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Man's bionic arm provides hope for GIs
Sep 13 2006 11:34PM (CT)
DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) - Jesse Sullivan has two prosthetic arms, but he can climb a ladder at his house and roll on a fresh coat of paint. He's also good with a weed-whacker, bending his elbow and rotating his forearm to guide the machine. He's even mastered a more sensitive maneuver _ hugging his grandchildren.
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Experts see slow obesity fight for kids
Sep 13 2006 10:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - One-fifth of children are likely to be obese by 2010, yet the government killed a promising program that portrayed exercise as cool.
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Heart transplant patient OK after 28 yrs
Sep 13 2006 7:00PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Doctors marvel that Tony Huesman is still among the living. The suburban Washington Township man has defied the odds, living longer with a single transplanted heart than anyone else.
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Sen. Clinton seeks $1.9B for 9/11's sick
Sep 13 2006 6:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of sick ground zero workers need nearly $2 billion in long-term treatment for ongoing health woes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as she offered legislation creating a long-term medical program.
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Democrats ask for Whitman probe on 9/11
Sep 13 2006 4:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats from New York and New Jersey asked on Wednesday for an investigation that could lead to criminal charges against former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christie Whitman for breathing problems suffered by thousands after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Authorities fear polio's return to India
Sep 13 2006 2:27PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Health authorities in north India struggling with an outbreak of polio are asking Muslim leaders to support immunization drives, officials said Wednesday.
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Rumors impede vaccinations in some areas
Sep 13 2006 2:22PM (CT)
KANO, Nigeria (AP) - For Ramatu Garba, the polio vaccine is more curse than savior _ part of an evil conspiracy hatched in the West to sterilize Nigerian girls.
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