Woman Denied Liver Transplant Due to Alcoholism—but She Hadn’t Had a Drop to Drink

Time Was Running Out

Leland knew the clock was ticking. It was only a matter of time before her liver would fail. She needed to be considered for a transplant or else her life would be in jeopardy. Unfortunately, the transplant team at UPMC was about to kick her to the curb…

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The More You Know

  • There are snakes with two heads, which compete with each other for food.
  • The population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds.
  • A full jumbo jet tank has enough fuel to drive a car around the world four times.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
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