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Researchers try to predict epilepsy
Apr 2 2007 10:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Survivors of traumatic brain injuries _ from car-crash victims to soldiers wounded in Iraq _ face an extra hurdle as they recover: Thousands of them will develop epilepsy months or years later. The risk is especially high for certain kinds of war injuries. Studies of Vietnam veterans suggest up to 50 percent, says Dr. Nancy Temkin of the University of Washington.
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Researchers try to predict epilepsy
Apr 2 2007 10:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Survivors of traumatic brain injuries _ from car-crash victims to soldiers wounded in Iraq _ face an extra hurdle as they recover: Thousands of them will develop epilepsy months or years later. The risk is especially high for certain kinds of war injuries. Studies of Vietnam veterans suggest up to 50 percent, says Dr. Nancy Temkin of the University of Washington.
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Man with drug-resistant TB locked up
Apr 2 2007 10:00PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Behind the county hospital's tall cinderblock walls, a 27-year-old tuberculosis patient sits in a jail cell equipped with a ventilation system that keeps germs from escaping. Robert Daniels has been locked up indefinitely, perhaps for the rest of his life, since last July. But he has not been charged with a crime. Instead, he suffers from an extensively drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, or XDR-TB. It is considered virtually untreatable.
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Ark. company develops food safety test
Apr 2 2007 10:00PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas company has developed a new, fast method to test food for pathogens such as E. coli and salmonella that are the most common causes of food-borne illnesses. The process developed by Little Rock-based Litmus LLC can provide results in about 15 minutes instead of the standard two or three days, according to an executive of the company.
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Conjoined twins arrive for surgery
Apr 2 2007 8:03PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Two 3-year-old girls joined at the head arrived Monday in a private jet from Dallas, a prelude to weeks of medical tests and possibly months of surgical procedures.
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Pregnancy weight gain may impact child
Apr 2 2007 5:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The standard advice for how much weight a woman should gain during pregnancy may need to changed, concludes a rigorous and provocative study suggesting that even accepted weight gains may raise the risk of having an overweight toddler.
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Seafood poisoning rises with warming
Apr 2 2007 12:36AM (CT)
ILOILO, Philippines (AP) - Bowls of piping hot barracuda soup were the much-anticipated treat when the Roa family gathered for a casual and relaxing Sunday meal.
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