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Actor John Hurt 'optimistic' after cancer diagnosis
JOHN HURT 'OPTIMISTIC' AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSISJohn Hurt says he has been diagnosed with cancer but has no plans to stop working and is "more than optimistic" about his future.The 75-year-old actor said Tuesday (16 JUNE 2015) that he was...
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Prosthetic limbs give hope to some in North Korea
North Korea, Hamhung - April 20, 2013
1. Mid of prosthetic limbs and tilt up to double-amputee Kim Guk Chol sitting in wheelchair on left of frame at the Hamhung Prosthetic Factory for Disabled Honorary Soldiers
2. Mid of relative and...
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Doctors urged to upgrade technology and training for health tourists
Indonesian hospitals are gearing up to compete for the lucrative market in medical tourism by introducing the latest technology including robotic surgery.
It comes ahead of a regional free trade agreement in 2015, which will throw open...
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A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush had successful open heart surgery Wednesday after doctors noticed Mrs. Bush's aortic valve had started to harden.
HEADLINE: Barbara Bush has successful open heart surgery
CAPTION: A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush had successful open heart surgery Wednesday after doctors noticed Mrs. Bush's aortic valve had started to harden. ...
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Agent Orange victims undergo controversial Scientology treatment
AP Television
Thai Binh, 20 March 2013
1. Wide of health check at Thai Binh provincial clinic for victims of Agent Orange
2. Close of blood pressure check
3. Mid of health check
4. Close of vitamins being tipped into hand
5. Various of...
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Hospitals texting service reduces anxiety in patient's familiies
LEAD IN:Hospitals in the U.S are using text messages as a way to keep relatives informed and to ease tension and anxiety in families when their loved ones are taken into the operating theatre. Some hospitals are even texting patients and...
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Clinic in Turkey provides prosthetics for Syrians
LEAD INA treatment centre in Turkey is offering free prosthetics to Syrians who have lost limbs during the war.The clinic on the border town of Reyhanli is run entirely by Syrians, who also help with patient rehabilitation.STORY-LINE:A...
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Doctors consider options for patients on World Diabetes Day ++ EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 GMT FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER++
A staggering 347 million people worldwide have diabetes and the World Health Organisation's most recent figures show it killed one and a half million diabetics in 2012.
The number of people with the disease is increasing rapidly and...
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UK team limbers up for the first world bionic games
LEAD IN: The world's first bionic games get underway in within days and all the competitors from 65 countries taking part.The inauguration of the Cybathlon event aims to create a showcase for the most high tech and effective cyber...
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Clinic Falsely Told Dozens They Had Alzheimer’s
SHAWN BLAZSEK (BLAY'-zuhk) MAKES LUNCH FOR HIS SON.THE KIND OF EVERYDAY ACTIVITY THE TOLEDO RESIDENT THOUGHT HE MIGHT NOT GET TO DO FOR MUCH LONGER.SOUNDBITE: Shawn Blazsek, Memory Loss Patient:"She diagnosed me with early onset...
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No more organs from the executed says China
China is stepping up its efforts to convince the international medical community that it has stopped using executed prisoners as organ donors.Beijing has sent a high-level delegation to a Vatican conference on organ trafficking amid...
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Centre helps users fight addiction
ALGERIA DRUG ADDICTSSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 7:11SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYBlida - 8 April 20171. Various of square 2. People walking through street market3. Men talking in groups4....
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Robot scientists figuring out how to beat the cyber hackers
LEADIN:Fears over cyber security have been heightened since the computer virus called Petya was launched in the Ukraine and spread rapidly across Europe.There's growing concern about how to make sure our new generation of connected...
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ONLY ON AP Iran challenges taboos on discussing sex as HIV rate rises
In a square in a poor eastern Tehran neighbourhood known for its drug addicts and dealers, psychologist Atefeh Azimi draws another drop of blood from a worried passerby's finger.
She works on a nearby bench, where a sign...
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New medical facility opens in Zaatari
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Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) opens the largest multi-specialty medical facility in Zaatari camp.
The new facility will receive 350 patients daily and decrease pressure on overcrowded medical...
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Lung transplant recipient sings with donor's daughter
LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT SINGS WITH DONOR'S DAUGHTER
An opera singer who had two double lung transplants debuted a new song in Cleveland, Ohio Tuesday (24 OCT. 2017)
Charity Tillemann-Dick was studying opera...
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Lung Transplant Recipient Sings With Donor's Kid
An opera singer who had two double lung transplants debuted a new song today in Cleveland.
Charity Tillemann-Dick was studying opera in Hungary when she discovered she had an advanced form of a heart and lung disease,...
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Puerto Rico dialysis patients fear death, one year after devastating hurricane
As weeks turned into months, the seats of the small plane began to empty out.
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Early results of human gene editing study encouraging
Upsound: "We've had some wild times and some tough times right?"
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ONLY ON AP Damascus hospital helps rehabilitate disabled soldiers
Many Syrian soldiers are now facing a new reality of living without one or more of their limbs, or other serious disabilities, after years of intense fighting in a devastating civil war.
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Six Minnesota children diagnosed with rare disorder
US health officials are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare disorder that causes paralysis after six Minnesota children were diagnosed with the disease in recent weeks.
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Analysis: Trump Drug Price Plan 'Comprehensive'
President Donald Trump's long-promised plan to bring down drug prices, which unveiled Friday, would mostly spare the pharmaceutical industry he previously accused of "getting away with murder." Instead he focuses on private competition...
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Dems: Trump Should Carry Out Drug Price Promises
Democrats called on President Donald Trump Thursday to make good on promises he made during his campaign and throughout his presidency to lower the price of prescription drugs.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) quoted the...