Indonesia denies mutilation in circumcision traditions
Thrashing wildly, five-year-old Reta wails as she is hoisted onto a bed during a circumcision ceremony in a school-hall-turned-clinic on Indonesia's island of Java.
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Mar 24, 2013 |
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Mexican forensic expert bathes bodies to solve crimes
Mexican forensic expert Alejandro Hernandez dips dry, yellowish cadavers in a see-through bath, hoping his technique to rehydrate mummified bodies will solve murders in crime-infested Ciudad Juarez.
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Mar 24, 2013 |
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EU prosecutor adds charges in Kosovo organs case
(AP)—A European Union prosecutor has added charges to an indictment against 7 Kosovars suspected in an illegal kidney transplantation scheme.
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Mar 22, 2013 |
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German firm on trial over faulty French breast implants
Proceedings against a German safety standards firm that gave defective breast implants the all clear kicked off Friday in France, with millions of euros claimed in damages.
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Mar 22, 2013 |
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Stayin' alive—delivering resuscitation messages to the public
Four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home, and unless the public are trained in resuscitation many people die before emergency services get to them.
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Mar 22, 2013 |
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Education for kidney failure patients may improve chances living donor transplantation
Patients with kidney failure who have greater transplant knowledge and motivation are ultimately more likely to receive a kidney transplant from a living donor, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
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Mar 21, 2013 |
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Research show little support for controls on overseas fertility treatment
Problems in accessing donor sperm and eggs at home appear to be behind a reported increase in the number of UK citizens who seek fertility treatment abroad, despite the fact that this is widely seen as risky. ...
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Mar 20, 2013 |
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Conflict-of-interest disclosures common at 2011 AAOS meeting
(HealthDay)—At the 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting, voluntarily disclosed conflicts of interest were common, especially for featured symposia, according to a study published ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Returning military personnel to duty following severe injury to the lower extremity
High-energy lower-extremity trauma (HELET) is common in modern warfare, often resulting in severe tissue damage, chronic pain, neurovascular injury and significant muscle loss, according to the new research presented today ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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MRI may predict adverse tissue reaction in metal-on-metal hip replacement patients
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can detect a failing, or potentially failing, metal-on-metal hip implant (MoM) early on, according to a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Fla. company supplied organs in rabies case
(AP)—An official at an organ donation service in Florida says it was the supplier of transplanted organs from a man who later was found to have died of rabies.
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Mar 18, 2013 |
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Can online chat rooms and 'cyberhugs' help chronic pain sufferers cope?
The more than 100 million Americans living with chronic pain and daily suffering often have limited outlets to talk about their conditions with others who can understand and offer comfort. Online chatrooms ...
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Mar 18, 2013 |
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Hundreds checked for rabies after transplant death
Public health agencies in five U.S. states are assessing the rabies risk for hundreds of people who may have had close contact with an infected organ donor and four transplant recipients, one of whom died, ...
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Mar 17, 2013 |
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Internal Medicine residency match results encouraging for adults needing primary care
The number of U.S. senior medical students choosing categorical internal medicine residencies increased for the fourth consecutive year. According to the 2013 National Resident Matching Program, 3,135 U.S. medical school ...
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Mar 15, 2013 |
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US organ transplant patient dies of rabies
A person in the northeastern state of Maryland who recently died of rabies was found to have contracted the illness from an organ transplant done over a year ago, US health officials said Friday.
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