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CNN
| 12 months ago
While hanging a German glass ornament, he lost his balance and grabbed a branch, pricking his left hand on a pine needle as he regained his footing...At this point, Von Lipinski, 57, had no idea that the incident in 2008 would nearly cost him his...
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Toronto Star
| 12 months ago
Aimee Copeland, 24, is fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection. AP A third case of the flesh-eating disease has cropped up in the southeastern United States as the University of West Georgia psychology student Aimee Copeland continues...
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The Journal Gazette
| 12 months ago
Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good...Preventive Services Task Force is sticking by a contentious proposal it made last fall.
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Atlanta Journal-Constution
| 12 months ago
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Cartersville man is facing his sixth surgery Tuesday after contracting the same flesh-decaying bacterial infection as Aimee Copeland. Bobby Vaughn, 33, is the third person whose infection has come to light in recent...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 12 months ago
Story continues below "Right now, we're just taking each moment and treasuring it for what it's worth...Her hands were amputated on Thursday because they'd turned purple and were threatening her recovery. "It's almost like she had poison bags on the...
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USA Today
| 12 months ago
The victim, Bobby Vaughn, told the news organization that his symptoms started off innocently enough. "I just started feeling very sick," Vaughn, 33, told the station during a telephone interview. "I was throwing up and had a backache...Vaughn said...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
A South Carolina woman who gave birth to twins and then became ravaged by a flesh-eating bacteria has undergone seven surgeries and is clinging to life, her brother said Sunday. Lana Kuykendall , 36, has been kept intubated and sedated at Greenville...
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Atlanta Journal-Constution
| 12 months ago
Copeland is now focused on taking each breath without the aid of a ventilator, which will help her lungs recover, her father, Andy Copeland, told The Associated Press Monday. "Aimee is being Aimee. She's cracking jokes, speaking frankly, displaying...
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The Orange County Register
| 12 months ago
The father of a young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria says his daughter is now breathing on her own. Aimee Copeland was taken off of a ventilator for several hours, representing the latest milestone in her recovery, said her father,...
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CNN Blog
| 12 months ago
Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia woman who lost both hands and feet to a bacterial infection, is now breathing on her own, her father said. "Aimee is being Aimee. She's cracking jokes, speaking frankly, displaying her usual early morning...
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The Clay County Daily Advocate-Press
| 12 months ago
Two quotes in the investigation into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin . Facebook's shares finally went public Friday, and all eyes were on the social-networking company throughout the day. For the first time in the history of the United States,...
