Parrots, war vets team up in L.A. healing program
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A dog may be a man's best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
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Carriers work to restore service and are providing free calls to people affected.
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky recalls how American robins and other species visited his California yard for a few weeks in January, when a pyracantha bush produced its ripe berries.
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Judy Irving's affectionate documentary profiles a 50-ish San Franciscan who tends a flock of around four dozen wild parrots that live in his neighborhood.
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Doctors on a turbulence-free flight performed surgery 19,000 feet above the jungles of Colombia on the inaugural outing of the military's "Air Hospital," the country's new effort to save the lives of troops wounded in its war against Marxist insurgents.
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Federal wildlife officials released a long-range plan Monday for removing a tiny bird that nests on West Coast beaches from Endangered Species Act protections by 2047 with the help of volunteers from the Audubon Society, the Boy Scouts and other nonprofit groups.
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NHULUNBUY, Australia  - As the campfire burns slowly, a group of Aborigines build a "place of healing" in a remote outback camp where they will treat the ill using traditional bush medicines.
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A famed parrot showed signs of an inner life, and a bit of a temper.
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"Bark Mitzvahs," pet chaplains, and kitty funerals are all part of a growing recognition by churches and synagogues of the bonds people have with their animals.
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The veterans administration teams up with medicine men to use sweat lodges and talking circles to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Tough love is turning tender at rehab clinics where gourmet food and whale watching are often replacing bed making and group therapy as part of the treatment for addictions to drink and drugs.
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With fake fins and plastic paws, doctors can rebuild injured animals  -  and also use what they learn to help humans
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US scientists show how the body's own natural stress hormone could soothe post-traumatic stress disorder.
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As thousands more wounded troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, occupational therapists are now caring for a new generation of soldiers, working to return them to civilian life or the military using a variety of rehabilitation programs.
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A therapist helps to rebuild functions (and families) shattered by brain trauma.
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SIERRA VISTA - Their tales about access to medical care sound a lot like war stories. In a smoky Veterans of Foreign Wars bar in this military town, many Arizona veterans talk bitterly of waiting lists for
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Animal rescue workers have released about 100 birds that were treated for shock and concussions after crashing into an office building's windows last week.  The birds, cedar waxwings, were released Tuesday at the Honeywell wildlife refuge near Irmo.