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Preliminary Hearing Date Set for Suspect in Norma Lopez Murder
KTLA NewsMORENO VALLEY, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Long Beach man accused of murdering 17-year old Norma Lopez is due back in court March 28 for a preliminary hearing Jesse Perez Torres pleaded not guilty last November in the murder of the Moreno Valley teenager. He...Tags: Health, Kidnapping, Trials, Murder, Social Media
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Rapper Heavy D Died of Blood Clot in Lung, Autopsy Shows
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- An autopsy on Rapper Heavy D, who died suddenly at the age of 44, found that the cause of death was a pulmonary embolism. The autopsy report, which was released on Tuesday, revealed that Heavy D, whose real name was Dwight Arrnigton...Tags: Health, Lungs and Airways, Heart Disease, Coughing, Mount Vernon
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Woman Claims U.S. Airways Lost Her Special Needs Brother
CNNWILMINGTON, North Carolina -- A North Carolina woman says U.S. Airways has some explaining to do, after they lost track of her brother, who has special needs. Kristy Wilson was reunited with her brother, Victor, after she says the airline lost him....Tags: Health, Lungs and Airways, U.S. Airways, Human Body, CNN (tv network)
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Woman's Body Found in Hotel Room Near MacArthur Park
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found at a hotel near MacArthur Park. Police were called to the Olympic Hotel at 725 S. Westlake Boulevard at around 12:30 a.m. Monday. A woman's body was...Tags: Health, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Los Angeles Police Department, Human Body
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Paula Deen Confirms Diabetes, Partners with Drug Company
CNNSouthern celebrity chef Paula Deen appeared on the Today Show with Al Roker this morning to address rumors that she has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Deen confirmed, "I was diagnosed three years ago during a regular physical exam with my doctor,...Tags: Chemicals, Health, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Genes and Chromosomes
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Less Lung Damage from Pot Smoking Than Cigarettes?
CNNScience has shown the dangers of cigarette smoking on lungs-- smoking undermines lung function, causes lung cancer and long-term breathing problems such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). But what about smoking marijuana? Researchers sought...Tags: Substance Abuse, Health, Lungs and Airways, Marijuana Use, Heart Disease
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Actor Nick Cannon Back at Home After Kidney Surgery
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Actor Nick Cannon, husband to singer Mariah Carey, is back home after being released from a Los Angeles hospital. Doctors treated Cannon, 31, for mild kidney failure. He is now resting and recovering at home, according to a...Tags: Mariah Carey, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Twitter, Inc., Kidney
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Robot Assisted Hip Surgery Improves Procedure
Nearly 300,000 hip replacement surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year, and some of those patients have to head back into the operating room due to complications. But now, robotic 3D technology is making the process more reliable.
This high-tech...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hip Replacement, Health, Human Body, Hips
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Paying for stem cells: A bad idea
Like blood and plasma, stem cells are usually obtained through an easy procedure, and the people who donate them quickly generate more. But in other ways, they're markedly different. There might be only one or two potential donors who are a good match for...Tags: Health, Ceremonies, Genes and Chromosomes, Human Body, Cancer
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Long on decline, whooping cough makes a comeback
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.
"Childhood Cough Is Given...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Coughing, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Salt therapy: A cure for breathing and skin problems?
Floridians have easy access to the beach, but some people with allergies and lung conditions say they need even saltier air to clean them out.
At spas opening up in Florida and throughout the country, clients sit in special rooms infused with high...Tags: Health Treatments, Allergies, Health, Delray Beach, Coughing
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