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A visual stroll through this week's health news: a 16-pound baby, defense of the potato, and new research findings about alcohol and cancer. 
Therapy dogs make the rounds in more healthcare settings"Pets are embedded in the soul of our humanity," says Dr. Edward Creagan, an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., as he describes the special fondness and respect he has for a certain other member of the clinic's staff. 
Pets and your health: the good and the badThey cuddle and purr. And they shed. They wag their tails and fetch your slippers. And they shed. They never talk back and they never hold a grudge. And they shed. 
My Turn: Lung cancer's reality sharpens focus on her life's journeyJune 26 marked the seventh month since my diagnosis of Stage 3B non-small cell lung cancer. Life expectancy from date of diagnosis, with treatment, is 12 to 18 months. So I'm a little shy of halfway there, if we're going by the more optimistic... 
Head lice drug may stem spread of malariaU.S. researchers in Senegal have found that ivermectin helps kill off disease-carrying mosquitoes that feed from people with the drug in their system. |
