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FBI seeks images in Boston Marathon bomb inquiry

...In addition to losing limbs, victims suffered broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums. At Massachusetts General Hospital, Alasdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: "This is something I've never seen in my 25 years...

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Official: Suspect in custody in Boston bombings

...fragments that went up." Dozens of patients have been released from hospitals around the Boston area. At Massachusetts General Hospital, all four amputations performed there were above the knee, with no hope of saving more of the legs, said...

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Boston Marathon: A tribute to perserverance

...the least bit surprised to read reports of marathoners running across the finish line and continuing on to Massachusetts General Hospital to donate blood.Last year, while running, then jogging, then trudging my way from Hopkinton to Boston...

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...Aaron Baggish, senior author of the studyBaggish, who runs a program for athletes with heart issues at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-authors present their analysis in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.The...

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Tests show progress against Huntington's

...huntingtin mutation leads to the fatal disease," said Rudy Tanzi, director of the genetics and aging unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. "The finding provides an opportunity to develop new treatments." More than 25,000 Americans suffer...

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Miniature pigs may be answer to donor shortage

...young ordinary pigs is unknown. The leading advocate of using the smaller organs of the miniature pig is Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon and immunologist David H. Sachs. "The miniature swine has the potential to donate an organ to any...

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Study: Correct treatment of high blood pressure could lower heart disease, stroke risk

...that suggests strides in public awareness in the black community. Dr. Richard Pasternak, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said the findings will be an eye-opener to some people who watch public health trends. "Often...

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Feds to start first real-time tracking of nation's blood supply

...check the blood bank first and make sure something's in the refrigerators," adds Dr. Christopher Lowell, Massachusetts General Hospital's transfusion director. In the last year, repeated shortages have forced hospitals from New York to California...

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Experts say short-term estrogen still valuable treatment for many with menopause symptoms

...go into a panic and stop using estrogens altogether. They are very effective," said Dr. Isaac Schiff of Massachusetts General Hospital. Schiff heads a task force of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that will draw up new...

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A year later, young doctors working less, but growing pains persist

...one person at a time, one day at a time," said Dr. Debra Weinstein, who oversees 1,500 residents at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. On the Net: http://www.acgme.org http://www...

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