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Associated Press Jenni Lake's family, (from left) father Mike Lake, sister Kaisee Lake, boyfriend Nathan Wittman, mother Diana Phillip with Jenni's newborn son Chad Michael Lake Wittman, and sister Ashley Lake stand for a portrait in Pocatello, Idaho. Jenni Lake, who decided against treatment for tumors on her brain and spine so she could carry the baby, died of cancer on Nov. 21, 12 days after giving birth to Chad.
Teen forgoes treatment to deliver son
POCATELLO, Idaho  — Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the month before her 18th birthday, although she was not destined to become just another teenage mother. That much, she knew. While bei...
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Submitted photo Ashley Bunting holds her daughter, Hannah, in Western Baptist Hospital's neo-natal intensive care unit. Hannah spent her first 10 days in the NICU because she was born with an infection. Ashley Bunting said she was grateful for the NICU in Paducah because she was able to remain close to her daughter without traveling far from her Carnac, Ill., home. In the year it's been in operation, the NICU has provided care for the children of more than 175 families.
NICU keeps most babies in first year
The first infants who received extra love and care in Western Baptist Hospital’s Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit are approaching their first birthdays. The NICU opened in January 2011. It provides...
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Researchers say blood pressure meds extend life
The average high-blood-pressure patient lives live one day longer for each month of treatment with antihypertensive drug therapy, according to researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentis...
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Study shows racial disparity in depression treatment
African-American senior citizens are significantly less likely than whites to be diagnosed and treated for depression, a Rutgers University study concluded. Researchers reviewed five years of na...
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Doc puts folk wisdom to test
Maybe you had a granny whose raspy voice you still hear rattling around your head every time you feel a cold coming on. “Feed a cold, starve a fever.” Or, wait, is it the other way around? Maybe...
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Associated Press John Shoemaker (left) stands with his doctor, Dr. Peter Carroll, on September 2010 in Los Gatos Mountain View, Calif. Shoemaker visited six doctors in his quest to find the best treatment for his early-stage prostate cancer, and only the last one, Carroll, offered what made the most sense to the California man: Keep a close watch on the tumor and treat only if it starts to grow.
Watchful waiting option for some men
WASHINGTON  — John Shoemaker visited six doctors in his quest to find the best treatment for his early stage prostate cancer — and only the last one offered what made the most sense to the Californ...
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Submitted This illustration shows how doctors can enter a patient's chest without sawing open the breastbone. With this technique, a patient can have a heart bypass with fewer complications including bleeding and infection. Instead of a months-long recovery, patients return home in as few as 3 days.
Minimally invasive heart surgery available at Lourdes
Heart surgery that once required months of recovery is now obsolete thanks to a new technique that allows patients to return to normal activity in as little as three days. Dr. James O’Rourke, a ...
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Submitted photo A surgical team prepares a patient for gall bladder removal at Lourdes.
Gall bladder disease can affect anyone
Abdominal pain may be a sign of gall bladder disease. Dr. Dana Tyrrell, a general surgeon at Lourdes hospital, said gall bladder disease is caused by either a malfunctioning gall bladder or ston...
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Researchers say, too soon to use brain science in court
LONDON  — Criminal behavior can’t be blamed on how someone’s brain is wired, at least not yet, says a report from British researchers who examined how neuroscience is being used in some court cases...
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Associated Press Madeline Mann appears in June 1989 shortly after her premature birth weighing 9.9 ounces. She is now an honors student in psychology.
Tiniest babies growing up healthy
  CHICAGO — One is a healthy first-grader, the other an honors college student majoring in psychology. Once the tiniest babies ever born, both girls are thriving, despite long odds when they entere...
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