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Obama Suffers Basketball Injury; Gets 12 Stitches

Nov 26th 2010 – 2:47PM
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AFP / Getty Images

WASHINGTON (Nov. 26) -- President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday with a group of family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said. First word about the injury came in a statement from press secretary Robert Gibbs...

For NY Diabetes Patients, Help Is a Phone Call Away

By Hugh CollinsOct 17th 2010 – 4:10PM
NYC Health & Hospitals Corp.

NYC Health & Hospitals Corp.

NEW YORK (Oct. 17) -- Each day, nurse Susan Lehrer cares for 20 diabetes patients, many of whom also have cardiac problems related to the debilitating condition. They're mostly high-risk, low-income patients who have struggled for years to control their diabetes. But Lehrer doesn't wear scrubs to work, and some of her...

Cheney's Post-Op Appearance: A Few Theories on Dick's Frail Frame

By Katie DrummondOct 12th 2010 – 2:44PM
ZUMA Press

ZUMA Press

(Oct. 12) -- Dick Cheney is back in the public eye, after months of recovery following major heart surgery in July. But there's now much less of Cheney to look at, as the former vice president has shed a reported 20 pounds from his frame. And that weight loss is accompanied by a disconcerting frailty, according to...

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