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Patients have options in epilepsy battle
Ranging from a violent thrashing to a missing moment, the sporadic onset of epileptic fits are frightening to say the least in a disorder that remains misunderstood by many. Affecting more than ...
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Associated Press Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez, chief of plastic, reconstructive and maxillofacial surgery at the University Medical Center, explains the most extensive full face transplant completed to date performed on Richard Lee Norris (pictured at left), during a news conference on March 27 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
Man injured in gun accident gets new face
BALTIMORE — After 15 years of wearing a mask and living as a recluse, a 37-year-old Virginia man disfigured in a gun accident got a new face, nose, teeth and jaw in what University of Maryland phys...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Brian Schwanwede enjoys lunch with fellow students at Jeepers Restaurant at the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University on March 8 in Teaneck, N.J. Schwanwede, who is an honors student who has Aspergers Syndrome, once had trouble making friends. Thanks to a campus program for students with Aspergers, that has changed.
College programs reach out and welcome students with Asperger’s
HACKENSACK, N.J. — When he first arrived at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Brian Schwanwede of River Edge, N.J., felt afraid “to the point of paralysis.” Schwanwede, who has Asperger’s syndrome...
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Cancer treatment on mice gives promising results
LOS ANGELES — Blocking “don’t destroy me” signals that normally sit on the surface of tumor cells and render them resistant to immune-cell attack slows the growth of a broad range of human cancers ...
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Associated Press Lindsay Porter sits in her home in on March 8 in Chicago. Porter's kidneys were failing rapidly when a friend offered to donate one of his. Then she made an unusual request: Would he donate part of his immune system, too?
Transplant patients seek life without drugs
WASHINGTON — Lindsay Porter’s kidneys were failing rapidly when a friend offered to donate one of his. Then she made an unusual request: Would he donate part of his immune system, too? Every day...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Dick Pryor sits at his Carmichael, Calif., home on March 8. He walks a couple of miles every day when he's not on the slopes. The avid skier -- he's being skiing for 50 years -- had two knee replacement surgeries. Crediting his general level of fitness, he recovered quickly from both and he's back on the slopes.
Joint replacement gives seniors leg up on activity, longevity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A lifetime of wear and tear on his joints caused Dick Pryor, a 77-year-old retired landscape architect, to undergo not one but two surgeries to replace his knees. Neither sl...
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Four facts about fat you didn’t know
Weight loss is always on the minds of millions of Americans, especially as we emerge from the dark, cold winter and approach another dreaded swimsuit season. According to a recent national poll fro...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun On the end of the endobronchial ultrasound device, technicians place a small balloon -- filled with water -- which allows the tip to be accurately placed against lung structures for a clear ultrasound image. The device allows doctors a clear view of nodes thatt usually are obstructed from view without chest surgery.
New procedure offers options in staging cancer
A picture is worth a thousand words and for doctors at one local hospital, a new endoscopic procedure not only provides a clear image of patients’ lymph nodes, but a wealth of knowledge for further...
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Studies show that midday workouts improve job performance and time management for workers. Emily Blum works her abdominals and leg flexibility during Pilates class at Spring Pilates, June 14, 2008, in Chicago. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
Your brain on exercise
You’re a smart cookie when it comes to your health, so you know that regular exercise is one of the best ways to cut your risk of disease, boost your immune system, and maintain a trim body. But fl...
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Hearing loss carries heavy cost
Do you hear what’s going on around you? Worse, if you don’t, do you consider your hearing loss just a normal part of aging? Are you aware that hearing loss has been associated with poor think...
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