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Pitt G Josh Newkirk to transfer after knee surgery

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh guard Josh Newkirk will transfer closer to his home in North Carolina while continuing to rehab from surgery on his...

Tracy Morgan faces 'arduous' recovery after crash

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn't slept...

Mom: Hopeful signs seen in teen called brain dead

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mother of a 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea surgery said...

Jahi McMath moved from hospital

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead after a surgery is now in a facility where her family...

ABC’s Amy Robach to have double mastectomy

ABC News correspondent Amy Robach is seen at Advertising Week in New York. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision for Advertising Week/AP Images, File) by David BauderAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A month after undergoing a mammogram on "Good Morning America," ABC's Amy Robach said Monday she has breast cancer and will have a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery this week.

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

ANGELINA JOLIE (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

Christie’s surgery highlights weight-loss options

GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file) by Lauran NeergaardWASHINGTON (AP) — Obesity causes or worsens myriad health problems, from diabetes to heart disease, severe sleep apnea to arthritic knees. Christie has revealed that after struggling with his weight for 20 years and the reality check of turning 50, the desire to be healthy for his four children motivated him to have an operation called stomach banding.

C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies

DEAD AT 96--In this Oct. 1, 1993 file photo, former Surgeon Genera C. Everett Koop, left, sits with then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting with more than 100 prominent doctors in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo, File) by Connie Cass Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general.

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