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Saturday, 01 September 2012 13:39

Boomers retiring to rural areas won't find doctors

Written by By JEFF BARNARD

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- As record numbers of baby boomers retire, many are considering moving to rural areas.......

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Saturday, 01 September 2012 10:29

Thalidomide Victims Believe an Apology Is Too Little Too Late

Written by Christine Hsu

Authors: Christine Hsu

Photodisc/Thinkstock(LONDON) -- Sometimes saying you are sorry isn't enough for the victims of the drug thalidomide. The drug users and victims of the drug feel insulted by an apology from the German company that made the drug used to combat morning sickness in pregnant mothers in the 50's.
It took fifty years for the German...

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Friday, 31 August 2012 22:27

New PSA Educates About Dwarfism Awareness Month

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen Cox

Little People of America/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Little People of America has declared October National Dwarfism Awareness Month. With a new PSA, the nationwide support group hopes to raise positive awareness and clarify common misconceptions about dwarfism.

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Friday, 31 August 2012 17:47

Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within One Year, Study Says

Written by Kelly Knaub

Authors: Kelly Knaub

Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A new study warns that smoking after a stroke triples the risk of death within a year, Health Day reports.
Researchers also found that the sooner stroke survivors took up the habit again, the risk for death within one year increased. Investigators from Italy looked at 921 patients who...

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Friday, 31 August 2012 16:55

Sheriff: Man stole doctor's ID, saw 500 patients

Written by By JEFFREY COLLINS

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A man stole a physician's identity and pretended to be a doctor for a year in South Carolina, and now investigators are combing through medical records to see whether he harmed any of the hundreds of patients he treated, authorities said.......

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Friday, 31 August 2012 15:17

Key dates in history of thalidomide

Written by Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) -- 1946- Gruenenthal, a German pharmaceutical, is founded in Stolberg.......

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Friday, 31 August 2012 15:09

1,000s flood Yosemite hotline to ask about virus

Written by By TRACIE CONE and JASON DEAREN

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- At least six rangers are staffing phones at Yosemite National Park as visitors frightened about a growing outbreak of a deadly mouse-borne virus call seeking answers.......

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Friday, 31 August 2012 12:03

Tanya Angus Has Hope in Growing Battle Against Gigantism

Written by Kelly Knaub

Authors: Kelly Knaub

ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- For the first time in a decade Tanya Angus, who is fighting a life-and-death battle against gigantism, has stopped growing. At seven feet and 400 pounds, she now has some hope.
Angus, a 33-year-old from Las Vegas, was diagnosed with acromegaly, a rare pituitary disorder that causes the body to produce too...

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Friday, 31 August 2012 14:10

German drug firm makes 1st apology for thalidomide

Written by By FRANK JORDANS

BERLIN (AP) -- The German manufacturer of a notorious drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with shortened arms and legs, or no limbs at all, issued its first ever apology Friday - 50 years after pulling the drug off the market.......

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