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England’s National Health Service announces DNA project to fight cancer, rare...
LONDON — England’s publicly funded healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS), announced 11 new Genomics Medicine Centres Monday, as part of a new DNA scheme that aims to tackle cancer and...
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Senator Harry Reid suffers accident while exercising at home
Senator Harry Reid’s 2015 is off to a rough start The Senate’s democratic leader is in a Nevada hospital after he injured himself while exercising at home. Reid, 75, broke a number of ribs and bones...
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How a man used 3D printing to help treat his wife’s brain tumor
In the summer of 2013, Pamela Shavaun Scott started having “24/7 severe headaches” — so severe that she couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t before December that she heard for sure that it was a brain tumor...
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Leah’s cancer in remission: A happy turn to a feel-good NFL story
As the NFL turned rotten last autumn with a crisis of domestic violence and credibility, one feel-good story emerged to offer a bittersweet counterpoint to the continuous stream of bad news Now that...
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10 crazy medical emergencies in a decade of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Grey’s Anatomy premiered 10 years ago on Friday. That’s right — it’s been a decade since Meredith drank a little too much tequila at the bar The mid-season replacement for Boston Legal gave us a whole...
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Blood transfusion recipient temporarily receives donor’s food allergies
A boy in Canada mysteriously became allergic to fish and nuts after he received a blood transfusion, according to a new case report. The 8-year-old boy had no history of being allergic to any foods,...
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Rita Wilson shares news of breast cancer, encourages second opinions
Rita Wilson has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and recently underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. The 58-year-old actress has an underlying condition of...
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Beep boop beep: An interactive, animated droid encyclopedia
As photos, trailers and rumors have leaked about Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, a new star has emerged: BB-8, the small, chipper, spherical astromech droid Droids (or androids) are an...
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LinkedIn-esque app for doctors helped save lives after Nepal earthquake
When you’re sick, you can choose the doctor who treats you. If that doctor can’t handle your case, he or she refers you to another doctor. On what basis does the former recommend the latter? Is it...
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Doctors completed the first skull and scalp transplant from a human donor
Texas doctors say they have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man with a large head wound from cancer treatment. MD Anderson Cancer Center and Houston Methodist...
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FDA approves Addyi, the new ‘female Viagra’
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women, a milestone long sought by a pharmaceutical industry eager to...
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Hunted albino children from Tanzania find new life in New York
This summer, five children made a big move from their homes in Tanzania to the United States. This move saved their lives. In parts of Africa, people with albinism are hunted for their body parts,...
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Tiny kitten with two missing legs gets a teeny wheelchair to frolic in
For one teeny kitten, good things come from fighting to stay alive. Cassidy is a two-legged kitten who spent the first nine weeks of life with no one to care for him. When a concerned citizen...
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U.S. airstrike may have hit MSF hospital in Afghanistan, killing 3
A U.S. airstrike may have hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital on the front lines of conflict in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing three staff members. The death toll may rise as 30 are unaccounted for...
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The case for investigating the U.S. strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital
Doctors Without Borders is calling for an independent investigation into the U.S. airstrike that killed 22 people in one of its hospitals in what it calls a “war crime.” The charity is seeking help...
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Texas woman gives birth to her own granddaughter through surrogacy
A North Texas woman has given birth to her own granddaughter after serving as a surrogate for her daughter. At age 54, Tracey Thompson of Plano delivered a 6-pound 11-ounce girl after serving as...
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Doctors Without Borders says Yemen hospital hit in Shiite rebel stronghold
The aid group Doctors Without Borders says a projectile from an unknown source has hit a hospital it supports in Yemen’s northern Saada province, killing four and injuring 10. The group, also known as...
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CDC to doctors: Ask pregnant women about trips to Zika-infected areas
U.S. health officials have new guidance for doctors whose pregnant patients may have traveled to regions with a tropical illness linked to birth defects. Officials say doctors should ask pregnant...
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