Pioneer Pediatric Heart Surgeon Drummond-Webb Dies
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  - Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb, a  pioneer in surgery to implant artificial heart pumps in  children, died of an apparent suicide over the weekend at the  age of 45, hospital officials said Monday.
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The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a pioneering Christian broadcaster and megachurch pastor whose fiercely conservative worldview helped fuel the rise of the religious right in American politics, died Wednesday. He was 76.
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H. Donald Wilson, 82, under whose leadership the commercial database service LexisNexis introduced electronic research to law firms and news organizations, died of a heart attack Nov. 12 in front of his computer at his home in Mitchellville.
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VENTURA, Calif. - Gordon Cooper, who as one of the original Mercury astronauts was a pioneer in human space exploration, has died.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. One of two infant twins who had been awaiting heart transplants in Nashville has received a donor organ. Abigail Patrick underwent four hours of surgery yesterday at Vanderbilt University&#39;s children&#39;s hospital.
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NASSAU, Bahamas  - Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old   son died suddenly at her bedside in a Bahamian hospital where   the former Playboy Playmate was recovering from the birth of a   daughter, police said on Monday.
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Four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher died Saturday in a Seattle hospital of a reoccurrence of leukemia after a recent stem-cell transplant, her doctor said. She was 51.
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Maurice Wilkins, 88, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 along with the two scientists credited for describing the structure of DNA, Francis Crick and James Watson, died Tuesday at a London hospital.
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Pioneering heart surgeons Alain Carpentier and Albert Starr and immunologist Ralph Steinman were named on Saturday as recipients of Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards, sometimes dubbed "America's Nobels."
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a giant of cancer  research who discovered that tumors generate a network of tiny  blood vessels to nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74,  Harvard Medical School said on Tuesday.
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Sept. 10, 2004 - Dr. Craig Smith â-ne of the nation&#39;s leading heart surgeons â - his wife, Trish, were headed to their vacation home in New York&#39;s Adirondack Mountains to celebrate their 34th wedding
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Scottish children who undergo heart operations are 'more likely' to die than in the rest of the UK, figures show.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a giant of cancer research who discovered that tumors generate a network of tiny blood vessels to nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74, Harvard Medical School said on Tuesday.
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Little Rock - The death of nationally renowned surgeon Jonathan Drummond-Webb has shocked his family, friends and colleagues. He was well-respected for his work with young adults suffering from heart conditions.
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Fourteen-year-old Travis Marcus left the Arkansas Children Hospital Thursday after giving his surgeon a bear hug. Marcus is the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
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Dr. Shires was a leading surgeon and expert on trauma who carried out path-breaking research, helped create the largest burn center in New York City and trained two generations of surgical leaders.
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Ancel Keys, a pioneer in public health best known for identifying the connection between a cholesterol-rich diet and heart disease, has died.