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Patient doing well with French company's artificial heart: Report

A 75-year-old Frenchman is already feeding himself and chatting to his family, more than a week after becoming the first person to be fitted with an artificial heart

Measles case numbers alarming in Turkey amid enhanced polio fight ANKARA - Hürriyet Health officials have vaccinated 1.1 million children against polio in a bid to prevent the spread of the contagious virus 3 Comment(s) 12/11/2013	Nuts good for health, study says NEW YORK - Reuters People who eat a diet rich in nuts, including peanuts, are less likely to die from heart disease or cancer 3 Comment(s) 11/21/2013
LGBT NGO calls on UN to give out free condoms on World AIDS day ANKARA – Hürriyet Such assistance would especially relieve sex workers in Turkey, the Pink Life Association said Comment(s) 11/30/2013	Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets AMSTERDAM - Agence France-Presse At nine o’clock in the morning in a garden shed behind a house in Amsterdam, a handful of alcoholics are getting ready to clean the surrounding streets 1 Comment(s) 11/19/2013
HIV/AIDS patient number nearly 7,000 in Turkey ANKARA - Anadolu Agency The number of recorded HIV patients in Turkey has reached 6,800, 1,096 of whom are diagnosed with AIDS, according to Health Ministry statistics. 3 Comment(s) 11/29/2013	Number of diabetics in world to double by 2035 ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News Some 592 million people are expected to suffer from diabetes by 2035 if countries fail to take the required measures 2 Comment(s) 11/18/2013
Turkey to build own hospital ship for disasters ANKARA – Anadolu Agency The Health Ministry is set to start operating a hospital ship for natural disasters and extraordinary situations 2 Comment(s) 12/15/2013	Conflicting reports emerge over medical negligence claims on 12-year-old girl's death ZONGULDAK - Doğan News Agency The controversy over İrem Yağcı's death for alleged misdiagnosis in Zonguldak has taken a new turn, after an expert report rejected the claims of negligence 2 Comment(s) 11/9/2013
Turkish health ministry forms legislation regulating alternative medicine ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News The Health Ministry has completed legislation on alternative medicine practices Comment(s) 11/29/2013	20 million kids in Mideast to get polio vaccine after Syria outbreak: UN GENEVA - Agence France-Presse The UN has launched the largest-ever polio vaccination campaign in the Middle East, aiming to immunise more than 20 million children in seven countries Comment(s) 11/8/2013
Turkish Red Crescent ‘blames science’ for AIDS infection via blood transplant ISTANBUL – Hürriyet The Turkish Red Crescent has blamed 'flaws of science' for the death of a patient who was infected with HIV following a blood transfusion 8 Comment(s) 11/25/2013	Istanbul’s Galata tower turns pink for breast cancer awareness month ISTANBUL – Doğan News Agency Galata tower was lit pink as part of the events marking breast cancer awareness month. Messages with the hashtag #GalataPembeOluyor will help you to donate for the cause Comment(s) 10/31/2013