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  • Double hand transplant patient can 'wiggle fingers'
    The transplant recipient made his first appearance on Thursday, about a week after he underwent a nearly 18-hour transplant procedure at a hospital.
  • 1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection

    Would you pay to eat here?A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.


  • Some cities sink boozy parties on public waters

    About 10,000 people floated down the Colorado River in Bullhead City, Ariz., on Aug. 14, during the fourth annual Bullhead City-Laughlin River Regatta, an event that's organized by the city. Floatopia, beer floating, float-a-palooza — there are many names, but the key ingredients stay the same: Sun, a public body of water, inflatable rafts — and booze. In some cases, lots of booze.


  • Tall order: Brazilian teen girl stands at nearly 7 feet

    At nearly 7 feet tall, Elisany Silva of Brazil is one of the world’s tallest teenagers. The 14-year-old says she had to quit school after she grew too large to ride the bus. At nearly 7 feet tall, Elisany Silva of Brazil is one of the world’s tallest teenagers. The 14-year-old says she had to quit school after she grew too large to ride the bus.


  • Health care credit cards may add to your pain
    These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don't have insurance to cover it or cash in hand, it's tempting to sign up.
  • Trapped, but still sane: Survivors speak out

    Nicholas White was stranded for 41 hours in an elevator back in 1999 at Rockefeller Center's McGraw-Hill Building in New York.Randy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregon's Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, he's still climbing.


  • Diet drug Meridia study renews calls for U.S. ban
    Final data from a new study showed that the diet drug Meridia increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients who already have heart disease, but offered only moderate weight loss.
  • Diabetes drug may keep lung cancer at bay
    The popular diabetes drug Metformin could stave off lung cancer in smokers and deserves further study, a new study finds.
  • Mental 'exercise' linked to faster dementia
    Staying mentally active can help stave off dementia, but once it's diagnosed, people who engaged in crossword puzzles, reading and hobbies may decline more quickly than others, a study finds.
  • New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB
    Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
  • Colorado Army post says suicide rate is falling
    The suicide rate among soldiers at Fort Carson is on track to drop by about 45 percent this year compared with 2008, as the U.S. military takes steps to ease what has been an increasing problem.
  • Cancer drug inspires new Alzheimer's approach
    An altered version of the cancer drug Gleevec could form the basis of a new class of drugs that block the development of brain-damaging plaques in Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
  • Moscow bans nighttime vodka sales
    Moscow banned nighttime sales of vodka and other spirits on Wednesday, part of a nationwide drive to curb crime and disease linked with Russia's national drink.
  • E-smokes gaining steam amid calls for a ban

    Galen Kipe demonstrates the use of an electronic cigarette, in Ashboro, N.C., on Friday. The 34-year-old has tried quitting a number of times, and he says he has now swapped real smokes for an electronic cigarette. As they become more popular, the battery-powered cigarettes have become the center of a fight over how risky they are compared with traditional smokes, whether they're legal and, if they are, how they should be regulated.


  • U.S. to aggressively pursue drug misbranding cases
    The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to "aggressively pursue" pharmaceutical companies that illegally market drugs for uses that have not been approved by health regulators, a top agency official said on Wednesday.

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