Ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) appears safe and feasible as a treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer, say researchers from China. “The clinical results we achieved in China are very encouraging in the HIFU treatment of pancreatic cancer,” Dr. Feng Wu told Reuters Health. »
For years, pain, stiffness and fatigue clung to Lauren Armistead like an invisible shroud. It was tough enough to live with fibromyalgia, but the skepticism she encountered when she discussed her condition was intolerable. »
RUBY Doland entered the medical record books before she was born! »
A TEENAGER escaped serious injury when he was spiked in the face by a wire mesh fence in a freak accident. »
A baby has beaten odds of 13million to one to be born fit and healthy despite having grown in her mother’s abdomen, instead of her womb. »
Christine Mizenko was a newlywed and living in Swoyersville for about a month when floodwaters from Tropical Storm Agnes destroyed her home. »
Twenty-five years of Woody Robbins’ life went by before he discovered a second set of parents and 15 siblings. »
Geordi finally came home. »
Some 430 South Koreans were reunited yesterday with family members from the North after more than 50 years of separation. The event took place at Mt Kumgang in North Korea and represents the 11th round of family reunions held since the historic June 2000 Pyongyang meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas (North Korea’s Kim Jong-il and then South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung) which marked a thaw in the relations between the two countries. »
The news as of late has been overwhelming that not only is regular exercise a great prescription for the prevention of disease, but the evidence points to regular exercise’s ability to increase the survival rate of certain diseases. »
SKIN cancer prevention programs over the past 20 years have significantly improved survival rates, according to new research which also shows survival rates for other cancers have doubled over the same period. »
The bald man picks up his bamboo walking stick and starts to play it. »
The massive flood waters left behind by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf coast have made rescue efforts difficult. But, as CBS News correspondent John Roberts reports from New Orleans, the search for survivors is moving forward by any means necessary. »
For as long as I can remember, my mother has started her day reading The New York Times. Now she reads The Miami Herald. She was always up on the latest movies. We’d argue about the merits of Steve Martin versus Robin Williams. These days, she watches “Fear Factor.” She used to wear Rodier and Eau de Calandre. Now she wears muumuus and goes braless because she lives in a house with a pool. »
Dr. André Veillette, a researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team will publish in the upcoming issue of the prestigious journal Nature Immunology of Nature Publishing Group, a discovery that could significantly advance the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases. Current treatments frequently achieve only limited results with these types of diseases, which affect hundreds of thousands of Canadians. »
It was supposed to be a vacation. But the Caribbean cruise turned into a nightmare last January for the Slusser family of Park City. »
While Nagesh Kukunoor’s Iqbal is winning rave reviews from the media and film industry, even the everyday audience are flocking the theatres in large numbers to catch up with the inspiring film. »
DEFENSE Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr. may have had Police Officer 2 Guinan Ibrahim and PO1 Jose Calibuso in mind when he said the other day that heroes were not necessarily to be found in the trenches. »
A helicopter crew using infra-red equipment has battled high winds to rescue an injured man from a cliff in Victoria’s south-west. »
Sarasota County Sheriff’s officials say a woman’s dog helped them stop two suspects in an attempted robbery. »
Brazil’s government has announced estimates suggesting that deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has fallen by 50% this year. »
Despite the pain and weakness from blood loss after being shot twice during his commerce lecture, Monash University academic Lee Gordon-Brown managed to grab and hold the gunman who had shot him. »
SOMETIMES, in the heat of the moment, it’s best not to think too much. »
WHAT started as an inspiration during teaching practice four years ago is now the main driver behind the success of her reading classes at St Aloysius Prep School in Kingston. »
It used to be that a patient with osteoporosis who broke a vertebra was pretty much out of luck. The only recourse was wearing a back brace and waiting to heal. If the searing pain was unbearable, it could be blunted with powerful narcotics. »
A doctor at Saitama Medical School announced Saturday that a 61-year-old heart attack patient had been successfully treated using bone marrow cells. »
Kenneth Liptak Jr.’s car didn’t look like a car after being crushed, twisted and dragged by a train Saturday morning north of Valparaiso. »
SCIENTISTS have created a “miracle mouse” that can regenerate amputated limbs or badly damaged organs, making it able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals. »
Seven-year-old Tianna stood outside Cape Cod Hospital Wednesday afternoon with an important message for her father.
“I want to say I love you … and I don’t want him to (fish) anymore.”
The youngster’s father, Andrew Joseph, 29, of Eastham, was one of two men pulled from a life raft earlier that day after their boat, the Northern Wind, capsized and sank Monday about 35 miles southeast of Nantucket. »
Andy Crozier was suspicious of his own hunch. But in the 13th hour of a frustrating search for a lost toddler, he climbed off his all-terrain vehicle and navigated terrain that seemed unsuitable for a barefoot child and her dog. »
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2 Year Old Survives 18 Minutes Drowning
Toddler Survives 3 Story Hotel Window Fall
We Married 35 Years After We Split Up
After Amnesia Couple Falls In Love Again
Married 80 Years And Still In Love
Teen Hero Uses Body To Shield Kid From Bullets
Adopted son finds birth mom at his workplace
5 yo dressed as Spiderman saves baby from blaze
Homeless Hero Lifts Car to Save Girl
Man Who Reunited Woman With Dog Surfaces
Parrot Saves Girl From Choking To Death
Loving Family Rescues Abandoned Dog