University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center doctors announced today that 14-year-old D'Zhana Simmons survived nearly four months without a heart. The girl had a condition that caused her own heart to deteriorate. In July she underwent a heart transplant, but her body quickly rejected the organ. So doctors kept her alive using a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device until she could undergo another transplant. Previously, adults had been kept alive for as long as nine months withou
Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent successful heart surgery. Williams's representatives previously announced the South Florida dates he had to postpone will be rescheduled this fall. "I got some great new material for the tour and can't
