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Nearly 1 in 10 Ga. deaths obesity-related
May 21 2005 4:17PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Being overweight contributes to nearly one in 10 deaths in Georgia, a state health study found. Obesity has been climbing about 3 percent each year among Georgia adults and nearly 60 percent of adults were either overweight or obese in 2002, according to the study by the Georgia Division of Public Health.
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Hospital focuses on making tough decisions
May 21 2005 3:11PM (CT)
LEBANON, N.H. (AP) - For 35 years after he accidentally shot himself in the leg, John Bevacqua managed just fine. But when a long-dormant bone infection reappeared, and three surgeries did nothing to stop it, he agreed to an amputation. The decision wasn't easy. A unique program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, however, helped him realize that getting rid of his leg was the best way to get on with his life.
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Singapore doctors separate conjoined twins
May 21 2005 10:01AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - A team of Singapore doctors on Saturday surgically separated two 15-month-old conjoined Indonesian twin girls after more than 8 hours in the operating room.
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