Double Transplant Patient Dies at University of Arizona
A 33-year-old auto mechanic Thomas Creighton died after his second transplanted human heart failed at the University of Arizona Medical Center. The patient had been kept alive 11 hours with the Phoenix Heart after the first human heart transplant. FDA officials raised concerns about unapproved device use. university and medical team defended the decision as a life-saving measure.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona Medical Center
Thomas) Creighton
MIT
University
Allan Bergel
Creighton
Jack Copeland
Bergel
Beigel
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Washington
FDA
Bill Grigg
Copeland
Cecil Vaughn
St. Luke's Hospital
Phoenix
Vaughn
University of Arizona
Grigg
British embrace of American soaps fuels success of Dynasty and Dallas
British TV buyers note wealth glamour and sex drive demand for Dynasty and Dallas on BBC1 and BBC2. They cite Joan Collins star power and the appeal of glamorous American soap operas, while noting limits for period or ethnically focused shows. Some American comedies like Rhoda Maude and Alice struggle to reach Channel 4 and BBC2, but Happy Days crosses into mainstream, and Fame profits from foreign sales to MGM.
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Matt Wolf
Associated Press
London
Texas
Colorado
Dallas
David Platt
British Broadcasting Corp
Platt
Abc-Tv
Joan Collins
BBC
England
America
Leslie Halliwell
Channel 4
Britain
Halliwell
Los Angeles
ITV
BBC1
Rhoda
BBC2
Fame
High School of Performing Arts
New York
MGM
Paralyzing error at Albany Medical Center injures pregnant patient
A 21 year old pregnant woman undergoing chemotherapy at Albany Medical Center was mistakenly injected in the spinal column with vincristine, causing paralysis. A resident misread a syringe label amid several injections. doctors say the drug should have been given intravenously. The hospital and state health department launched investigations as the patient remains on a respirator with uncertain prognosis.
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Albany
N.Y
Albany Medical Center
Gregory Harper
Harper
Michael Vanko
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Yanko
Bob East
Miami Herald
Miami
Jackson Memorial Medical Center
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