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Whoopi writes about using medical marijuana in debut newspaper column
Whoopi Goldberg says she's in love with her marijuana-vaporizing pen.
In her new column for The Denver Post's Cannabist website, the Oscar-winning entertainer writes that her "vape pen" relieves the devastating glaucoma headaches she...
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Update on operation to separate girl's fused legs
1. Wide shot of Luis Rubio, lead doctor sitting down for press conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Luis Rubio, lead doctor:
"Her vital functions are stable right now. She is now alert, under the care of health personnel, with nurses....
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AmeriCares, a medical aid group in Stamford, Connecticut is sending one million dollars in medical supplies to typhoon-damaged ares of the Philippines. Another shipment from Amsterdam arrived Thursday. (Nov. 14)
AmeriCares, a medical aid group in Stamford Connecticut is sending one million dollars in medical supplies to typhoon-damaged ares of the Philippines.
The shipment leaves the states on Thursday.
The group's Amsterdam, Netherlands...
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Baby born with two heads to undergo life saving operation
1. CURE International hospital in Santo Domingo
2. Nurses inside hospital
3. Sign reading 'Nurses Centre'
4. Rebeca Martinez's mother, Maria Gisela Hiciano, and Rebeca Martinez
5. Mother caressing Rebeca
6. Arrival of lead surgeon and...
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SOUTH AFRICA: DURBAN: INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE (2)
English/Nat
At the start of an international AIDS conference in Durban South African President Thabo Mbeki has defended his government's AIDS policy.
Mbeki told thousands of AIDS experts gathered from around the world that he is simply...
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AUSTRALIA: NEW BIONIC EAR DEVICE DEVELOPED
Melbourne, Australia, December 4th/5th 1995
1. CU bionic ear implant prototype
2. Professor Clark testing equipment
3. SOUNDBITE: Professor Graham Clark
4. WS Steven Blume walking along pier
5. SOUNDBITE: Steven Blume
6. Feeding seagulls...
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Syrian rebel appeals for action on Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons
1. Spokesman for Syrian interim government Prime Minister Ghassan Hitto, Yasser Tabbara, reading a book
2. Close-up of book
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yasser Tabbara, spokesman for Syrian interim government Prime Minister Ghassan Hitto:...
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The Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark participated in the Rim of the Pacific exercises with the United States on Thursday. (July 18)
US sailors boarded the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark on Thursday as part of the Rim of the Pacific exercises taking place in the waters off Hawaii.
It is the first time China has participated in the exercises.
"I hope mutual...
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Boy with brain tumour, whose parents removed him from UK hospital, may be heading to Czech Republic for treatment
Ashya King, the five-year-old boy with a brain tumour whose parents' fight with the Nation Health Service in Britain has drawn international attention, may be heading to the Czech Republic soon for cancer treatment.
A representative from...
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The fight against Aids in Iran
Tehran - 08 , February, 2007
1. Wide exterior of HIV patients centre
2. Close of sign reading (English) "Iranian Research Centre for HIV / AIDS Tehran University of Medical Sciences"
3. Wide interior of HIV patients centre
4. PAN from...
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Raising awareness ahead of World Diabetes day on Nov 14
Tehran, Iran, 21 October 2009
1. Wide shot Tehran street and buildings
2. Close up of sign reading (Farsi) "Iranian Diabetes Society"
3. Wide of the Diabetes Society building entrance
4. Tilt up of diabetes patients in class about...
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A marijuana plant is the central exhibit at an art show in California
1. Marijuana leaf
2. Gallery exterior
3. Frey Norris Gallery sign
4. Gallery workers discuss plant
5. Medical marijuana pamphlet
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michele Pred, Artist:
"So I decided the best way of presenting this event was...
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Update on operation to separate conjoined twins
Salt Lake City, Utah - Recent File
1. Various shots of conjoined twins, Kendra and Maliyah Herrin
POOL - Primary Children's Medical Centre
Salt Lake City, Utah - 7 August 2006
2. Various shots of surgeons operating on twins
Salt Lake...
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INDIA: NEW THERAPY ENCOURAGES ADULTS TO BEHAVE LIKE ADOLESCENTS
Hindi/English/Nat
Adults seeking to re-live their childhood need look no further.
In the Indian city of Bombay, hundreds of grown-ups meet regularly to drool, crawl about on the floor and throw paper darts.
It's all part of a new form...
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SARS outbreak prompts surge in sales of herbal medicine
1. Low shot of tea kettles boiling
2. Wide shot of shop
3. Doctor writing prescription for customer
4. Doctor writing
5. Close up on prescription as being written
6. Certification on wall
7. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Dr. Luk Shun-chiu,...
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WRAP Cheney arrives, medical briefing on Bush's colonoscopy
1. Still of United States President George W. Bush walking after his medical procedure
2. Various US Vice President Dick Cheney's car making its way to White House
3. Cheney arriving at White House
4. Wide shot White House briefing room...
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Pet industry remains buoyant despite global recession
AP Television
Hollywood, 20 January 2010
1. Zoom out of front desk in lobby with dog
2. Wide of dogs on the bed in suite
3. Set up of Alissa Cruz, owner of D Pet Hotels in Hollywood, playing with dogs
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alissa...
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NGOs vital in treating SAfrica's HIV epidemic
Non-profit organisations and local hospices in South Africa play a vital role in after-hospital care for people living with HIV and AIDS. In Gugulethu, a township outside Cape Town, St Luke's hospice care for 171 patients including 140...
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ONLY ON AP Cancer hospital cut off by war
The city of Taiz, which is home to Yemen's largest cancer hospital, has become one of the worst battlegrounds in the country's civil war, dooming hundreds of its patients to death because they are unable to get treatment.Shiite rebels...
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Humanoid robot prepares for life on Mars
LEAD IN:Four robots, built by NASA, could be pioneers in the colonisation of Mars, part of an advance construction team that sets up habitat for human explorers.But first the two million USD robots are finding new homes on Earth where...
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Concerns over quality of healthcare for cancer patients
Recent shortages that have left Venezuelans scrambling to find toilet paper, milk and car parts are also affecting the country's health system.
Broken hospital equipment isn't being repaired, leaving patients struggling to get the care...
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Medicare show in Taipei, where technology meets medicine
LEAD IN Old age and disability should not be a barrier to enjoying life, thanks to some ingenious devices on show in Taipei. From massage chairs to special lifting equipment, designers are trying to come up with more efficient ways to...
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First double hand transplant in UK
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:UK POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYLeeds - 21 July 20161. Double hand transplant patient, Chris King, at Leeds General Infirmary, moving his hands, UPSOUND (English) "It feels quite normal."2. Close of...
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Gadgets and gizmos to keep you looking good
TAIWAN BIOMED EXHIBITIONSOURCE: AP TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 5.34SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionTaipei City – 21 July 20161. Various of exhibitor demonstrating IRIS-100 (Implant Real-time Imaging System)2. Mid...