Heaven Helps Her. Can She Save Herself?
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Ever since she burst onto the scene with her performance as Edwina in âRaising Arizona,â Holly Hunter said, she has been offered opportunities to star in a television series.
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Robb Mohr sat by his wife's hospital bed two weeks ago, trying to take it all in. His wife, Jolee Mohr, was breathing with the help of a ventilator in a Chicago intensive care unit -- her body bloated from internal bleeding, her liver failing -- and no one could figure out what was wrong with her.
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TAMPA, Fla. - After being dealt a blow by the Florida Supreme Court, the family of a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die case still has several legal options as they try to save her life, their attorney said Friday.
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan 28  - A brain-damaged  Florida woman whose fate has been disputed by her relatives  should be represented by her own lawyer rather than the husband  who wants to let her die, her parents said on Friday.
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Lucille Lamarca could feel her heart begin to beat at a worrisome pace as she lay there alone in the intensive care unit at Buffalo General Hospital with a heart condition. Then from a speaker came a reassuring voice.
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A woman who cradled her dying daughter and later died herself has become the subject of a medical investigation.
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The BBC's Emma Jane Kirby has a crisis of faith when visiting the Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes.
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By Marni Pyke  mpyke@@dailyherald.com  Whether you're seeking help for a personal crisis or simply want to volunteer, a new Web site offers dozens of answers in minutes.
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A mother who discovered she had a tumour while pregnant is saved by her unborn twins' kicking.
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Leaving her tin-roofed brothel for the day, the 42-year-old prostitute journeys to the capital for an injection that might save not only her life, but possibly millions more around the world.
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When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky.
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SEATTLE - A 17-year-old girl who survived eight days after her car crashed and tumbled 200 feet down a ravine may have been saved by her own dehydration, which prevented the expansion of a blood clot in her brain, doctors said.    Laura Hatch's family had almost given her up for dead, and sheriff's deputies had all but written her off as a runaway...
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A patient in a vegetative state can communicate using her thoughts, according to research.
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A 17-year-old who survived in her car for eight days after it crashed down a ravine has returned home following a complex operation. Her doctors say she should make a full recovery within months.
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A terminal leukemia patient must have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive. Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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Why would you save a toothless monster, already on life support?