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Girl Who Survived Disastrous Sled Ride Called 'Miracle Kid'
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsSix-year-old Ashlyn Maas has the kind of smile that makes everyone around her grin, too. The first-grader loves to read and usually has a book in her hands. With relief, her father describes her as a "regular" girl. Because all of that almost changed in December 2009, when a playful sled ride down a hill in their backyard in northeastern Pennsylvania ended with Ashlyn slamming into a fallen tree. A seven-inch branch snapped off into the little girl's head, piercing through her right eye and into her skull. Courtesy Jill Maas Ashlyn Maas, who survived a sledding accident in which a ...
Buried Snowboarder Thought He 'Was Going to Die' [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsMSNBC reports on snowboarder James Drummond, who is lucky to be alive after being buried in 6 feet of snow. His crash and rescue were recorded, thanks to the helmet camera he was wearing. ...
Study: Sex Increases Heart Attack Risk for Lazy People
By David Moye - AOL NewsIf you sit on your butt most of the time, this news may make you break out in a sweat: Sporadic bursts of sex or exercise can increase the risk of a heart attack. Dr. Issa Dahabreh and Dr. Jessica Paulus, researchers at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, made this discovery after reviewing 10 studies investigating physical activity, three involving sexual activity and one study that looked at both. Getty Images Researchers at Tufts Medical Center in Boston say sedentary people who suddenly have sex or exercise have an increased chance of a heart attack. The study, which appears in ...
Woman Makes Slimming Down Mississippi Town Her Mission [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsAlthough two-thirds of Mississippi residents are overweight, one woman has made it her mission to encourage her town to lose the weight -- and the bad reputation. ...
FDA Panel Suggests Ban on Menthol Cigarettes [VIDEO]
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Transplant Patient Got AIDS From New Kidney
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- A transplant patient contracted AIDS from the kidney of a living donor, in the first documented case of its kind in the U.S. since screening for HIV began in the mid-1980s. It turns out the donor had unprotected gay sex in the 11 weeks between the time he tested negative and the time the surgery took place in 2009. In a report Thursday on the New York City case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that organ donors have repeat HIV tests a week before surgery. "The most sensitive test needs to be done as close as possible to the time of transplant," said Dr. ...
Polls Show Public May Not Know What It Wants on Health Care Law
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