Anne Strieber continues to recover, but is still battlingpneumonia. The disease is not believed to belife-threatening, but she is improving only slowly.

She is out of neurological danger and now able to sleepwithout being tested for neurological signs every hour, soit is hoped that she will gain the strength to heal.

Your prayers are deeply appreciated. When Anne was told ofthem, she smiled a very large smile.

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November 4, 2004: Anne Strieber is not believed to be indanger at this time, but doctors are struggling to defeat apersistent but relatively low-grade pneumonia that has kepther on artificial breathing support since Tuesday.

Your prayers to defeat Anne’s infection would be mostappreciated, and always remember to pray for all sick whenyou pray for any.

Updates will be posted in this space if there are anyfurther problems, otherwise, assume that her recoverycontinues going well.

Thank you for your prayers.

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On October 15, physicians at the Cleveland Clinic receivedreview board approval to begin screening patients for thefirst ever human face transplant.

In the first few procedures, they only plan to use facialskin and the connective tissue underneath. Patients wouldretain their own underlying muscle, so they wouldn?t looklike their donor.
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State officials are currently investigating an unusualcluster of possible Mad Cow cases in upstate New York. Currently five separate cases of the fatal Creutzfeldt JakobDisease have been diagnosed in Ulster County and surroundingareas alone, a surprising number given that the diseasetypically effects only one in one million people.

Brent Tobey, a resident of Ulster County whose fathersuccumbed to the disease, explained that his father ate alot of beef and that he now believes there is a problem withbeef in the area.
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