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MSD hosts second blood donation drive Save Lives, Donate Blood in partnership … – AME Info
MSD hosts second blood donation drive Save Lives, Donate Blood in partnership …AME InfoMSD, a global healthcare leader, hosted 'Save Lives, Donate Blood', the company's second blood donation drive in partnership with VACSERA's subsidi…
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Boy receives heart transplant
An Altoona boy who has battled a congenital heart defect was to receive a heart transplant early today. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh staff called the Igoe family at 11:30 a.m. Friday and began preparing an operating room for Dalton Igoe, 15.
Women fare better than men after kidney cancer surgery – Jerusalem Post
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School District raises money for student needing heart transplant
It's often difficult for those needing transplants of any type. The waiting can oftentimes take years. When a student at the Pleasant Valley school district was recently placed on a heart transplant list, his school district wanted to help take s…
Lung transplant recipient to participate in benefit walk
A woman who received a double lung transplant after suffering from cystic fibrosis will participate in a benefit walk Saturday.
CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.
Altoona student to receive heart transplant
An Altoona Area Junior High School student is on his way to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh for a heart transplant. Dalton Igoe, 15, received the call at 11:30 a.m. Friday, his mother, Dawn, told the Mirror.