Health Highlights: May 21, 2012

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

Bee Gee Robin Gibb Dies of
Cancer

Former Bee Gees member Robin Gibb died Sunday “following his long
battle with cancer and intestinal surgery,” his family said in a statement
released by Gibb’s representative Doug Wright.

Gibb was forced to cancel several appearances in 2011. He was
hospitalized briefly in 2011 for what doctors said was an inflamed colon
and had surgery for intestinal problems in March, the Associated
Press
reported.

Brothers Robin, Maurice and Barry Gibb shot to fame in the 1970s when
they wrote and performed a number of hit songs for the movie “Saturday
Night Fever.” Maurice died in 2003.

Robin Gibb was the second disco-era star to die this week. On Thursday,
Donna Summer died of cancer in Florida, the AP reported.

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Woman With Flesh-Eating Disease Breathing on
Her Own

The 24-year-old Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease is now
breathing on her own, according to her father.

Late Sunday, Andy Copeland blogged that Aimee Copeland had been off the
ventilator for more than 10 hours and was cracking jokes and displaying
other typical behaviors, the Associated Press reported.

Aimee developed a rare condition called necrotizing fasciitis after her
left leg was cut in a zip line accident on May 1. Most of her left leg has
been amputated and doctors said last week that her hands and remaining
foot would also need to be amputated.

In his latest update, Andy Copeland said he’s grateful for the
outpouring of concern for his daughter, the AP reported.

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Officials Lift Quarantines at Two California
Dairy Farms

Quarantines have been lifted on two California dairies that were under
investigation after a case of mad cow disease, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture said Friday.

Officials said they found no connection between the illness and food
the diseased cow might have eaten. And tests by the World Organization for
Animal Health confirmed U.S. lab findings that the cow’s illness was
caused by a random mutation that was unlikely to affect other cows in the
herd, the Associated Press reported.

The investigation was launched in April when the carcass of nearly
11-year-old cow from an unnamed Tulare County dairy tested positive for
mad cow disease. It was the fourth case in the United States and the third
“atypical” strain to be discovered.

Officials are still trying to track down at least a dozen other living
cows that were raised on a calf ranch with the sick cow, the AP
reported.

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