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Before this procedure, John Kelly was told he didn't have long to live because of his scleroderma condition.

THE HUMAN BODY can only go without oxygen for 4 minutes before there’s irreversible brain damage. Death follows 4 to 6 minutes later. Yet one 33-year-old man stayed alive for 48 hours without either ...

Malaysia has a new national plan to tackle cancer, tuberculosis, and chronic respiratory conditions in a single approach. Jacqui Thornton reports.