First self contained artificial heart implanted in Kentucky
A self contained AbioCor artificial heart was implanted at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, marking the hospital's first such surgery in over a year. The undisclosed patient, in critical but stable condition after a seven hour operation, is the 13th Abiomed AbioCor recipient in a U.S. trial, with the other patient in Houston reported in stable condition.
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Louisville, Ky
Kentucky
Jewish Hospital
Abiomed Inc
Danvers
Mass
Food and Drug Administration
Worker Survives Nail Gun Accident in Los Angeles
Isidro Mejia, 39, suffered six nails driven into his head when a high powered nail gun discharged after a fall from a roof onto a coworker. Doctors at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center say he is expected to make a full recovery, with nails narrowly missing brain stem and spinal cord.
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Los Angeles
Isidro Mejia
Rafael Quinonez
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Mejia
Mark Newlands
Quinonez
Kentucky Equine Education Alliance forms to protect industry
In Lexington Kentucky powerful farm owners and breeders launch the Kentucky Equine Education Alliance to safeguard Kentucky's lead in the horse industry. They claim rivals offer incentives to shift stallions and births elsewhere while highlighting losses of stallions and the economic impact of the sector.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Kentucky Equine Education Alliance
Funny Cide
Smarty Jones
John Gaines
Gaines
Kentucky Horse Park
National Thoroughbred Racing Association
New York
Casner
State General Assembly
Alliance
Four Star Sales of
Kerry Cauthen
Cauthen
Kentucky Horse Racing Authority
Racing Authority
Lisa Douglas
WinStar Farm
Versailles
Bill Casner
Methodists divided as conservatives win on gay ordination ban
In Pittsburgh delegates at the General Conference reaffirmed the ban on ordaining or appointing homosexuals and allowed clergy to refuse ceremonies for same gender couples. The Judicial Council warned about disciplinary action for violators while gay advocates and evangelical supporters remain split, keeping the church rift deepening.
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Pittsburgh
United Methodist
Judicial Council
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