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Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to theiPod andiPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.
Apple...Tags: NASA, Computers, Fine Arts, Super Bowl, Arts
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Motorcycle Ride And Barbecue To Raise Money For Organ Donation
The Hartford CourantA motorcycle ride and community barbecue are planned on June 29 in East Windsor to help raise money for organ donation in memory of Enfield native Kym Meyers, who died in 2010 while waiting for a liver transplant. Kym Meyers was diagnosed with...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Celiac Disease, Eastern Connecticut State University, Hartford Hospital, East Windsor
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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: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Entertainment Events
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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: Jesse White, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Hepatitis C , Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities
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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: Johns Hopkins University, Fred Astaire, Electronics, Computer Science, Numb3rs (tv program)
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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: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Kane County, Trials, 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: Carpentersville, Trials, 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: Barbara Eden, Broadway Theater, U.S. Air Force, Mary Martin, TNT (tv network)
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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: Johns Hopkins University, Emergency Health Procedures, Hepatitis, Charity, Shootings
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Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy
The story of Michelle Orive on Living Healthy Chicago conveys her survival through major complications caused by acute fatty liver of pregnancy, (AFLP) including a liver transplant.
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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: Human Body, Brain, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, University of California, San Diego
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