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Report: Direct Oxygen Helps Wounds Heal Faster

NPR

By Patti Neighmond

Published January 29, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

A new study published in Pathophysiology suggests that pure oxygen applied directly to chronic skin wounds, such as bed sores and diabetes-related ulcers, may help them heal more quickly. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

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Patti Neighmond

Award-winning journalist Patti Neighmond is NPR's health policy correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

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Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 100

The Associated Press

Bob Fernandez was a 17-year-old sailor on board the USS Curtiss during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II.
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How Syria's 'musician of the revolution' feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime

Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali about the fall of the dictatorship in Syria and his hopes for his homeland's future.

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