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Lower death risk seen with heart bypass surgery
CHICAGO — Older patients with clogged heart arteries may have a little lower death risk over time if they have bypass operations instead of angioplasty and stents to fix the problem. In a bypass...

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New glaucoma treatment signals breakthrough
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause optic nerve damage, according to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. This can permanently damage vision and lead to blindness if untreat...

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Associated Press
Doreen Watson-Beard relaxes in her kitchen at her home on March 15 in Leesburg, Fla. Watson-Beard, 49, is one of the millions of Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

Early dementia patients defy all stereotypes
LEESBURG, Fla. — Doreen Watson-Beard cared for more people with dementia than she could count. The nurse was so moved by her patients that she led Alzheimer’s support groups. She knew the warning s...

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Associated Press
Dawn Meehan, a teacher's assistant and writer, stands in her classroom on March 16 at Gotha Middle School in Windermere, Fla. Meehan, 42, had a colonoscopy in February, under deep sedation monitored by an anesthesia specialist.

Study suggests many colon tests use costly sedation
CHICAGO — Few people want to be wide awake during their colonoscopy, but new research suggests too many are getting extra sedation, costing as much as $1 billion yearly in potentially needless serv...

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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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