Woman organized 5K run/walk to honor mother and fight pancreatic cancer
HealthTo honor two women who lost lives to pancreatic cancer and raise funds for research to find a cure, Jenn LeConte of Hanover Township, Northampton County, started J's Run 5K Run & Fitness Walk, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 12 at Asa Packer... -
4 incisions or 1? FDA approves less invasive robotic procedure
CW33 News46 year old Wayne Hardin is feeling almost like his old self--a couple of weeks ago he was diagnosed with gallstones and was told it would be a good idea to have his gallbladder removed. He became the first in Dallas-Fort Worth to have a choice--the...Tags: Human Body, Health, Gallbladder Disease
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Wife's decision to donate kidney to husband also saves her life
One local husband and wife are more than just a couple, they are life savers. Michael and Elaine Alhand have been married for more than 40 years. Michael, a diabetic, suffered kidney failure. In 2003, he was placed on dialysis. One year later, he got...
Tags: Renal Failure, Cancer, Human Body, Health, Dialysis
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Hopkins surgeon performs 2,000th Whipple
Early Friday in a small, brightly lit operating room in Johns Hopkins Hospital, a half-dozen doctors and nurses huddled over the gut of a cancer patient, quietly passing metal instruments and surgical sutures.
After more than four hours of cutting and...Tags: Health Treatments, Blood, Human Body, Vaccines, Health
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Former Ind. congressman recovering from surgery
A former Indiana congressman forced out of office by an affair is recovering in an Iowa hospital Tuesday night. Mark Souder recently underwent surgery for gall bladder problems. He was admitted to a University of Iowa hospital after having bad...
Tags: Human Body, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. House of Representatives, Abdominal Pain
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Lloyd Waters: A parable of the gallbladder
Did you ever wonder why the gallbladder was part of our creation? Or why it often becomes a traitor to our body? Was it made as a special hiding place for marbles, or did those gallstones intend to take the place of your diamonds and rubies? Whatever...Tags: Superman (fictional character), Human Body, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Steelers' Clark benched by sickle cell
The last time Pittsburgh Steelers leading tackler Ryan Clark played a game in Denver, he ended up in a hospital having his spleen and gallbladder removed.
Since then Clark, who suffers from the sickle cell trait, hasn't played when the team travels to...Tags: Sickle Cell Disease, National Football League, Ryan Clark
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All children in the U.S. are tested for sickle cell trait, but few athletes know they have it
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark is a man of faith. But he wasn't looking for his doctor's prayers while sick in a hospital bed, suffering from a mysterious condition that sent sharp pains under his left rib and caused him to quickly lose more than...Tags: Football, Blood, Pittsburgh Steelers, Health, Florida High School Athletic Association
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Aging out of health care?
More than 11 years ago, at age 89, Mary Cipolla, of Roselle, went through surgery for a rare type of pancreatic cancer, a "Hail Mary" procedure that removed parts of her stomach, pancreas, bile duct, gallbladder and small intestine — and saved her...Tags: Human Body, Colleges and Universities, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pancreas, Hospitals and Clinics
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All Health's Breaking Loose: Have your own tea party
There's great satisfaction when the rewards for our efforts multiply. It's why I began drinking tea. What started out with sense of duty, trying to offset a cold or settle my stomach, or whatever those first few cups were for, has grown into a welcome,...Tags: Honey, Headaches, Stress, Asthma
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Doctors aim to stop pancreatic cancer before it forms
Seeing a chance to stop one of the most deadly kinds of cancer before it forms, doctors at Johns Hopkins and at other hospitals around the nation are focusing on the common pancreatic cyst.
Up to 20 percent of pancreatic cancer begins as one of these...Tags: Skin, Human Body, Indiana University, MRI (imaging), Surgery
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