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U.S. to study bizarre medical condition
Jan 16 2008 11:04PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - It sounds like a freakish ailment from a horror movie: Sores erupt on your skin, mysterious threads pop out of them, and you feel like tiny bugs are crawling all over you. Some experts believe it's a psychiatric phenomenon, yet hundreds of people say it's a true physical condition. It's called Morgellons, and now the government is about to begin its first medical study of it.
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British seek to boost organ donation
Jan 16 2008 8:03PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain said Wednesday that a series of procedural changes at hospitals could boost the rate of organ donation by 50 percent within five years. That would mean an extra 1,200 transplants a year, potentially saving thousands of lives.
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Hot spots warn of diabetic foot ulcers
Jan 16 2008 8:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Diabetics, watch out: A hot spot on your foot can signal an ulcer is brewing, a wound that could cost your limb. New research shows that using a special thermometer to measure the temperature of their soles can give patients enough early warning to avoid one of diabetes' most intractable complications.
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5 yellow fever deaths in Brazil
Jan 16 2008 8:02PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - The government has confirmed that five people have died because of yellow fever in Brazil, including a Spanish citizen, but the president of Latin America's largest nation insisted that the outbreak is under control.
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Botswana confirms cases of resistant TB
Jan 16 2008 3:42PM (CT)
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Health authorities on Wednesday reported the first known cases of virtually untreatable tuberculosis in Botswana, following fears that the highly contagious strain has spread beyond neighboring South Africa.
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