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Bodies Revealed exhibit raises questions about origin of specimens
The exhibit is an anatomy student's dream, from full-body specimens to bodies broken down to their individual parts. Every bit of Bodies Revealed at the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News is educational, even those portions intended as a...
Tags: Germany, Crime, Law and Justice, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning
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Lou Reed reportedly recovering from liver transplant
Tribune NewspapersLou Reed is recuperating after a liver transplant that saved his life, said the New York rocker's wife, Laurie Anderson, in an interview published Saturday in the Times of London. "It's as serious as it gets," Anderson told the newspaper of the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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Organ recipient grateful for donation
Andy Trosper, who received a liver transplant in 2010, told staff and donor families in a recent program at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital that the gift from a 16-year-old boy gave him new life and brought comfort to the boy's family. "Since...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Human Interest, Jesse White, Liver Disease
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Judy Ramer of Funkstown is in need of liver transplant
marieg@herald-mail.comHer strength and energy have diminished and her symptoms have become more pronounced. But that hasn't stopped Judy Kinzer Ramer from hanging tough in the biggest fight of her life. She needs a new liver. There is no whining, no complaining, no self-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Liver Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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From Sun Magazine: 'Genius' pair rewrite rules of organ transplants, among other interests
Think of Dorry Segev and Sommer Gentry as intellectual magpies. The glittery ideas they filch from fields as diverse as swing dancing, systems analysis, water skiing and medicine seemingly have little in common. But Segev and Gentry weave them together...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Numb3rs (tv program), CBS Corp.
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Kane County coroner receives liver transplant as misconduct trial looms
Special to the TribuneKane County Coroner Charles West, whose trial on misconduct charges is pending, has undergone liver transplant surgery, his attorney said Wednesday in court. West is awake, though not speaking, as he recovers at the University of Illinois Hospital in...Tags: Trials, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Kane County, Health, Cirrhosis
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Kane County coroner dies
Tribune reporterKane County Coroner Charles West died early today, just after midnight, from complications following liver transplant surgery, according to his family. West had been awaiting trial on felony misconduct charges. He had been accused of allowing two of his...Tags: Trials, Carpentersville, Cirrhosis
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Larry Hagman dies at 81; TV's J.R. Ewing
Los Angeles TimesFervor for the television show “Dallas” was intense in 1980, when the Queen Mother met actor Larry Hagman and joined the worldwide chorus asking: “Who shot J.R.?” “Not even for you, ma’am,” replied Hagman, who...Tags: Larry Hagman, Sting, Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment, Gene Nelson
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NN restaurant helps raise funds for liver transplant
It has been a decade since Elaine Bavusa, 56, felt well. The long-time Newport News Schools employee discovered in 2003 that she had Hepatitis B. She doesn't know when she contracted the virus, but it was likely years prior, and the damage to her liver...
Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Separation of Church and State, IHOP Corporation, Pharmaceuticals
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Baltimore policeman shot in line of duty survives once again
Gene Cassidy thought he was lucky to survive being shot in the head twice 25 years ago when he was a Baltimore policeman, so a second near-death ordeal recently seemed unreal.
Just 27 years old, Cassidy lost his sight after a man he was trying to...Tags: Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics, Hernia, Emergency Health Procedures, Human Interest
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Donated liver saves 2 in first-of-its-kind surgery
SAN DIEGO - Two men’s lives were saved from one donated liver after doctors at UCSD Medical Center performed a first-of-its-kind surgical procedure in June, hospital officials announced Wednesday.
According to UCSD Health Sciences, the donated...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Liver Disease, University of California, San Diego, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Fundraiser this weekend will benefit a Hidden Valley High School student
ReporterMost of the student body at Hidden Valley High School in Roanoke County will be at school Saturday but no one is complaining. Students are holding a fundraiser to benefit Lindsey Nanz, a 10th grade student at Hidden Valley. Nanz has Primary Sclerosing...Tags: High Schools, Students, Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning
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