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Sunday May 19 | Stanford

Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of May 12

A full workout in just seven minutes? Science says so! : Don't have time to hit the gym? Try this high-intensity, seven-minute workout.

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Sat May 18, 2013

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Family Seeks Help To Get Son Life Saving Surgery

On June 26, 1996, Lynn and Fitzgerald McQueen welcomed their son Gerald into the world.

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Related Topix: Health

Patch.com

Cranston Woman Breathes Easier after Double Lung Transplant

A Cranston woman was nearing death just a few months ago, but she's now breathing a little easier after a double lung transplant recently.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri May 17, 2013

Seaway News

Veterans of the war on Cystic Fibrosis, young and old, unite

When Bobby Richer was coming out of the fog of a surgery that had stretched well past 14 hours he knew just two things - he was alive, and he could feel the touch of his mother's hand on his arm.

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Related Topix: Health

Wed May 15, 2013

Globe and Mail

Everyone can be a superhero by donating an organ

The Essay is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide . There are no bathrooms in heaven.

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Related Topix: Health, Lung Cancer, Medicine

Patch.com

Cranston Woman Breathes Easier after Double Lung Transplant

A Cranston woman was nearing death just a few months ago, but she's now breathing a little easier after a double lung transplant recently.

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Related Topix: Cranston, RI, Health

Tue May 14, 2013

Warwickonline.com

Resident needs support after life-saving lung transplant

COMFORT FROM A FRIEND: Kayla Gilbert is resting comfortably with her precious pup Owen James in North Carolina following a living donor lung transplant in January.

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Related Topix: Health, North Carolina, Duke University

WKXW-FM Trenton

Find Out How You Can Help Riley O' Brien

Today during the Dennis and Judi Show , a mother named Carol called into the show to discuss her amazing son Riley.

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Related Topix: Health, Kidney Cancer

University of Rochester

URMC Opens Clinic, Initiates Research on Rare Lung Disease in Women

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a daunting name for an equally daunting disease. Called LAM, for short, it's a rare but frequently fatal lung condition that affects almost exclusively women, usually in the prime of their lives, as they begin their careers and start families.

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Related Topix: Health, University of Rochester, Nephrology, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buffalo, NY

Mon May 13, 2013

Edmonton Journal

Government pushes provincial organ donation agency onto its agenda

The provincial government is throwing its support behind legislation establishing a provincewide organ and tissue donation agency and an online donor registry.

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Related Topix: Alberta, MN, Kidney Cancer, Health

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Saving a life with nothing more than a cotton swab

They came by the dozens to the Singing River Healthplex Monday, filling out forms and then swabbing their mouths as part of the bone marrow registry drive.

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Related Topix: Pass Christian, MS, Health

Cambridge Times

Breathtaking turnout for Run aLung

After two frustrating years of being on the wait list for a new lung, a donor was found at the 11th hour.

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Related Topix: Health

WBNS

Baby Receives Lung Transplant At Nationwide Children's Hospital

A baby, who has spent every day of his young life in a hospital awaiting transplants, is beginning his path to recovery.

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MLive.com

Letter: Consider being an organ donor and donating a second chance at life

I am an Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency patient, which is an issue that causes liver and lung disease that can cause death in many people if they do not receive a gift of a life from someone who donates organs.

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Related Topix: Health, Opinion

NJ.com

Mansfield farmer takes new approach to fund old-fashioned barn-raising

Perhaps if he lived in Pennsylvania Dutch country in another era, he could've summoned his Amish neighbors to help raise a barn.

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Related Topix: Religion, Amish, Health, Port Murray, NJ, Life, Food, Vegetables, Warren County, NJ

Sat May 11, 2013

WKOW-TV

WI teen pushes for organ donation legislation

One young woman is hoping her story will convince lawmakers to adopt a small budget provision that would have big implications for thousands in Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Health

The Globe and Mail

Mother and son heart recipients are grateful for their second chances

Diane Freeman and her son, Alon, both had successful heart transplants after suffering from a condition that weakens the heart muscle.

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Related Topix: Kidney Cancer, Health, Social Software

MSNBC

newer2hoursagoNot 'glamorous': Doc is universal donor for fecal transplants

Dr. Hunter Johnson, a pathology resident at the Emory University School of Medicine, has helped at least four patients with C. difficile infections by giving them a dose of his stool.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Emory University, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Health, US News, Liberal Political News

Fri May 10, 2013

Northern Virginia Daily

Child fights for her life against rare disease

Arielle Hammonds, 22, and her husband Dabaughn, 21, sit with their daughter Jordyn, nine months, inside their New Market apartment.

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Related Topix: University of Virginia

WTOV9

NEWS9 Special Assignment: Breathing a sigh of relief

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va.- It was April 2010 that Gary Cunningham of Moundsville knew something was wrong when he was cutting his grass and could barely breath.

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Related Topix: Moundsville, WV, Health