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(Damage from attacks had long been detected in autopsies.) In time, doctors learned the myriad symptoms that can accompany a heart attack -- among them

Many scientists now contend that with years of continued research, stem cells may help treat, if not cure, spinal cord paralysis, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, damaged hearts, kidneys and livers, and many other ailments.

With former President George W. Bush having decided to stay largely silent during Mr. [Barack Obama]'s tenure, Mr. Cheney had embraced the role of public critic, accusing the new, young president of rolling back Bush-era policies and undermining the security of the United States. In 2009, Mr. Cheney and Mr. Obama gave dueling speeches on the same day. Mr. Cheney's friends and family say that he is making plans to get out in 2011 and do more speeches. On Jan. 20, he is to fly to Texas for the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War with former President George H.W. Bush, the emir of Kuwait, and a host of alumni of that administration, including the former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft and Colin L. Powell, who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, when Mr. Cheney was defense secretary. Mr. Cheney, who is spending the holidays at his ranch in Wyoming, recently had a class of U.S. Military Academy cadets over to his house in McLean, Virginia, to talk about his experiences working for four of the last five Republican presidents. In Wyoming, he has been seen in local stores, stocking up to make chili and spaghetti sauce, 'as well as walking me through how to cook Christmas dinner,' his daughter Liz Cheney said in an e-mail. But most of all, Ms. Cheney said, her father has been working on his book, which is due out this autumn

The fundraiser for [Maria Cino], held at the Alexandria, Va., home of [Dick Cheney]'s former aide Mary Matalin, was his first major foray into partisan Washington political theater since receiving a mechanical heart pump in July that has, most doctors say, saved Cheney's life by taking on the task of helping to push blood through his arteries. With George W. Bush having decided to stay largely silent during [Barack Obama]'s tenure, Cheney embraced the role of public critic, accusing the new, young president of rolling back Bush-era policies and undermining the nation's security. In 2009, Cheney and Obama gave dueling speeches on the same day. At 69, Cheney's heart will never beat at full strength again, doctors say. His new mechanical pump, a partial artificial heart known as a ventricular assist device, leaves patients without a pulse because it pushes blood continuously instead of mimicking the heart's own beat. Most pulseless patients feel nothing unusual, but the devices do pose significant risks of infection. They are implanted as a last resort either for permanent use or as a bridge to transplant until a donor heart can be found. Cheney, who has participated in some of the nation's toughest decisions for decades, now faces a crucial one of his own: whether to seek a full heart transplant

The doctors preserved the skull bone for later replanting. Since surgery, they have used short-acting drugs to put Ms. Giffords in a medical coma that they lift periodically to check on her neurological responses.

[...] Mr. Cheney has begun resuming his old activities. Besides the Cino fund-raiser, he attended a round of holiday parties in Washington -- leaving whispers in his trail about his weight loss.

Mr. Cheney, as he did at several holiday receptions in Washington, chatted about his new pump. At one cocktail party, he even opened his coat jacket to show off the pump. While Mr. Cheney is noticeably thinner -- his stiff, one-sided grin now shows up on a markedly leaner face -- he is returning, associates say, to his old life, including hunting and socializing. With former President George W. Bush having decided to stay largely silent during Mr. [Barack Obama]'s tenure, Mr. Cheney had embraced the role of public critic, accusing the new, young president of rolling back Bush-era policies and undermining the security of the United States. In 2009, Mr. Cheney and Mr. Obama gave dueling speeches on the same day. Mr. Cheney's friends and family say that he is making plans to get out in 2011 and do more speeches. On Jan. 20, he is to fly to Texas for the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War with former President George H.W. Bush, the emir of Kuwait, and a host of alumni of that administration, including the former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft and Colin L. Powell, who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, when Mr. Cheney was defense secretary

[...] a procedure does not involve a brain biopsy that doctors would need to diagnose dementia. [...] Reagan was flown to a military hospital near Tucson -- not taken to San Diego, as his son writes -- and the blood clot, a subdural hematoma, was removed weeks later at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

[...] a procedure does not involve a brain biopsy that doctors would need to diagnose dementia. [...] Mr. Reagan was flown to a military hospital near Tucson -- not taken to San Diego, as his son writes -- and the blood clot, a subdural hematoma, was removed weeks later at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn

Many scientists now contend that with years of continued research, stem cells may help treat, if not cure, spinal cord paralysis, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, damaged hearts, kidneys and livers, and many other ailments