Family of dumped pensioner &#39;desperate not cruel&#39;
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A SERIOUSLY ill pensioner abandoned at a hospital casualty department by his family before they flew back to Spain was yesterday unaware of the fuss surrounding him.
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Bereaved relatives are willing to donate tissue despite the organ retention scandals, a Scottish research centre has found.
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It found that parents whose children died of cancer had no regrets about talking to them about death - while some who didn&#39;t do so were sorry later.
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When Joana Ramos' father-in-law died  recently, family members in Georgia sent her his left-over  Parkinson's drugs rather than throw them out, in hopes they  would help someone who couldn't afford them.
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The family of a child who died in the south Wales E.coli outbreak feel let down no one will be prosecuted.
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The most common reaction to the death of a loved one from natural causes is not depression as has been thought but rather yearning or pining, a study said on Tuesday.
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In the story of Baby No. 81 lies a hint of the raw and peculiar distress of Sri Lanka's bereaved parents.
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Authorities in India plan legal action against relatives of an old woman found abandoned on a rubbish tip.
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A couple are found not guilty of causing the death of a three-year-old boy they planned to adopt.
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An Ohio State University research project indicates that the terminally ill cannot extend their lives just by trying to &#39;hold on&#39; until Christmas or a special occasion.
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Two Londonderry families contact relatives caught up in the earthquake that has killed  thousands of people.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Elderly people with impaired memory or behavioral problems may feel uncomfortable at large holiday family gatherings, but there are ways to include these people in such celebrations.
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Just because Target has changed policy on allowing the Salvation Army bell-ringers this year doesn&#39;t mean they don&#39;t deserve our patronage [&quot;Target doesn&#39;t care about us, I don&#39;t care about it,&quot; Dec. 7].
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Anguished pleas to save hostage Kenneth Bigley have taken their toll on his family and piled more pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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LONDON, United Kingdom -- The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors Thursday to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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The family of a pensioner left in a hospital casualty department  are believed to have gone back to Spain.
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Among health-care workers and relatives of the terminally ill, tales of patients who somehow &quot;held on&quot; past the holidays or birthdays are common.