Alecia Defeats Decades of Heart Failure With Historic Transplant at UF Health
Alecia Cosey came to, slumped over in the driver’s seat, to find her 16-year-old daughter crying and gripping the steering wheel. “Momma, are you OK?” Dayshai…
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The Gift of Grace: Series of Surgeries Saves Baby Grace From Rare Heart Defect at UF Health
Expecting a child is a time of joy, anticipation and excitement for most families. Gender reveal celebrations, nursery preparations and dreams of the future…
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UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Hosts Ceremony to Honor Patient’s New Heart
Amid the steady beeping of the heart monitor, Tammy Bernard, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine practitioner, and Jeanne Dickman, a heart transplant patient at…
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Bystander CPR Helps Michael Overcome Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sitting in church and practicing songs for Sunday service, Valerie Layton unexpectedly felt the weight of her husband Michael lean on her. It was April 1, so…
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Gail was told there was no hope for her failing heart
At UF Health, she found a problem-solver in Dr. Thomas Beaver who was up to the challenge.
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Michael gets his beat back
Michael Jansen, 66, is a tall, lean Midwesterner with a soft Missouri drawl, an easy laugh and kind eyes.
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Reghan’s Story: How a Turner syndrome diagnosis led to new career goal
Sixteen-year-old Reghan Dukes longed for answers. After a few appointments with her primary care physician, the possibility of Reghan having Turner syndrome…
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UF Health Congenital Heart Center expertise aids both mother, daughter
In May 2001, Morgan Humphreys turned blue. Until that point, her mother said, Morgans birth had been uneventful. After the care team took her newborn to the…
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Latasha Aiken’s Two Miracles
Latasha Aiken had always dreamed of being a mom. When a life-threatening heart condition almost took that away from her, she was heartbroken.
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Novel AFib heart surgery gave Roseann her life back
Roseann Vitassa is a retired international art dealer living with severe atrial fibrillation, or AFib. It means she has an irregular heartbeat that could lead…
