On A Positive Note: Long Island Community Donate Hats to Boy With Alopecia
A Long Island community is being praised for rallying around a boy with alopecia. The disease impact hair follicles all over the body and causes them to fallout. The residents of Massapequa Park decided to help five-year-old Anthony D'Alessandro gain his confidence back by donating hundreds of hats and caps.
Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, Maryland doctors said Friday.
Tropical Storm Ophelia formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring heavy rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.
