Nerve grafts restore sexual function after prostate surgery
Surgeons salvage an ankle nerve to reconnect nerves near the penis, enabling erections after prostate cancer surgery. The method, still experimental, may help about one third of men, though outcomes are not as strong as intact nerves.
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Dana Point
Calif
Joseph J. Disa
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
New York City
American Cancer Society
Peter Scardino
U.S
Mark Litwin
University of California, Los Angeles
Russian court asked to drop U S man drug charges
A Russian prosecutor asked a Voronezh court to drop drug trafficking charges against American Fulbright scholar John Tobin and seek four years for possession of marijuana. Police overstate quantities and lack evidence for major counts. Tobin, 24, from Ridgefield Conn., faces a lesser conviction for drug possession and intent to distribute.
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Voronezh
Russia
John Tobin
Ridgefield
Conn
Marina Galagan
Tobin
Key historical events on April 26 across centuries
A chronology notes Cape Henry landing in 1607, Booth killed in 1865, Guernica raid in 1937, Maris 61st homer in 1961, Tanganyika Zanzi bar merger in 1964, Boxcar nuclear test in 1968, Chernobyl 1986, Ball death 1989, 1991 recession, and Vermont civil unions in 2000.
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John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Bowling Green
Guernica
Roger Maris
New York Yankees
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Tanzania
United States
Nevada Desert
Ein
Chernobyl
Soviet Union
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Vermont
Howard Dean
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