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Hidden Hoarders: The Pack Rat Next Door
KTLA NewsLA MIRADA (KTLA) -- "It just broke my heart. This was a nice house. It hurt to see it look like that!" Carol Bishop is talking about her house in La Mirada. It's a house knee-deep in papers and books, with a bedroom carpeted in cat feces, the kitchen and...Tags: Health Treatments, Cancer, Cat (animal), Politics, Health
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Sisters Released From Prison For Kidney Transplant Too Overweight for Surgery
CNNPENSACOLA, Fla -- A proposed kidney transplant that got two sisters released from jail has been put on hold. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour suspended Gladys and Jamie Scott's prison sentences last year, but on one condition: One sister must donate...Tags: Physical Conditions, Punishment, Haley Barbour, Juvenile Delinquency, CNN (tv network)
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Report Shows Major Health Hazards at UCI Dialysis Center
KTLA NewsIRVINE (KTLA) -- Blood-spattered chairs and rusty equipment were among the major problems discovered at the UC Irvine dialysis center, according to letters and reports obtained by the Los Angeles Times. Now, the Medicare funding for the facility could be...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicare, Health, Nursing, Los Angeles Times
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Jailed Mississippi Sisters Freed For Kidney Donation
Associated PressPEARL, Miss. -- Sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott left prison on Friday for the first time in 16 years, yelling, "We're free!" and "God bless y'all!" as they pulled away in a silver SUV. That freedom, though, comes with an unusual condition: Gladys has...Tags: Florida, Haley Barbour, Punishment, Juvenile Delinquency, Government
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Gary Coleman's Parents Say His Death Was No Accident
KTLA NewsSALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Gary Coleman's ex-wife has reportedly sold photographs taken of the child star in the hospital. Shannon Price hired a production company to take a series of photos of her ex-husband in his hospital bed hooked up to a ventilation...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Utah
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At Home Help For Patients Undergoing Dialysis
KTLA NewsThousands of people undergoing dialysis could benefit from doing their own dialysis in the comfort of their own homes. Daily home dialysis with a small, FDA-cleared machine is available for many people who have had kidney failure. People like retired...Tags: Kidney, University of California, Los Angeles, Health, Nursing, Los Angeles
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Gary Coleman's Remains Cremated
KTLA NewsPROVO, Utah -- After being on hold for nearly three weeks, actor Gary Coleman's remains have been cremated as he specified he wanted -- without any funeral, ceremony, or fanfare, according to the attorney hired to oversee his estate. Attorney Robert...Tags: Brain, Foreign Aid, Diff'rent Strokes (tv program), Gary Coleman, Utah
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Former NBA Player Manute Bol Dies at Age 47
The Associated PressCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47. Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville,...Tags: Basketball, Philadelphia 76ers, Social Issues, Skin Conditions, University of Virginia
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Facebook Posting Leads To Kidney Transplant
KTLA NewsEAST HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut mayor says she found a desperate plea on Facebook and went under the knife to donate a kidney to an acquaintance. April Capone-Almon is the mayor of East Haven, Connecticut. She gave an organ to 44-year-old Carlos...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Connecticut, Social Issues, Local Elections, East Haven
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LA Walk for PKD
Mark your calendars and register now for this rewarding event. Sunday, November 9, 2008 (Rain or Shine) Ocean View Park, Santa Monica,CA Check In: 9:00 AM Walk Begins: 10:30 AM Route: Choice of 2 or 4 miles along the scenic Pacific Ocean. Register...Tags: Kidney, Health, Ocean View, Pacific Ocean, Diseases and Illnesses
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Man Dies After Eating Toxic Mushrooms
SANTA BARBARA -- An 82-year-old Santa Barbara man died after eating wild mushrooms he picked and sauteed with a steak. The man, identified as 82 year old Angelo Crippa, died at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seven days after he ate the mushrooms,...Tags: Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Steaks, Dining and Drinking, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
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Record-Setting Kidney Swap Saves Lives
Associated PressWASHINGTON - Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify....Tags: Coconut Creek, Social Issues, Missouri, Georgetown, Washington (U.S. state)
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