I'm also an abduction survivor

Only those of us who have experienced the terror of threatened captivity may truly appreciate the heroes that three Cleveland women became as they seized the chance of escape.

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• Woman shakes off 170 pounds
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• Developmental milestones
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• Cook your own food
• Meeting fitness guidelines
• Teens don't admit concussions
• Aches and pains from technology
• Digital dentures
• Active kids are healthier kids
• Learning to run
• Spring health myths
• Treating hair loss in men
• Parents' food attitude and kids
• Got allergies? Treat 'em
• Teen drinking leads to death

For Oklahoma doctors and first responders, an emotional 24 hours

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• U.N.: H7N9 flu outbreak has cost $6.5 billion so far
• Tornado survivors: A 48-hour window of opportunity
• Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
• Aimee Copeland: ‘I was reborn as someone different’
• Pulling the plug: ICU 'culture' key to life or death decision
• When school doesn't feel safe, facing facts helps
• Okla. tornado injuries: Even the doctors are 'crying'
• Parents call twins' separation surgery 'miracle'
• New guidelines have Asperger’s families worried
• First responders ‘instrumental’ in rescue efforts
• Nutty finding: Olive oil, nuts can protect your brain
• Breast cancer bras a no-go for Victoria's Secret
• Sleep-deprived teens cause crashes, study shows
• Delivery room drama: Has birth become a spectator sport?
• New sleep pill may be unsafe at higher doses, FDA review suggests
• Measles surges in UK years after vaccine scare
• ADHD in childhood linked to adult obesity, study finds
• More young people having strokes, study says
• Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial
• Student: 'We're graduating a premier group of new doctors'
• 'Why would we wait?': 3 sisters face Jolie's cancer dilemma
• New IVF method uses time-lapse snapshots to boost live births
• New IVF technology offers dramatic results
• Medical research impacted by continuing sequester
• Can genetic testing help women prevent a breast cancer diagnosis?
• Flesh-eating bacteria victim gets new bionic hands
• Calorie-cutting condiments help trim weight
• How to look younger without plastic surgery

Hospital Hit by Okla. Tornado 'Lucky'

Directly in the tornado's path, Moore Medical Center patients, staff unharmed.

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• SARS-Like Virus Spreads to Tunisia
• Rock Medicine for Deadheads, Punks
• Little Yogis Use Meditation to Chill Out, Improve Focus
• Portland Set to Vote on Fluoride
• Sleep and Couples: For Better or Worse, Day AND Night?
• UK Sees Surge in Measles
• Victoria's Secret Rejects 'Survivor' Bra
• One Year After Death, Marina Keegan's Words Live On
• Parents of Murdered Kids in Nanny Case May Find 'Joy' in Pregnancy
• Men Struggle With Wives' Breast Cancer
• Mini-Movies May Boost IVF Success
• Watch: Aimee Copeland Gets Bionic Hands
• Aimee Copeland Gets Bionic Hands
• What Teens Should Expect From Their First Gynecologist Visit
• 7 Health Problems Fixed by Food
• Climate Change Could Impact Allergies
• Great-Grandma, 79, Jumps From Plane
• Seaweed, Peppers ... Prof's Healthy Pizza
• Locks of Love Tangled in $6M Dispute
• Fecal Germs Lurk in Public Pools
• Thousands in Cancer Recovery Take up Dragon Boating
• 19 Science-Backed Superfoods
• Benefits, Risks of Removing Ovaries
• Watch: Man Dies From Nosebleed, Wife Sues Hospital
• Vaccines Aren't Just for Kids

Found: Three new planets

Not all solar systems are as tidy as ours, but a new discovery means we're not quite so alone anymore.

• Crop Insurance Helps Farmers, Hurts Others During Drought
• Tribute: Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space
• Artificial Jellyfish Created to Study Human Tissue Repair
• Found: A Baby Galaxy
• Running Across a Gooey Pool
• The Power Grid: From Rickety to Resilient
• What is Life? Venter Explains
• Venter on the meaning of life
• Found: Invisible Galaxies
• Q&A with Higgs discoverers
• Mystery of the Stardust Cloud That Vanished
• Now Do You Believe in Global Warming?
• Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Fills a Cosmic Void
• Fireworks for the Physicists: A Higgs Is Found
• Higgs Boson: Geneva Announcement Coming on 'God Particle'
• New York City's Bicycle Wars
• Why Tomatoes Taste Bad: Science at Root of Missing Flavor
• Ocean in Space -- on Titan
• Physics of the Love Parade Stampede
• What the Failure of Rio+20 Means for the Climate
• Quasars on a diet
• As Rio+20 Unfolds, A U.N. Report Shows How Far We Have to Go to Save the Planet
• Rio+20 Earth Summit: Little Action Expected on Environment
• Moondust: Nanoparticles in Lunar Soil May Solve Mystery
• Lakes found on Titan
• More Earths? Even Metal-Poor Stars Can Build Good Planets
• A Planet in Peril: Is Earth Approaching a Tipping Point?
• Rocket Man Elon Musk: The Man Who's Leading America's Charge Back to Space
• NASA weighs asteroid -- really

Merck signs $5 billion share buyback agreement with Goldman Sachs

(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said it has entered into a $5 billion share repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs Group Inc, as the drug giant looks to prop up shareholder value in face of stiff competition from makers of less-costly generics.

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• Amag says anemia drug caused fatal reaction in Switzerland
• China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion
• Drowsy young drivers have increased crash risk
• Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer
• People choose larger portions of ‘healthy' foods
• Surgery offers mixed benefits for kids' sleep apnea
• Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus
• Schoolmates of suicide victims at higher risk
• Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study
• AcelRX post-op pain treatment meets late-stage study goal
• Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising
• Intercell vaccine gets U.S. pediatric approval
• Healthcare workers set to strike California public hospitals
• UK first in EU to get Merck's new Schmallenberg vaccine
• Pfizer halts study of lymphoma drug unlikely to help survival
• Swine virus confirmed in Iowa, Indiana hog herds
• Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?
• Pricey radiation no better post prostatectomy: study
• Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study
• Royalty raises Elan bid, issues ultimatum to shareholders
• Bayer says lung drug shows promise in prolonged trial
• Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5 billion stock deal
• XenoPort to drop multiple sclerosis drug, shares fall
• FDA staff says Merck's sleep drug effective, questions dosage
• AstraZeneca closes in on site for new home in Cambridge
• UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients
• Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case
• Peregrine Pharma agrees with FDA on lung cancer trial design