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NDAD INSIGHTS If you have special needs, emergency preparedness plan should be high priority
With flood risks about to increase quickly in parts of the Northern Plains, and with a spring and summer of weather warnings ahead, the need for emergency preparedness becomes more apparent. Thats es...
Posted on 4/24/13 at 1:02 PM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTY Thursday Thoughts
I have lots of thoughts today. Some not very kind. Last weekend when it was lovely outdoors, we were out and about and saw some motorcycles. Some were riding crazy weaving in and out of the traffic la...
Posted on 10/1/09 at 7:35 AM
Benefit for former Herald managing editor set for Saturday
An event to raise funds to benefit the family of former Herald Managing Editor Kevin Grinde, a recent liver transplant recipient, is set for 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, his birthday, at the Knights of Columbus club in Grand Forks.
By Herald Staff Report , January 19, 2012
Chimp attack victim gets face transplant in Boston
A Connecticut woman who was torn to pieces by a berserk chimpanzee has received a new face in the third such operation performed in the U.S. and is looking forward to going out in public again and eating hot dogs and pizza after months of pureed food.
By Marilynn Marchione , June 10, 2011
HEALTH: Getting back to normal: Recovery going well for Kevin Fee after heart transplant
Life for Kevin Fee is pretty routine these days, and that’s the way he likes it. “Things are slowly getting back to normal,” Fee said. “I’m feeling a lot better than I did before the transplant.
April 09, 2011
Former Mary president has 2nd kidney transplant 
Former University of Mary President Sister Thomas Welder has undergone a second kidney transplant.
By Associated Press , April 06, 2011
UPDATE: Full face transplant performed in Boston
UPDATED 2:47 P.M.A Texas construction worker badly disfigured in a power line accident two years ago has received the nation's first full face transplant at a Boston hospital. Open the article to view video of interview with Texas construction worker before he received transplant.
By Marilynn Marchione and Russell Contreras , March 21, 2011
Doctors test warm, beating hearts in transplant
Despite advances in heart transplantation, the way hearts are moved around the United States and most places remains low-tech.
By Alicia Change , December 06, 2010
Her lungs transplanted, 'Jolly Holly' regaining pep in her step
The months since Holly Bergo’s double lung transplant at Mayo Clinic in February would take the pep out of anybody’s step. They were full of what the Moorhead woman's family understatedly calls “bumps in the road” — setbacks that sent the cheerful public health nurse to the hospital each month.
By Mila Koumpilova , October 23, 2010
Spaniard with full face transplant appears in public
A Spanish man who underwent the world’s first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras today for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor.
By Associated Press , July 26, 2010
Anonymous donor sparks chain of five kidney transplants in 6 days
A series of 10 surgeries at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and two other hospitals has resulted in kidney transplants for five recipients.
By Kristen M. Daum , July 22, 2010
Spanish hospital claims world's 1st full-face transplant
A team of surgeons has carried out the world's first full-face transplant on a young Spanish farmer unable to breathe or eat on his own since accidentally shooting himself in the face five years ago.
By Daniel Woolls , April 23, 2010
West Fargo infant recovers after liver transplant
Alden Shea, born Aug. 6, received part of his father’s liver in a transplant performed by a team of surgeons at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh.
By The Forum , August 25, 2009
Red River Valley newborn survives transplant in Pittsburgh
On Monday, the West Fargo, N.D., newborn received part of his father’s liver – an emergency transplant that is keeping him alive in a Pittsburgh medical center.
By Patrick Springer , August 19, 2009
Singer Natalie Cole has kidney transplant
Representatives for the 59-year-old singer say she underwent successful kidney transplant surgery. Cole will postpone her summer tour as she recovers.
By Associated Press , May 20, 2009
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