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China's H7N9 bird flu death toll likely to rise
Chinese health officials are warning that the death toll from the H7N9 bird flu is likely to rise in the weeks and months ahead. In a report on the outbreak that began in China in February, doctors and researchers from from several public health...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, China, Demographics, Flu, Diseases and Illnesses
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The cinnamon challenge: Just say no, pediatricians warn
It seems harmless enough, swallowing a little spoonful of a lovely spice like cinnamon, but the so-called cinnamon challenge, as millions of YouTube viewers know, is not a pleasant gustatory experience. In clip after clip on the Internet, someone...
Tags: Coughing, Asthma, Allergies, Cinnamon, Google Inc.
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Sam Jameson dies at 76; former longtime L.A. Times correspondent
Sam Jameson, a former longtime Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent with a deep knowledge of and close personal affinity for Japan, his professional and personal base for half a century, died Friday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76. The cause of...
Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Northwestern University, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Heart Failure
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Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's former president, Nelson Mandela, has been discharged from the hospital after 10 days undergoing treatment for pneumonia, officials said Saturday. Mandela's discharge was a huge relief for South Africans,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela
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Study seeks key to staying cancer-free
When Alpa Patel's grandfather was diagnosed with cancer, he seemed healthy: The 64-year-old had been training for a triathlon when doctors found a lemon-size tumor in his brain. He died almost a year to the day from when he was diagnosed. Patel, only...
Tags: Science and Technology, Colon Cancer, Chemotherapy, Lung Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease
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State's bighorn sheep real winners in auction
Except for an occasional “yes” or nod of a head, the room was still as Huron auctioneer Ben Meyer sold the inaugural South Dakota bighorn sheep tag. The March 23 auction took place at the Wild Sheep Foundation's Midwest Chapter banquet in...
Tags: Animals, Vaccines, Auction Service
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No link found between vaccines, Guillain-Barre syndrome
In a review of data covering 13 years and millions of patients, researchers found no evidence of a link between being vaccinated against tetanus, hepatitis, pneumonia or flu and developing the nerve-degenerating disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome. "The...Tags: Science and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections, Newspaper and Magazine, Flu, Pharmaceuticals
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Letty Cottin Pogrebin on 'How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick'
Letty Cottin Pogrebin has never been one to sit back and stay quiet. Not hardly. A lifelong activist and writer, she co-founded Ms. magazine with Gloria Steinem in 1971, staking her flag in the frontlines of the American feminist movement. Over the...
Tags: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Breast Cancer, Dietary Supplements, Diseases and Illnesses, New York City
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Organs needed: You could save a life
PETOSKEY — It's a hard subject for Tina Stead to talk about -- how her family's life changed in what seemed like an instant. Tina, 32, and her husband Mike, 31, have been together for 12 years. The Boyne City couple has three children -- sons,...
Tags: University of Michigan, Flu, Dialysis, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Transplants
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Power outages hard on SW Minn. livestock producers
WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) - The spring storms that knocked out power in parts of southwestern Minnesota recently have been hard on livestock producers. Cattle producer and veterinarian Erin deKoning said she's glad the power came back April 15 at her farm... -
Pedro Ramirez Vazquez dies at 94; architect changed the face of Mexico City
Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, an architect who changed the face of Mexico City by designing a number of landmark modernist structures, died on Tuesday, his 94th birthday. The cause was pneumonia, according to Mexico's National Council for Culture and the Arts....
Tags: Civil Rights, Mexico, Culture, Human Rights, Politics
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South Dakota's bighorn sheep winners
Except for an occasional “yes” or nod of a head, the room was quiet with an air of electric expectation as Huron auctioneer Ben Meyer was auctioning the first-ever South Dakota bighorn sheep tag. The event was held recently at the Wild Sheep Foundation'...Tags: Auction Service
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