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U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 12:59pm neoform

Yahoo News -- When conventional medical professionals refused to remove a 62-year-old local man's testicles, police said he turned to mysterious "professionals" to relieve what he called chronic pain. Now police want to find the fly-by-night surgeons. "I have nev.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 27, 2007 @ 11:01am neoform

FOX News -- Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman's forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player's death amounted to a crime, according to docume.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 1:25am neoform

Associated Press -- New Mexico has a new medical marijuana law with a twist: It requires the state to grow its own. The law, effective Sunday, not only protects medical marijuana users from prosecution - as 11 other states do - but requires New Mexico to oversee a product.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 12:03am neoform

New York Sun -- Following in the footsteps of Connecticut's Legislature, New York State lawmakers are expected to approve legislation allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The Democrat-led Assembly could pass a medical marijuana bill as early as this wee.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 11:21am neoform

ABC News -- Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was as mysterious in death as he was in life, leaving behind few clues for medical examiners. Dr. William Massello, the assistant state medical examiner based in Roanoke, said Sunday that Cho died from a self-inflicted g.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Mar 11, 2007 @ 12:05pm neoform

CBS News -- A newborn baby kidnapped from a Texas hospital by a woman posing as a medical worker was found early Sunday safe in neighboring New Mexico, police said. Four-day-old Mychael Darthard-Dawodu was in good condition in the city of Clovis, about 100 miles n.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- For decades, Seattle has led the nation in 911 medical response with a strategy of basic life-support services by firefighters trained as emergency medical technicians, advanced care by paramedics when needed, and citizen participation in lifesaving. T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

MSNBC -- Medical center representatives said they treated two other victims from the mall shooting:Fred Wilson, 61, who suffered a bullet wound to his chest. He had been in surgery for about six hours and was in critical condition in the intensive care unit Wednes.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 1:01am neoform

FOX News -- After more than five weeks of tests and investigation, a medical examiner said Wednesday she was unable to determine how a pregnant woman was killed. Jessie Davis, 26, was killed in her home near North Canton on June 14, authorities have said. Her body.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 28, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

FOX News -- An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can later awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said. Willie Lee Hill, 93, told police he saw the robber while in his bedroom Wednesday night. Hill confronted Dougla.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 18, 2007 @ 4:49am neoform

USA Today -- By Larry Wheeler, Gannett News ServiceAmericans are used to hearing bad news about their health care system — that millions of people lack health insurance and medical costs are spinning out of control. But amid those trends is evidence that a vital.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

ABC News -- New Mexico is set to become the first U.S. state to set up a cultivation and distribution system for medical marijuana, sewing the seeds of a possible showdown with federal drug enforcement authorities. Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democratic presidential c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 9:56pm neoform

CNN -- A medical transport jet carrying an organ transplant team went down Monday afternoon in Lake Michigan shortly after the pilot signaled an emergency, authorities said. There was no word on survivors. Rescue teams were searching water that was 20 feet de.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 8:03pm neoform

Washington Post -- Armed with a legal decision in their favor, scientists and advocates of medical research on marijuana pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration yesterday to allow them to grow their own, saying that pot supplied by the government is too hard to get and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 19, 2007 @ 4:17am neoform

Yahoo News -- A young patient sauntered into a medical clinic Friday morning and got prompt treatment — a tranquilizer dart and a quick trip back to the wilds. But again, this patient was the four-legged kind: a young black bear who was probably hungry from a winter o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 1:54pm neoform

Washington Post -- A top-level Pentagon review panel has concluded that Walter Reed Army Medical Center should be closed as soon as possible, following revelations of poor care that the panel blamed on a "perfect storm" of failed leadership, flawed policies and overwhelming.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 7:54pm neoform

www.montanasnewsstation.com -- Montana is one of a dozen states that has a passed a medical marijuana law which allows for the use and growth of marijuana for medical treatment. But a discrepancy between state and federal law is having a personal effect on one woman from Missoula. R.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 6:12pm neoform

ABC News -- A congressional investigation is under way to see if Walter Reed Army Medical Center is funding a well-appointed ward for lawmakers and other VIPs at the expense of soldiers, following disclosures of dilapidated facilities and excessive red tape at the na.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Mar 11, 2007 @ 12:29pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Federal agents trailed Sparky Rose as he drove a Porsche Carrera convertible to his medical marijuana clinic. Under California law, clinics are supposed to dispense marijuana just to seriously ill people and clinic owners are to get only "reasonable compe.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

Washington Post -- Top officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, including the Army's surgeon general, have heard complaints about outpatient neglect from family members, veterans groups and members of Congress for more than three years. A procession of Pentagon and.. Read More