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“Super Ted” - The baby who has almost died three times and fought back

Ted Parks, a baby just five months old and fighting for life has returned from the brink of death three times after his heart stopped. Nurses have been in awe of his fight for survival and dubbed the baby, “Super Ted”.
Super Ted suffers from a variation of a condition called arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. An extremely rare [...]

Baby Fae, the 25 year anniversary of a ground breaking procedure

It’s a special day for Dr. Leonard Bailey, 66, who gained international fame in 1984 after transplanting a baboon’s heart into an infant girl. Twenty-five years ago today, the eyes of the world were on a baby girl who needed a heart, Baby Fae.
Stephanie “Fae” Beauclair died less than a month after receiving a baboon [...]

Having Over Five Children May Increase Risks Of Heart Transplant Complications

Researchers in Paris claim that women who have five or more children may be at higher risk later on in life if they require a heart transplant.
The findings, made by the Internation Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, were presented at their 29th Annual meeting.
Lead investigator, Cheri Silverstein, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee said [...]

Two-Month-Old Astounds Doctors By Breathing On Her Own

Two month old Kaylee Wallace has stunned Canadian doctors by miraculously surviving against all odds.
The baby girl, who suffers from the rare condition Joubert Syndrome, continued to breath after being taken off life support.
Joubert Syndrome is a brain malformation which makes breathing difficult and reduces motor functions.
Kaylee had been scheduled for a heart transplant to [...]