Kissinger Discharged After Triple Bypass Recovery
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 58, left hospital in Boston weighing 190 pounds after a Feb. 10 triple bypass. Doctors said there were no complications and Kissinger planned a New York recovery, light travel, and a weight loss program to aid his return to normal duties.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Less drastic surgery urged for malignant melanoma
Massachusetts General Hospital doctors say early detected malignant melanoma allows more conservative operations with smaller gaps and less disfiguration while preserving survival chances. They note earlier diagnosis and sun exposure raise melanoma rates, with New England about 1 in 10,000 yearly and higher in Arizona.
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Leprosy Rises On Mexico Border Prompting Health Summit
Health officials from the United States and Mexico gather in Nuevo Laredo for a Hansen's disease workshop amid concerns of a border spillover from Mexican hotspots. Texas reports 408 active cases, with most in southern border areas, as Juarez’s rising cases draw attention for the summit agenda.
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Philip L. Zbylot
Texas Department of Public Health
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Texas Department of Health
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Fluoride helps reduce vertebral fractures in osteoporotic women
Mayo Clinic researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine that adding fluoride to standard therapy of estrogen and calcium nearly eliminated vertebral fractures over 13 years in 61 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. the fracture rate fell about 95 percent.
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FAA probes runway incident at Cleveland Hopkins Airport
The FAA investigates why Elyria pilot James Marco of Air Continental lost control of his twin engine plane on the runway at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Monday night. The aircraft, a small twin engine turbo plane, veered off the runway and coasted to a stop with Marco alone aboard.
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Cleveland Hopkins International
James Marco
Air Continental, Inc
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