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Wednesday, October 10, 2012  Alex Karras, NFL defensive lineman who starred in "Webster," "Blazing Saddles," dies at 77

Friday, April 13, 2012  State health officials have confirmed nine cases of E. coli in Missouri.

Sunday, February 12, 2012  St. Louis area police have been searching for a 14-year-old girl who was in state custody when she was taken from a St. Louis hospital by her father.

Monday, July 11, 2011  African Americans are nearly four-times more likely than Caucasians to develop kidney failure.

Thursday, March 03, 2011  Researchers project the artificial kidney could save $15 billion per year out of the $25 billion that Medicare spends on treating kidney failure patients in the United States.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011  84-year-old Arizona man survives 5-day desert ordeal without water; drinks wiper fluid

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  University Hospital surgeons have been performing kidney transplants for the past 38 years.

Monday, April 12, 2010  A state-funded program that helps kidney dialysis patients has lost 25 percent of its funding, and some advocates say the cuts will devastate patients' lives.

Friday, February 26, 2010  Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation (RFA) is a minimally-invasive procedure used to treat small liver, lung, kidney and bone tumors.