1 Treating lead poisoning. 2  Administering EDTA intravenously and intramuscularly is effective for treating lead poisoning and brain damage caused by lead exposure. 3  The calcium disodium form of EDTA is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for these uses.
For twins Amy and Katie were Â­incredibly born 87 days apart. Maria went into labour four months early, giving birth to Amy â but Katie did not arrive until three months later. Their incredible births will now Â­become a Guinness World Record for the âlongest interval between the birth of twinsâ. The previous record is 84 days.
Colleen Kohse is believed to be the longest living cystic fibrosis patient/survivor of a double heart/lung transplant. She went to England in 1989 for that and is celebrating two decades of good health. She is here with her Louisiana Catahoula Leopard dog named Bandit. Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun.