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Bullet holes found after Mo. death ruled natural
Park Hills Daily Journal Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:11 AM PST
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) â€" The death of a man who police and a medical examiner had said was the result of natural causes has been ruled a homicide after a funeral home found three bullet holes in his body.

Growth in hospice care redefines its role in medicine
The Buffalo News Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:56 AM PST
Sandra Thielke is at a turning point in her life when Dr. Christopher Kerr walks into her room at Hospice Buffalo. She has slept and eaten little, and is sitting exhausted in a big leather chair that envelops her frail body.

Not all smoke and mirrors: Chinese e-cigarette is winning sales but faces safety concerns
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:44 AM PST
BEIJING - With its slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke.

News & Star
The News and Star Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:44 AM PST
Sadistic Reuben Williams subjected his young daughter to nearly three years of horrific abuse which left her body covered in scars. The doctor at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary who examined the three-year-old was so upset by what he saw that he had to leave the room to hide his distress.

HIV Adapts To 'Escape' Immune Response
Medical News Today Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:17 AM PST
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) adapts so well to the body's defense system that any successful AIDS vaccine must keep pace with the ever-changing immunological profile of the virus, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Oxford in England.

Small adjustments can prepare body for daylight saving shift
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:01 AM PST
WATERLOO --- When daylight saving time rolls around every spring, Barb Standiford hits the sack early.

Smoking and oxygen don't mix
The Cincinnati Enquirer Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:54 AM PST
A woman smoking a cigarette while hooked up to an oxygen supply set herself on fire early Friday and badly burned her lower body, Middletown fire officials said.

Body found in Polk County
Eastex Advocate Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:29 AM PST
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) received a 9-1-1 call about a body in the Holiday Lake Estates subdivision. The victim, identified as Linnie Jo Sanders, 50, was discovered deceased in her residence the evening of Monday February 16 by a neighbor.

In New Book 'Freaks' Help Scientist Unravel Nature And Nurture
Medical News Today Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:15 AM PST
In 1940, a Dutch goat born without front legs learned to walk upright. So did Faith, a two-legged dog in Oklahoma. Johnny Eck, a "half-man" born without legs, grew naturally into a graceful hand-walker. And in Minnesota, conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel live successfully with separate heads connected to a single body.




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