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Giffords Standing on Own, Trying to Improve Gait

PHOENIX -- Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman herself is planning to "walk a mountain." Giffords uses her left side and has begun making limited use of her right arm and leg, a common effect of a...

Research: Oral Sex Puts Men at Risk for Oral Cancer

Rates of oral cancer are on the rise among men, and researchers say the culprit isn't the devil you might think. The rising rates of oral cancer aren't being caused by tobacco, experts say, but by HPV, the same sexually transmitted virus responsible for the vast majority of cases of cervical cancer in women. Millions of...

Vet Treats Dogs With Hip, Knee Problems With Stem Cell Therapy

A Virginia veterinarian is one of just a few dozen nationwide experimenting with adult stem cell therapy for dogs who have problems with their hips and knees. Dr. John Herrity in Burke, Va., was inspired to look into stem cell therapy as an option for treating dogs with arthritis, joint and hip pain as part of his...

Better Think Positive: Pessimism Can Block Therapy

WASHINGTON -- Spine surgeon Anders Cohen puts a lot of stock in patients' expectations of pain relief. He prefers to operate only on those who "grab you by the collar and say, 'I can't take it anymore.'" New brain research proves doctors like Cohen are onto something: Pessimism can override the effectiveness of even...

Parry-Romberg Syndrome: 5 Facts on the Rare Facial Disorder

For 11-year-old Christine Honeycutt, the mirror presented an unwanted reflection. Afflicted with Parry-Romberg syndrome, one half of Honeycutt's face seemed to age faster than the other, leaving a whole that was visibly out of sync with itself. Her story, reported by CNN, has drawn attention to the facial disorder that...

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Spanish daily: Chavez taking powerful opiate for spreading cancer

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is taking an opiate "100 times more potent than morphine" to alleviate the severe pain caused by the spread of cancer in his bones, Spanish daily ABC reported Saturday, citing an "intelligence report."

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A Decade Of Dark Chocolate Could Protect Your Heart

A scientific study likely to stir the souls of chocoholics has suggested that eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes in some high-risk patients.

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Foreigner Keyboardist Michael Bluestein Diagnosed With Cancer

Michael Bluestein, the keyboardist for Foreigner , has been forced to take an indefinite leave from the group after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

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What's Eating Devil Anse Hatfield? All About Pleurisy

If you've been following the History Channel's Hatfields & McCoys miniseries about the famous Civil War-era feud between the Hatfield and McCoy clans of West Virginia and Kentucky, you may have noticed something unfamiliar in Devil Anse Hatfield last night: pleurisy.

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Dark Chocolate Consumption For 10 Years Could Protect The Heart: Study

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06/03/12 Man dies in threesome, widow gets $3m Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia William Martinez, a police officer, went to a physician at the Cardiovascular Group in Lawrenceville, Georgia after experiencing heart problems, myFOXatlanta.com reported.
06/03/12 Hospital health team to set sail for charity Source: Epsom Guardian - Epsom - Surrey - UK A team of doctors, nurses, patients and supporters from St Helier, Sutton and Epsom hospitals are setting sail for charity.
06/03/12 Leeds teenager hoping to walk alone Source: Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds - West Yorkshire - UK A Leeds teenager whose bone cancer was treated through a pioneering operation could soon walk unaided again.
06/03/12 'Jack Spratt' gene explains diabetes in lean people Source: EMax Health Several reasons have been proposed about why thin people â not just obese â develop type 2 diabetes.
06/03/12 Housewives star Kathryn Joosten dies Source: RTE The Los Angeles Times reports that Joosten passed away at her home in Westlake Village, California on Saturday.