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November 20, 2014

Angler Fishes Out Woman's Prosthetic Leg

A woman who lost her prosthetic leg while swimming in a western Minnesota lake three years ago has been reunited with the limb thanks to an angler

November 20, 2014

New Jersey Residents Hospitalized After Eating Toxic Mushrooms

At least four people were hospitalized in New Jersey this week after eating wild mushrooms

November 20, 2014

Earthquake Helps Man Regain His Hearing

The earthquake that rattled a wide swath of the eastern U.S. this week may have been a blessing in disguise for a 75-year-old who regained his hearing after the 5.8-magnitude tremor hit

November 20, 2014

Scientists Find Weakness in Deadly Ebola Virus

A protein that helps transport cholesterol inside cells may be a key to developing drugs to treat Ebola, a rare but lethal virus for which there are no known treatments, U.S. researchers said

November 20, 2014

Doctors Using Stem Cells to Treat MS

Multiple sclerosis affects about 2.5 million people worldwide – and the disabling disease, which affects the body’s central nervous system – has always been irreversible

November 20, 2014

Taiwan Hospital Transplants 5 HIV-Infected Organs

One of Taiwan's best regarded hospitals mistakenly transplanted HIV-infected organs into five patients after a hospital staffer misheard the donor's test results by telephone, the hospital said

November 20, 2014

New HIV Case Causes LA Porn Industry Shutdown

An adult film performer has tested positive for HIV, causing porn producers to shut down shoots in Southern California as the diagnosis is confirmed through re-testing, according to an industry group

November 20, 2014

Consumer Groups: Stop Sale of J&J Breast Implants

Consumer advocates asked health regulators to take silicone breast implants made by Johnson & Johnson off the market because the company has not been able to provide enough long-term safety data

November 20, 2014

U.N. Agency Warns of Possible Bird Flu Resurgence

The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere

November 20, 2014

Bird Flu Deaths in Asia Prompt Call for Scrutiny

Virologists warned on Tuesday that there was no vaccine against a mutant strain of H5N1 bird flu now spreading in China and Vietnam and called for closer monitoring of the disease in poultry and wild birds to stop it spreading to people