Docs Transplant Windpipes Into Two Cancer Patients Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue and create an organ biologically close to the original, they said Friday.
Another Infant Dies of Whooping Cough in California San Diego County health officials say a month-old baby boy has died of whooping cough. The death reported Thursday marks at least the seventh infant to die of whooping cough this year in California.
1 Dead, 3 Sickened at Pa. Water Treatment Plant A sewage plant employee became faint and died Thursday while working in a 30-foot hole, and three other people who tried to rescue him were overcome by an unknown gas and had to be hospitalized, officials said.
Calcium Supplements May Raise Risk of Heart Attack Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30 percent, researchers reported Friday.