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PHILIP ELLIOTT
01/29/12 9:09 AM
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours.
Santorum spoke with Florida supporters by telephone from 3-year-old Bella's hospital room and said doctors hope she can go home in the next few days.
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The Associated Press
01/29/12 8:06 AM
A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.
The genetics-environment question is key to understanding cancer.
AUC professor Salima Ikram, a member of the team that studied the mummy in Portugal for two years, said Sunday the mummy was of a man who died in his forties.
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ASHLEY BATCHELOR
01/29/12 12:00 AM
Jesse M. Coker sits in a recliner in a chemotherapy suite. To his left, a colorful print filled with butterflies hangs on the wall, brightening the otherwise neutral room.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 11:57 AM
An outbreak of flu-like symptoms has prompted a suburban Kansas City school district to cancel classes in all 18 of its schools Monday.
The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/A4QYVR ) reported that the Raytown School District is disinfecting all its buildings and buses. Spokeswoman Cathy Allie says the work is expected to continue into Monday.
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RUSS BYNUM
01/28/12 9:19 AM
As Gov. Nathan Deal seeks to boost state funding for cancer research and expand the ranks of post-graduate medical residents in Georgia, the state's largest teaching hospital outside Atlanta faces budget cuts that could require shrinking its own residency program.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 7:57 AM
Eastern Virginia Medical School has received a $1.8 million grant to research the link between obesity and chronic diseases.
The 5-year grant was awarded by the National Institutes of Health. Obesity triples the risk of heart attack and nearly 80 percent of those who develop Type 2 diabetes develop heart disease.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 3:01 AM
Animal advocates are warning Arizona dog owners about an often fatal disease that's on the rise this year.
The Arizona Humane Society has issued a health alert about distemper.
Distemper is a highly contagious disease that is shed in secretions of infected animals and spread by breathing.
The virus infects the lymph nodes and spreads to the blood and cell line of the respiratory, gastrointestinal and center nervous systems.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 1:01 AM
Ohio's governor is launching a campaign aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse by highlighting the stories of those who have been impacted by addictions.
Gov. John Kasich's office says the campaign to be formally unveiled Tuesday will employ convenience store posters, online banner ads, select social media sites and billboards in highly affected counties.
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 8:44 PM
Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say two high school students have been diagnosed with the highly contagious infection known as whooping cough.
Chester County health officials say Great Valley High School students who have not been vaccinated must stay out of school until three weeks after the last confirmed case.
A message on the school's website indicates about 150 of its 1,200 students have not yet provided proof of vaccination.
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The Associated Press
01/27/12 6:31 PM
A Nevada state psychiatrist testified Friday that, despite two strokes, the embattled former physician-owner of Las Vegas outpatient clinics at the center of a 2008 hepatitis outbreak is mentally competent to stand trial on criminal charges.
Dr. Steven Zuchowski (zoo-KOW-skee) treated Dipak Desai (DEE'-pak des-EYE') last year at the Lakes Crossing state mental facility in Sparks.
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