Heart recipient conquers Andes climb
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She's a climber with heart, and it's not even her own.
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Â· Canadian considered eating own leg to survive Â· Chance rescue by hiker ended 96-hour ordeal
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- General Augusto Pinochet, whose 17-year dictatorship carried out thousands of political killings and widespread torture, was fighting for his life in a hospital yesterday after a heart attack. But doctors said his condition was improving after an emergency procedure to restore blood flow to his heart.
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RIP conqueror of Everest Sir Edmund Hillary, the NZ climber who in 1953 conquered Mount Everest and subsequently did much to improve the lot of Nepal's Sherpa people has died aged 88.â¦
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Giving a bear hug to his surgeon and a thumbs-up to other hospital staff, a 14-year-old boy went home for Christmas &#151; the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
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Two years ago, Andrew Smith received a heart transplant at UCLA Medical Center. Today, the 46-year-old is healthy once again, training to compete in a triathlon -- thanks to the
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Giving a bear hug to his surgeon and a thumbs-up to other hospital staff, a 14-year-old boy went home for Christmas -- the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
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A Spaniard has become the first woman in the world to receive a double hand transplant.
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For 17 people, the journey to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world, is an exploration and not merely a climb.
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Peter Houghton is grateful for his artificial heart. After all, it has saved his life.
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Edmund Hillary, 88, a beekeeper-turned-mountaineer from New Zealand who with his Sherpa guide in 1953 became the first men known to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, died early today at Auckland City Hospital. No cause of death was reported.
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Sir Edmund Hillary was the mountaineer who, with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, was the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest.
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&quot;I felt pretty good,&quot; he says. That is, until his 50th birthday when he had a heart attack. It&#39;s an all-too-common story and many cardiologists hope former President Bill Clinton&#39;s case will
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Six-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is taking part in a cross-country cycling relay to raise awareness about cancer and the importance of cancer research.
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Famed explorer Sir Edmund Hillary led a life of 'determination, humility and generosity'
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a heart attack on Sunday and was given a bypass operation which his son said brought him back from the brink of death.
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A British explorer has broken the speed record for reaching the North and South Poles and the summit of Mount Everest, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Saturday.