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Hamish loses all sound, but not his spirit
Sydney :: Canada | 27 days ago
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AS little Hamish Doolan climbs over his bouncy castle his face lights up with the fun...Hamish is one of only 20 children across South Australia with a tracheostomy and one of the youngest to receive one. He was born with fluid and a blood clot in
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New drug allows girl born without bones to grow a skeleton
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Six-year-old Janelly Martinez-Amador was born without bones, but she's showing improvement after treatment with a new drug. When she was a baby she couldn't move and hugs pained her, but now she's able to move around and dance. The NIH states that
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Covidien's New Shiley Cuffless Neonatal and Pediatric Tracheostomy Tube
El Granada :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Covidien's New Shiley Cuffless Neonatal and Pediatric Tracheostomy Tube by Editors on Apr 17, 2013 3:12 pm Covidien is releasing a new line of cuffless Shiley neonatal and pediatric trachs, in an expanded range of tube sizes (down to a 2.5mm inner
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Residents rally for boy with rare disorder
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
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That's what 5-year-old Theo de Heer said to his mother Sarah when she asked if he wanted to go to a conference in the United States for people with the rare genetic disorder, Nager's syndrome. The Christchurch boy is among 120 people in the world who
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Teen singer Carley Allison stays upbeat as cancer surgery postponed, chemo begins
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 months ago
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Photos Save to mystar Photos View gallery It was a tough gambit, but speaking from her Sick Kids hospital bed Saturday night, hours into her first round of chemotherapy, Carley Allison was hopeful she and her parents had made the right decision. The
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Teen singer Carley Allison battles rare trachea cancer and inspires donations
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Photo Save to mystar Photos View gallery Every few moments, Carley Allison plugs the tube in her neck with her finger so she can speak, rasping. The 17-year-old aspiring singer has a rare form of cancer, a malignant melanoma on her trachea; fewer
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Physicians who hasten death should not be called doctors
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 months ago
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In general, this would be a job right up the ally of a motivated, profit-oriented anesthesiologist who has become disillusioned with clinical practice. Pumping people full of mind altering, physiology warping drugs is what they do for a living. But
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In oncology, hoofbeats are nearly always from zebras
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 4 months ago
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Three weeks later, he saw his doctor with the same complaint and was again given another course of antibiotics. Again, he had no relief, but since he was feeling fine and had no other symptoms, he waited. And waited. Until July when he suddenly
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Little boy who survived nine life-saving operations is all smiles after he goes home from hospital for the first time
Gateshead :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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The 14-months-old smiles and grabs things although he is not talking yet Aaron has finally gone home to the delight of his parents Elaine, 44 and Alan, 42, of Rowlands Gill in Gateshead. Alan, who is serving in the Parachute Regiment, said: 'Elaine
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Double tragedy fulfils couple's last wish
Nairobi :: Kenya | 5 months ago
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It was when I was called to do a tracheostomy, which is making a hole in the windpipe, on their only son, Paul. I have a boy here with a severe head injury, Dr Muliro, the neuro-surgeon, told me on the phone. He was going home to Runda in the school
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