When you’ve been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body’s first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of daily living. Looking back over the past three years, my older brother Patrick now understands the meaning of his increasingly frequent bouts of fatigue, his fluctuating appetite and the fact that his blood pressure had crept up to 150/90.
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Doctors: No definitive answers on flu deaths among young
For most, the flu is a winter inconvenience — stuffy nose, fever, body aches and a few days of bed rest. But what seems fairly routine also can become life-threatening
Conjoined twins separated after long surgery
A team of medical experts successfully separated Egyptian twin boys Hassan and Mahmoud on Saturday — the 21st procedure of this type to be performed in the kingdom, the nation’s leading surgeon said. “The twins, almost an hour ago, have been separated for the first time in their lives,” said Dr.
Remains of more bodies, fetus found in New Mexico desert
Three more bodies and a fetus have been discovered west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where six bodies were unearthed earlier this month, police said Tuesday. The new discoveries bring to nine the number of bodies that investigators have discovered, including the remains of a pregnant woman who was found Monday. She appeared to be in her first trimester, police spokesman John Walsh said.
Treatment for bird flu succeeds in mice
Antibodies taken from humans could provide protection from lethal strains of influenza, including the bird flu and the 1918 Spanish flu strain, according to research published this week.
Actor with ‘Wrestler’ drug role accused of dealing steroids
An actor who played a steroids dealer in the critically acclaimed movie "The Wrestler" has been arrested — on charges he was dealing steroids. If she gets her way, her attacker will suffer the same fate
Woman blinded by acid wants same fate for attacker
Ameneh Bahrami is certain that one day she’ll meet someone, fall in love and get married. But when her wedding day comes, her husband won’t see her eyes, and she won’t see her husband. Bahrami is blind, the victim of an acid attack by a spurned suitor.
Drugs suspected in teen’s death at Fort Lewis barracks, Army says
Army investigators suspect drugs played a role in the death of a 16-year-old girl found unconscious with another teenage girl at a closed barracks, a spokesman for the investigation said Wednesday. The incident happened last weekend at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington, as the girls were visiting an acquaintance at the barracks, which are closed to the public, according to Chris Grey, a spokesman for the base’s Criminal Investigation Command.
Longer lashes courtesy of the FDA?
Soft music filled the room as waiters served white wine and hors d’oeuvres. Two dozen well-dressed women chatted in small groups.
Vaccines didn’t cause autism, court rules
A special court ruled Thursday that evidence presented in three cases by parents of children with autism did not prove a link between autism and certain early childhood vaccines. The ruling came from a panel of “special masters” who began hearing three test cases in 2007 involving children with autism — a disorder that their parents contend was triggered by the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella combined with vaccines containing thimerosal, a preservative containing mercury