Newborn Cheyenne Pyle Youngest Heart Transplant Recipient
Five hour five minute birth to surgery at Jackson Children's Hospital made Cheyenne Pyle the nation s youngest heart transplant patient. At 90 minutes old she received a donor heart, placed in a 52 degree body during a 50 minute implant. Her parents await a chance to hold their daughter as she recovers in intensive care.
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Miami
Cheyenne Pyle
Jackson Children’s Hospital
Cheyenne
Alberta Pyle
Pyles
Fat melting protein linked to adult diabetes
A study in Science ties the obesity drug leptin to Type II diabetes risk. Israel researchers show leptin disrupts insulin action on human liver cells, suggesting a possible link between high leptin levels in obesity and diabetes development. Medical caution urged for clinical use.
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Washington
Journal
Science
Israel
Menachem Rubinstein
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot
Rubinstein
Managed care group backs overnight stay for mastectomies
Washington reports a thousand managed care firms will allow overnight hospital stays after mastectomies to counter criticism. Representative Rosa DeLauro plans federal law requiring 48 hours unless patients choose to leave earlier, as Medicare data show rising outpatient mastectomies in the South.
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Washington
American Association of Health Plans
Medicare
South
Rosa DeLauro
D-Conn
DeLauro
Connecticut
Tho Health
Cigna Healthcare
Connecti- Care Inc
AAHP
David Foster
Hcia Ine
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