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NEWS ABOUT: life support

life support stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - The name of the new life-support node for the International Space Station will be announced tomorrow night on The Colbert Report by a NASA astronaut, InformationWeek reports. At the host’s urging, Colbert fans stuffed online ballot boxes to name the unit, though NASA doesn’t have to comply. “... More »

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television • NASA • life support • International Space Station • space travel • Stephen Colbert • name • node

Sick Baby Stuns Doctors By Surviving Off Life Support

Heart transplant canceled after baby girl defies doctors' expectations

Apr 9, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A baby girl who almost became a heart donor unexpectedly survived when taken off life support, the Globe & Mail reports. Two-month-old Kaylee Wallace was born with a rare, incurable condition that doctors believed would stop her from breathing without assistance. But she rallied after her respirator was disconnected... More »

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Canada • heart transplants • life support • baby • Kaylee Wallace

 Richardson Off Life Support 


Mar 18, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson's family has taken the actress off life support, the New York Post reports. Family members including husband Liam Neeson, her two children, and her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, were standing vigil by her hospital bedside. Richardson, 45, suffered a critical brain injury in a ski accident two days ago.... More »

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life support • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • actress • Natasha Richardson

States Rewrite Organ-Donation Laws

New revision would make it easier to obtain organs

Apr 4, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors will be able to take organs from potential donors in more sticky situations, under revisions to state laws on the boards in more than 24 states. Model legislation that's already passed in four states clarifies how to handle ethically complex decisions, helping to alleviate the chronic shortage of kidneys... More »

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health • organ harvesting • law • organ donor • will • living will • patient • life support • state governments

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