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Updated: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:38:07 -0500
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2-year-old conjoined girls separated
Friday, 16 November 2007
(mosimage)Two-year-old twin girls from Central America who were conjoined at the chest and abdomen have been successfully separated in surgery that went "much better than anticipated," the lead surgeon said.Yurelia and Fiorella Rocha-Arias of San Jose, Costa Rica, underwent the nine-hour surgery Monday. Though it went well, the odds of survival for...


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Wednesday, 30 January 2008
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Most surgeons don't discuss breast rebuilding
Saturday, 29 December 2007
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007
WASHINGTON - The cancer death rate for children in the United States has declined sharply — do...
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
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Friday, 14 December 2007
WASHINGTON - Breast cancer survivors may face increased risk of heart disease — and doctors ar...
Friday, 14 December 2007
WASHINGTON - Women who develop breast cancer are no more likely to have aggressive or advanced tumor...
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
TRENTON, N.J. - Federal regulators' demand for further testing of a nonhormonal drug for menopause s...
Sunday, 25 November 2007
WASHINGTON - Even infants can tell the difference between naughty and nice playmates, and know which...
Sunday, 25 November 2007
WASHINGTON - Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological pr...
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
(mosimage)SAN FRANCISCO - Formerly conjoined twins have "excellent" chances of survival after a grue...
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
ORLANDO, Florida - For people with high blood pressure, the condition can prove tougher to control i...
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
(mosimage)Two research groups have found different genetic recipes to give ordinary skin cells the p...
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
WASHINGTON - Researchers presented a conundrum to new mothers on Monday, saying that women who want ...
Sunday, 18 November 2007
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pediatricians are urging governments in Asia to bolster national immunization ...
Sunday, 18 November 2007
WASHINGTON - Crucial parts of brains of children with attention deficit disorder develop more slowly...
Sunday, 18 November 2007
John Temple, 58, has a family history of diabetes, so it was not surprising when he starting experie...
Sunday, 18 November 2007
WASHINGTON - U.S. marshals on Friday seized 12,682 applicator tubes of a cosmetic called Age Interve...
Sunday, 18 November 2007
ORLANDO, Florida - The increasingly popular high-caffeine beverages called energy drinks may do more...