Child AIDS victim dreams of heaven
In Elizabeth New Jersey a 12 year old girl named Sandy is dying of AIDS. She speaks of heaven as a place without pain and remembers her father and family. She remains hopeful and clings to life while on home hospice care amid frequent transfusions and mounting illness.
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Lissette Rodriguez
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Sandy
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Laura Hoyt
Centers For Disease Control
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United States
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Carmen Candelaria
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Puerto Rico
Christina
Lissette
Center For Hope Hospice
Experimental drug offers hope for rare lung disease patient
Julia Dispoto, a 38 year old athlete and vegetarian from Ark, Va, is among about 10 in the United States treated with prostacyclin for primary pulmonary hypertension. The experimental therapy, delivered via portable pump, has extended her expected life and may reduce future transplant needs. Doctors say many cases are diagnosed late and rely on vasodilators or transplant. prostacyclin broadens options but long term safety remains unknown.
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Baltimore
Julia Dispoto
Disputo
the Ark
United States
Food and Drug Administration
Dispoto
Lewis J. Rubin
University of Maryland Medical Center
Rubin
Bruce Brundage
Harbor University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center
Brundage
Gairden
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