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Girl with facial growth has 3rd surgery
Jul 14 2006 8:06PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A 15-year-old Haitian girl who once suffered from a massive tumor-like growth that had engulfed her face underwent a third surgery that included reconstruction on her eyes, nose and upper lip, a doctor said Friday.
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Wichita couple seek donations for IVF
Jul 14 2006 7:58PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The idea still holds a bit of novelty, though Shelton and Brandi Koskie aren't banking on that alone. Rather, the Wichita couple is hoping the generosity of strangers is what ultimately pays off.
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Mentally disabled faced bias post-Katrina
Jul 14 2006 7:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mentally ill hurricane evacuees were often discriminated against during relief efforts last year, to the point of being banished from shelters or institutionalized against their will, a government report says.
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Report: 1 in 8 babies born premature
Jul 14 2006 7:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Specialists called Thursday for more early ultrasound exams during pregnancy and tighter guidelines for infertility treatment as key first steps in battling a growing problem: One in eight babies now is born prematurely.
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More disabled kids live with single women
Jul 14 2006 7:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Children with disabilities are more likely to live with a single woman _ whether she is a mother, grandmother or a female foster parent _ than other children, according to a new study.
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EPA orders dry-cleaning chemical phase-out
Jul 14 2006 7:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dry cleaners operating in residential buildings will have to begin phasing out their use of a suspected cancer-causing chemical.
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WHO: Indonesian girl died of bird flu
Jul 14 2006 1:09AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - International tests confirmed the death of a 3-year-old girl from bird flu, bringing the number of people killed by the disease in Indonesia to at least 41, a health official said Friday.
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