Doctors report transplant breakthrough (AP) 
AP - In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
Source: news.yahoo.comUNICEF urges end to customs that raise Liberian child mortality (AFP) 
AFP - The top UN children's fund official for west and central Africa, Esther Guluma, has been touring Liberia this week to urge its adults to abandon practices that raise the child mortality rate.
Source: news.yahoo.comDriving Skills Decline Among People With Early Alzheimer's (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (
HealthDay News) -- People with early Alzheimer's disease were involved in more traffic crashes and performed worse on road tests than drivers without cognitive impairment, a new study finds.
Source: news.yahoo.comNew Colon Cancer Test Might Spot Trouble Earlier (HealthDay) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (
HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have zeroed in on a biomarker that could detect colorectal cancer in its earliest stages in a simpler, less invasive and more accurate way than existing blood tests.
Source: news.yahoo.comIndian battles bird flu, UN sounds alarm over Bangladesh (AFP) 
AFP - Bodies of chickens were left to rot Thursday in India as the country battled its worst bird flu outbreak while a UN agency warned the virus also posed a health threat in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Source: news.yahoo.comRain forces culling halt as India battles worst bird flu outbreak (AFP) 
AFP - India's battle against its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu suffered a new blow Thursday as rain forced a halt to culling in West Bengal, an official said.
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