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Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD

On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.

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Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer’s

The Obama administration is adopting a landmark national strategy to fight Alzheimer’s disease, with an ambitious goal of finding some effective treatments by 2025.

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Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer’s

Economic growth sows unhappiness in China: study

China’s economic growth of the last 20 years has generally been met with declining happiness, especially among the poorest members of society, according to a US analysis published on Monday.

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Economic growth sows unhappiness in China: study

Measles kills 12 children in Pakistan tribal area

A measles outbreak has killed 12 children in one of Pakistan’s lawless tribal districts and is spreading as fighting, power cuts and curfews cause a vaccine shortage, doctors said Monday.

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Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight

“Should I, shouldn’t I?” That’s the question that 31-year-old Kabo Moeti ponders as he waits outside a clinic in a Botswana village, where he’s considering getting circumcised.

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Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight

With Weights, You Can Lighten Your Load

SUNDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) — Doing more repetitions with less weight builds muscle and increases strength just as effectively as training with heavy weights, a new Canadian study indicates.

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In Rat Study, Eye Device Shows Promise for Restoring Sight

SUNDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) — A new type of artificial eye system could one day restore sight to people who have lost their vision due to degenerative eye diseases such as macular degeneration, according to the results of research with rats.

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Georgia student likely to lose fingers to flesh-eating infection

ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia college student who has already lost a leg to a rare, flesh-eating bacterial infection is now expected to suffer the loss of her fingers too, her father said. Aimee Copeland, 24, was kayaking and zip-lining along the Little Tallapoosa River near Carrollton, Georgia, on May 1 when the line broke and she sustained a cut to her calf. Emergency room doctors closed the wound with 22 staples and released Copeland, a graduate student at West Georgia University. …

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Student With Flesh-Eating Disease Will Lose Fingers

Aimee Copeland, the Georgia student who contracted a rare flesh-eating disease after a zip line injury will lose her fingers.

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Student With Flesh-Eating Disease Will Lose Fingers

VIDEO: Why I breast-feed my toddler

How old is too old? Katie Hamilton says mothers should decide how long they want to breast-feed their children, not society.

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VIDEO: Why I breast-feed my toddler

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