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Jury: Mayo not negligent in teenage patient death
A jury has found Mayo Clinic was not negligent in its care and treatment of a 13-year-old girl who died after having a benign brain tumor removed. The Olmsted County jury reached its verdict Tuesday. The trial focused on allegations that Mayo missed opportunities to prevent the 2009 death of ...
Cancer-free Shanteau eager to focus on swimming
At his first Olympics, Eric Shanteau was distracted by a far more important race — beating cancer. Now, he can focus on winning in the pool. "I'm going to have lighter footsteps walking around the deck, that's for sure," Shanteau said, chuckling. In Beijing, he surprisingly made the U.S. Olympic ...
Report: Pill prescriptions surging in Tennessee
In spite of efforts to crack down on the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic, a new report shows nearly 18 million prescriptions for controlled substances such as OxyContin and hydrocodone were dispensed in Tennessee last year — a 23 percent increase from the previous year. The surging figures in the ...
FDA panel votes against new use for J&J's Xarelto
A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists voted against a new use for Johnson & Johnson's blood thinner Xarelto to reduce life-threatening blood clots. The FDA's panel of experts voted 6-4 Wednesday against the new use for the pill, saying too much information was missing from company studies to ...
Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay
Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his deficient relationships with older men, particularly his father. Hirsh became convinced of the psychiatrist's rationale for those questions by the fourth session, when he essentially ...
Rabid bat found near Denver Zoo bird exhibit
Colorado health officials are warning visitors to the Denver Zoo that a wild, rabid bat was found outside the bird exhibit on Sunday. State veterinarian Elisabeth Lawaczeck urged parents on Wednesday to ask their children if they knew anyone who had contact with a bat. A zoo employee is being ...
Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show
Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken leg after being struck by a car. Producer Jeffrey Richards said that McKean's role will be played by James Lecesne from now on after Tuesday ...
Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis
A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, officials said Wednesday. Little information has been released about the contagious individual, who was not a hospital employee ...
Iowa sports announcer gets clean bill of health
The University of Iowa's football and men's basketball announcer Gary Dolphin says he's gotten a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Dolphin told The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/JI2QnG ) on Wednesday that's he's "ready to go for a great year of Hawkeye football." He's entering his ...
Fire breaks out at suburban Atlanta clinic
Fire officials are investigating what started a blaze at an obstetrics and gynecology office in Marietta that advertises itself as an "abortion services" clinic. Cobb County Fire spokeswoman Denell Boyd said the fire broke out Wednesday morning in the third-floor of the clinic, and it took more than 20 firefighters ...
Wanted: Bigfoot hair samples for European study
European researchers are planning to use new techniques to analyze DNA that could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists. In a project announced this week, Oxford University and Lausanne Museum of Zoology scientists appealed to museums, scientists and Yeti aficionados to share hair samples thought to be from ...
UK health officials detect rabies case in London
Britain's Health Protection Agency has confirmed a rare case of rabies in London, saying the patient was infected while traveling abroad. Strict quarantine laws mean that Britain is largely rabies-free, although cases occasionally crop up when travelers return from areas where the disease is common. The health agency said Wednesday ...
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