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Pa. boy, 13, ill after smoking synthetic pot, dies
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania eighth-grader who became ill after smoking synthetic marijuana and had a double lung transplant has died. Tonya Rice tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/tk0Vod ) that her 13-year-old son, Brandon,...Tags: Pittsburgh, Synthetic Marijuana, Lung Transplants, Tom Corbett, Immune System
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FDA approves innovative, non-invasive heart valve
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved a first-of-a-kind artificial heart valve that can be implanted without major surgery, offering a new treatment option for patients who are too old or frail for the chest-cracking procedure...Tags: Mayo Clinic, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Heart and Circulatory System, Diabetes
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Gov. Daniels will undergo knee surgery
INDIANPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels will undergo knee surgery on his right knee. The 62-year-old governor says he'll have arthroscopic surgery Friday to repair torn cartilage. He said Thursday the damage is from 40 years of running. The knee...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Government, Knees, Politics
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Teenager's new valve holds promise for others with heart defects - including her own sister
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterWhen Courtney DeGraff was born 19 years ago, doctors quickly discovered that her heart was riddled with problems. Pediatric heart surgeons at what’s now called Riley Hospital for Children at University Health decided to wait a few months to...Tags: Heart Surgery, Health and Safety at School, Health, Halloween, Heart and Circulatory System
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Singer R. Kelly has emergency surgery on tonsil
CHICAGO (AP) — A spokesman for R. Kelly says the R&B singer is in the hospital after emergency throat surgery. Kelly publicist Allan Mayer said Wednesday that doctors drained an abscess on one of Kelly's tonsils on Tuesday and that the singer...Tags: Health, Celebrities and Health Issues, Throat, Hospitals and Clinics, R. Kelly
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DNA sample ordered in South Bend murder case
SOUTH BEND — A South Bend man charged with murder was ordered today to provide a DNA sample for investigators in his case.
Brian Cocot, 38, was arrested June 13 and faces a Class A felony charge in the death of his wife Marsha.
Judge Jerome...Tags: DNA, Biotechnology Industry, Lawyers, Murder, Suicide
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Arbitrator: Man with shy bladder wrongly fired
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An arbitrator has ordered a state of Michigan employee back on the job, months after he was dismissed for failing to provide urine for a drug test. Ron Koonter of Grand Ledge says he has a condition known as "shy bladder...Tags: Health, Career and Workplace, Drugs and Medicines, Michigan, Bladder
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Eye anatomy at camp? Kids get taste of med careers
WARRENTON, Va. (AP) — Again and again, 12-year-old Brianna Bowens cautiously pokes the human eyeball. On purpose. The donated eye is tougher than you'd think. It takes a few slices with a sharp scalpel to pierce the white part — the sclera,...Tags: Health, Google Inc., Throat, Social Issues, Health and Medical Professionals
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Football's concussion problem: What if the game is doing irrevocable harm?
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer(First of two parts) They crash together with ferocity. Helmets collide. Teeth clench. Feet pound. It is practice day for the Granger Rocket Football league, and the gathered boys - ages 9, 10, 11, 12 - are going through the standard tackling and...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Salads, Concussion, Chicago Bears, Medical Research
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Study: Dads less likely to die of heart problems
Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are. The study — by the AARP, the government and...Tags: Health, Denver, American Heart Association, Stanford University, Testosterone
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Longtime ND geneticist dies
To University of Notre Dame geneticist Harvey A. Bender, science was more than a technical discipline — it was an adventure story. That's what his daughter, Dr. Leslie Bender, of Baltimore, recalls about her dad, who died Saturday at the age of 78....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Science, Genes and Chromosomes, Medical Specialization, Genetics
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Fla. health official: Child Medicaid program is OK
MIAMI (AP) — One of the state's top Medicaid official told a judge that Florida's health insurance program for poor children has no major problems, children are able to access care and any contrary statements other health officials have made to...Tags: Trials, Medicaid, Lawyers, Ear, Nose, and Throat, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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