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Formerly conjoined twins leave hospital
Jun 3 2006 11:22PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Six-month-old twin girls who were surgically separated last month were released from the hospital Saturday and could return home in a few days, the Mayo Clinic said.
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AIDS toll may reach 100 million in Africa
Jun 3 2006 3:04PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - It began quietly, when a statistical anomaly pointed to a mysterious syndrome that attacked the immune systems of gay men in California. No one imagined 25 years ago that AIDS would become the deadliest epidemic in history.
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Experimental drug delays breast cancer
Jun 3 2006 2:10PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Women with advanced breast cancer soon may have another treatment option: A novel experimental drug delayed the growth of tumors nearly twice as long as standard chemotherapy did in patients who had stopped responding to Herceptin, doctors reported Saturday.
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AIDS no longer taboo in Latin America
Jun 3 2006 1:00PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Standing beneath a towering crucifix, the Rev. Andre Pierre thundered at the faithful crowded elbow-to-elbow in the Sacred Heart Church to show mercy for the poor and the elderly.
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AIDS retains stigma in Eastern Europe
Jun 3 2006 12:57PM (CT)
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Adrian Calea found out he was HIV positive when he accidentally saw a doctor's note in his mother's purse when he was 10.
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Vets warned of possible exposure to virus
Jun 3 2006 12:35AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - More than 22,000 veterans who underwent prostate biopsies at veterans' hospitals across the country are being warned that improperly sterilized equipment may have exposed them to deadly viruses.
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