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L.I. Shoplifter Has Weeks To Live After Ruining Chances For Heart Transplant
Staff reporterA Long Island woman with end-stage heart disease has only weeks to live after she lost her chance at a heart transplant for shoplifting back in September. Now Diane McCloud and her lawyer are asking to be released into a hospice, so she doesn't spend her...Tags: Heart Disease, Heart Transplants, Judges, Long Island, Crime, Law and Justice
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Families Raise Awareness About Rett Syndrome
Staff reporterImagine you have thoughts, hopes, and dreams but no way to actually express them. It's a rare disorder called Rett Syndrome that affects young girls. Worldwide, 20 girls are born every day with the disorder. Dr. Sasha Djukic says the disorder doesn't...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Manhattan (New York City), New York City
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SIRM Program Helps Cancer Patients Preserve Fertility
PIX11.comWhen a young woman is diagnosed with cancer, the rush to treatment is immediate. The patient is thrust into the world of cancer and the primary hope is recovery. Often, the patient is aware their fertility could be impacted, but overwhelmed and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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16-Year-Old Wrestler Beating Two Deadly Infections
wpix.comLike his nearly perfect wrestling record, 16-year-old Nicholas Maureillo is beating the odds, turning the corner on an extremely rare and deadly combination of both MRSA, an aggressive staph infection, and Lemierre's disease, a very serious and rare...Tags: Throat, MRSA, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Health
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All-Hands Fire Erupts At Macy's Herald Square
wpix.comAn all-hands fire erupted from the basement of Macy's Herald Square, causing a massive evacuation of the building Wednesday afternoon. The fire broke out near the store's Seventh Avenue entrance at about 11:45 a.m., according to the FDNY officials. It...Tags: Fire Department of New York, Macy's
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Prince Harry Visits Harlem School on 2nd Day of NYC Visit
Prince Harry chatted with a math class and competed in an obstacle course Saturday at a Harlem children's organization on Day 2 of his first official visit to the United States.
Harry visited a ninth-grade classroom at the Harlem's Children Zone, a...Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Diana, Princess of Wales, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Charles, Prince of Wales
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Wrists overworked? Take regular breaks — and ice the pain
Maybe your wrists and fingers swell when you leave work. Or maybe they ache or go numb in the middle of the night. Sounds as if you've been messing with your carpal tunnel — that tiny tunnel in your wrist where the median nerve, flexor muscles...
Tags: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Health, Human Body, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Inflammation
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Paying It Forward In Camp Hill
Multi-media JournalistSarah Sheaffer, a 24-year-old girl in Cumberland County was looking forward to being on her favorite TV show, Pay it Forward. "Paying it forward was something that she just giggled and laughed, that was her ritual," said her mom, Suzanne. Her mother...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Arthritis
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
5 - 6 a.m. The Satursday Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong 5:05 a.m. It’s the 30th anniversary of the Farm Toy and Antique Tractor Show in Sublette, Illinois. Max Armstrong visits with Don Dingus, one of the show founders,...Tags: Music, Concerts, Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Rod Blagojevich
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Meyersdale women talk about Lyme disease
Daily American Staff WriterIn the summer of 2009, Diane Sechler, Meyersdale, had decreasing strength in her arms and hands, with recurrent trigger fingers and carpal tunnel syndrome. But her arthritis tests were negative. "I had two surgeries but kept having unbearable symptoms,"...Tags: Berks County, Lyme, Long Island, Fibromyalgia, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Understanding of ACL injuries is still evolving
Concussions may have recently taken the spotlight in lacrosse sports medicine, but anterior cruciate ligament injuries are still a major unanswered issue for the sport. ACL tears are the leading cause of missed game and practice time at both the high...Tags: National Football League, Football, Legs, Soccer, College Sports
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Don't brush off the tools
You've invested in top-quality paint, and have painstakingly prepped and primed your home for a fantastic paint job, so this is no time to skimp on tools. "You've spent $30 or even $50 on a gallon on paint, so don't buy a 99 cent brush," said Debbie...Tags: Science and Technology, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Health, Human Body, Arthritis
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