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An Ohio grandfather is looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with his family after undergoing a triple organ transplant at Cleveland Clinic. This procedure is so rare, only three other people in the entire U.S. have ever had it done. 64-year-old Don Elliot is getting a second chance at life. 

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Today is the “Great American Smokeout.” The initiative is held every year to encourage people to quit smoking. But it’s not just smoking that’s a concern; so is vaping. A recent study shows those who vape are 19% more likely to develop heart failure than those who have never done it before. “The study was looking at, with this new trend of vaping, does it actually affect the heart in such a way that it causes the heart to fail? Heart failure is an extremely dangerous condition and very prominent. So anytime that we can look for causes that are reversible, we want to look for them,” stated Dr. Nina Thakkar Rivera, Cleveland Clinic.