Afghan Newlywed Girl Rescued From Torture EurasiaNet Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:47 AM PST Copyright show:Â Hide copyrights POL-E KHOMRI, Afghanistan -- The torture endured by a 15-year-old newlywed allegedly at the hands of her husband and in-laws has shocked Afghan officials and the world alike. The wounds, bruises, and scars that cover Sahar Gul's battered body provide gruesome evidence of the abuse Gul has endured in the six months since being sold into marriage far from home with ... | Irish woman trapped in a 12-year-old girlâs body, pleads for medical help Irish Central Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:49 AM PST A brave Kilkenny woman has gone public to reveal her torment at being trapped in a 12-year-oldâs body â" at the age of 25. Kate Quinn from the village of Mooncoin suffers from a rare medical condition called Caudal Regression Syndrome (CRS) which results in an abnormal development of the lower spine. | Proposal to tie likelihood of sleep apnea to body mass index News-Medical-Net Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:04 AM PST The first lawsuit against a trucking company acknowledging that sleep apnea played a role in a highway death reached a settlement last week. A Texas family was awarded over $3 million dollars after a driver rear-ended John Lindsay's vehicle on a Texas interstate in May of 2010. Evidence showed that the driver had refused to treat his previously diagnosed sleep apnea and the company did not ... | Class reaches for spiritual calm Times Herald Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:45 AM PST Rev. Matthew Long leads a yoga class Wednesday at Unity of Blue Water in Port Huron. The weekly class is patterned after one he has in Clarkston. "Yoga," he says, "means the union of the mind, body and spirit." | Metro on the go The Indianapolis Star Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39 AM PST MARION COUNTY Man's body found in trash bin A city trash worker on Friday found the body of a man who had been missing since Dec. 30. | Vietnam Surgery Removes Tumor Twice Man's Weight First Coast News Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:11 AM PST A Vietnamese man is recovering in the intensive care unit Friday, a day after surgery that completely removed from his right leg a tumor twice his body weight, according to the hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. | | |
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