A Village Doctor Cares for Those the Sea Spared
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In the wake of the tsunami, local medical workers are the unsung heroes.
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People in the Cornish village of Boscastle are trying to protect their properties from flooding.
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When a visitor from Canada was attacked by a shark this month, Dr. Peter Galpin helped save his life and the use of his hand. Galpin himself doesn't have full use of his own limbs, but his wheelchair didn't get in the way.
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BELGRADE, Maine -- Fifty years ago, Ronald Herrick wasn&#39;t thinking about making medical history that would one day lead to saving countless lives.
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A well-known Singaporean doctor was in the country recently to promote the idea of using stem cells from umbilical cord blood as an alternative to bone marrow transplantation.
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It's hard to miss Michel Bellion amid the boatload of trim and dapper French naval doctors heading into Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged city of Meulaboh. He's the one with the beard, paunch and sketch pad.
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By MICHAEL CASEY  CHEME, Thailand - For much of his life, Viroj Dedsongprak paid little attention to the mangrove forests that surrounded his Thai village. He thought nothing of it when neighbors chopped down trees for firewood or plowed them under for shrimp ponds.
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Some people tend to be lucky; others make their own luck. For Patrick Emanuel, director of Annual Giving at the Southern Ocean County Hospital Foundation, it s been a bit of both.
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By M. Husairy Othman  PULAU PANGKOR: The last remaining traditional fishing village here is under threat from rapid development on the island.  About 70 families in Kampung Teluk Dalam live in fear of being displaced.
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In the wake of the tsunami, medical experts are flying out to South Asia to help local doctors monitor the spread of disease.
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By STACY PARKER  By Stacy Parker  Correspondent  OCEANFRONT  Volunteers are needed at the new Historic Villages at Cape Henry to lead tours and assist on-site.
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The Village People&#039;s original cop wants to get himself clean.
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In a country plagued by AIDS, a doctor in this remote industrial area of Taung, South Africa, is quietly providing life-prolonging drugs and hope for people who are HIV-positive.
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K. Subramanyam, a fisherman on India's tsunami-devastated southern coast, says it will take a miracle to restore life to his battered trawler and friend "Vadivel".
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By Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 20--If you see a baby harbor seal alone on a Whatcom County beach, don't assume it's been abandoned and needs rescue.
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Ban Nam Khem, a poor fishing village hemmed in by expensive tourist resorts on the Thai coast, wasn't missed by the devastating tsunami waves, but its people complained that aid efforts are bypassing them.
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By STEVEN STANEK TEL AVIV, Israel - On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola's spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today he is standing on a small, wooden dinghy gliding downstream, navigating between the islands of a tropical paradise.