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Minorities the majority on kidney transplant waiting lists Minorities the majority on kidney transplant waiting lists 08/05/2014 08:44pm • WASHINGTON -- At an age when many doctors are long retired, Clive Callender is leading a national crusade to save lives. A surgeon and professor at the Howard University Medical school, Callender has devoted his life to raising awareness in the African-American community about organ transplant Arizona attorneys appeal abortion-rule injunction 08/05/2014 07:39pm • ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court could have the ultimate say on whether Arizona's new abortion-medication restrictions -- considered the most stringent in the nation, but put on hold by a federal appeals court -- should take effect.State attorneys say they Insurers launch huge health-records info exchange 08/05/2014 07:19pm • JUDY LIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Two California insurers announced Tuesday that they are partnering for an ambitious project to establish one of the nation's largest health-information exchanges, an effort they hope will reduce duplication and improve patient outcomes.The not-for Mother of once-conjoined twins thanks NY doctors 08/05/2014 06:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- A Filipino woman who gave birth to conjoined twins has thanked the New York doctors involved on the 10th anniversary of the boys' separation.During a celebration Monday at Montefiore (mahn-teh-fee-OR') Medical Center, Arlene Aguirre (ah-GEER'-ee) said she put all her trust and hope Defense: Gitmo jury should know execution method 08/05/2014 04:43pm • DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- Jurors should know how the government plans to execute the Guantanamo detainee accused of orchestrating the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole if he's convicted of a capital offense, his lawyer argued at a pretrial hearing Tuesday at the U.S. naval b Giants RB Wilson's career over due to neck injury 08/05/2014 03:00pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- New York Giants running back David Wilson's NFL career is over after two seasons because of a neck injury.The 23-year-old Wilson was told by doctors Monday that he risked more serious problems if he kept playing.He underwent fusion surgery to repair vertebrae and a hern Saints owner Benson treated for breathing trouble 08/05/2014 02:49pm • WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) -- Saints owner Tom Benson has been treated and released from a hospital after he had trouble breathing while watching practice.Team spokesman Greg Bensel says the 87-year-old Benson is "fine" after being given oxygen. Bensel says doctors at a hospital in Lewisburg The Tiger watch is on for final major of the year 08/05/2014 02:04pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Joe LaCava walked nearly every blade of grass on the 18th green at Valhalla Golf Club, jotting notes in his yardage book after stepping off the distances from every edge of the green to every possible pin position. It was just like any other Monda English soccer tightens concussion guidelines 08/05/2014 01:10pm • LONDON (AP) -- Club doctors will have the final say on whether a player stays on the field after a head injury during English Premier League matches as part of new guidelines on concussions.Regulations for concussion management have been tightened by the English Football Association, with players ne Death toll from Ebola in W. Africa hits 887: WHO 08/05/2014 10:24am • BASHIR ADIGUN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- The doctor who treated a man who flew to Nigeria and died of Ebola now has contracted the disease, authorities said Monday, presenting a dire challenge to Africa's most populous nation as the regional toll for the outbreak grew to 887 dead.As Nig Canva: Easy web tool lets you create great looking graphics 08/05/2014 08:32am • Data Doctors Iraq air force to back Kurds fighting Islamists 08/05/2014 08:00am • BRAM JANSSEN Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon his country's armed forces to help the Kurdish military battle a Sunni militant offensive in northern Iraq that has caused tens of thousands of people from the minority Yazidi community to flee their East Ukraine city dying under siege 08/05/2014 05:54am • YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) -- Residents say the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk is dying. The power grid was completely down Monday, the city government said, and fuel is running dry.Store shelves are emptying fast, and those who haven't managed to flee must drink untrea Decade on, separate lives for once-conjoined twins 08/05/2014 04:28am • JIM FITZGERALD Associated Press SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- One twin uses an iPad, plays video games and dances to Michael Jackson tunes. The other has significant, possibly permanent, problems walking and talking.The delicate separation 10 years ago of conjoined twins from the Philippines wasn't perfec Club pros couldn't care less about chasing Tiger 08/05/2014 03:15am • PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Brian Norman can be excused for not getting all worked up over whether Tiger Woods plays in the PGA Championship.Norman qualified for his first major at age 32.He's going to have the time of his life, with or without Woods."Hitting balls next
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