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  1. Amputee eyes double transplant: A quadruple amputee mom is going to attempt to get a double arm transplant after... bit.ly/LKCu07 about 9 hours ago via twitterfeed
  2. Are toxic chemicals putting your family at risk?: Sen. Frank Lautenberg says that Congress must reform the outda... bit.ly/LJqLi4 about 14 hours ago via twitterfeed
  3. CVS Caremark Fights Discount Cards: CVS Caremark's pharmacy-benefit business is prepared to escalate a campaign ... on.wsj.com/KJ9HKT 3:09 PM May 30th via twitterfeed
  4. Schizophrenia makes finding love difficult, but not impossible: A decade ago, when they didn't even know each ot... bit.ly/NaoOOu 8:48 PM May 29th via twitterfeed
  5. Family counters flesh-eating bacteria with faith: In the four weeks since his daughter Aimee cut her leg in the ... bit.ly/KNPftf 5:19 AM May 29th via twitterfeed
  6. What Everest Teaches About Disease: A team of Mayo Clinic scientists accompanied climbers to Mount Everest to st... on.wsj.com/LNP1CI 2:06 AM May 29th via twitterfeed
  7. Milestone arrives for Georgia woman fighting flesh-eating bacteria: Aimee Copeland had joked and mouthed words s... bit.ly/LLsE0J 5:19 AM May 28th via twitterfeed
  8. Music is changing your brain: Music -- it's all around us, and in us. Scientists are discovering the remarkable ... bit.ly/LSW8fT 1:10 AM May 27th via twitterfeed
  9. Music is changing your brain: Music -- it's all around us, and in us. A song you don't even like can get stuck i... bit.ly/LQw1Gm 7:29 AM May 26th via twitterfeed
  10. Why can't I know I have cancer, then do nothing?: Prostate screening is truly a situation in which ignorance is ... bit.ly/LAz0jp 11:51 AM May 25th via twitterfeed
  11. Mom still battling flesh-eating bacteria: The health of a South Carolina woman battling a rare flesh-eating bact... bit.ly/Lh6DY3 4:19 AM May 25th via twitterfeed
  12. Hospital Medical Devices to Go Wireless: The FCC is expected to vote to open up spectrum, easing patient monitor... on.wsj.com/Kqtpfa 11:33 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  13. New mom wakes up with new heart: As Windy Hill lay on the operating table waiting for a heart pump that would ke... bit.ly/JL4AN3 4:13 AM May 24th via twitterfeed
  14. Surviving a flesh-eating disease: While hanging a Christmas tree ornament, Percy von Lipinski lost his balance a... bit.ly/KAVXAZ 4:21 AM May 23rd via twitterfeed
  15. Diagnosis like 'winning the lottery': When Megan Kenny was five years old, she began to exhibit strange and trou... bit.ly/JU9GV7 5:51 AM May 22nd via twitterfeed
  16. 'House' adviser: Why we didn't dumb down the medicine: I'm proud of the medical work we did on "House." Each wee... bit.ly/K3J0jC 6:02 PM May 21st via twitterfeed
  17. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. teens facing diabetes: The proportion of U.S. adolescents with diabetes or borderline diabete... bit.ly/KDmJYI 9:56 AM May 21st via twitterfeed
  18. Dad of flesh-eating bug victim opens up: I apologize for not posting any recent updates on Aimee. The past 48 ho... bit.ly/M2bTNT 8:25 PM May 19th via twitterfeed
  19. Medical success -- or boondoggle?: Doctors say experimental stem cell therapy for 6-year-old Cash Burnaman's inc... bit.ly/L38EpT 9:14 AM May 19th via twitterfeed
  20. David Cassidy on Alzheimer's: The actor talks about the importance of companionship for people with Alzheimer's,... bit.ly/JXtgiw 10:51 AM May 18th via twitterfeed