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19
Jun
200925 Weeker Fitted With An External Pacemaker
In a world first, tiny Taylor Gardner has been fitted with a pacemaker bigger than her fragile body.
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May
2009Amazing Baby Doing Well After Her Heart Was Repaired In The Womb
Called a first in Canada, doctors at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children have successfully repaired a baby’s heart while she was still in the womb.
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8
May
2009Toddlers Close Encounter With A Bengal Tiger
These breathtaking pictures appear to show a little girl seconds away from becoming a hungry tiger’s lunch.
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28
Nov
2008Baby Born With Heart, Liver Outside of Body
Surgeons in India will attempt to save the life of a baby girl who was born with her heart and part of her liver growing outside her body.
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The four-day-old girl is currently being cared for at the Bengal medical college on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri.
“This is a very [...]
11
Nov
2008UK Mom Welcomes World’s First Baby After Full Ovary Transplant
A 38-year-old woman from London has welcomed the world’s first baby conceived after a full ovary transplant.
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The new mom, who received an ovary donated by her identical twin sister, delivered a healthy daughter weighing 7lb 15oz today, by Caesarean section.
The birth is the ninth reported worldwide after ovarian tissue was transplanted from one [...]
29
Oct
200824 Week Baby Kept Alive With Bubble Wrap
I am always amazed at the lengths that doctors will go to to keep a micro-preemie alive.
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When Gregor Craig arrived at just 24 weeks weighing a tiny 1lb 14oz, he was so small that his father’s wedding ring fitted over his arm.
His chances of survival were slim, but doctors wanted to give him every chance.
So [...]
28
Oct
2008Surgeons Remove 8lb Tumour From East Timorese Baby
In a life-saving operation, volunteer surgeons at New Zealand’s Wellington Hospital East have removed a tumour from a Timorese baby that weighed a third of his body weight.
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The 8lb tumour was removed by in the capital at the weekend.
The large mass would have eventually killed the 14-month-old boy had the surgical team [...]
10
Oct
2008Documentary Spotlights Incredible Stories Of Seriously Ill Children
Sean weighed 2 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. He had severe heart, lung and intestinal complications. Doctors did not think he would survive. In a Documentary featuring the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, directed my Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade takes you through this amazing baby’s journey.
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For those who have never seen an extremely premature baby, this [...]
5
Oct
2008Baby Found Alive After Spending 4 Days in Pool of Mud
After flash floods killed at least 41 people in central Algeria this week, a baby was found alive by rescuers after spending four days in a pool of mud.
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“It’s a miracle, really a miracle to find it alive after all this time,” the town governor of Ghardaia, Yahia Fahim, told national radio. The state-run [...]
24
Sep
2008Surgeons Use Ping-Pong Ball to Save Toddler’s Life
In a world first, an Australian surgeon has used a simple ping-pong ball to keep liver transplant patient Mackenzie Argaet alive.
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Dr. Albert Shun, from The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, used the unusual approach when confronted with a medical problem while operating on the 2-year-old girl.
Born with a rare gastrointestinal disorder known as biliary [...]
24
Sep
200810-Ounce Baby Born In South Carolina
Update: The tiny baby born lost her fight early Thursday morning from complications related to her premature birth. Our thoughts are with the family.
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A tiny baby born girl in South Carolina has survived the first week of her life, despite overwhelming odds.
Dye’mon Dodd weighed only 10 ounces at birth and had a 30 [...]
27
Aug
2008Baby With Two Heads Born In Bangladesh
UPDATE: Kiron passed away after his parents took him home because they could not afford medical care.
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A baby born with 2 heads has caused so much curiosity that he is now under police protection.
150,000 local curiosity seekers turned up at the clinic in Bangladesh after word got out that where he was born.
The baby, [...]





