Once this procedure is complete, a tiny sample will be delivered to the onboard labs, Sam and CheMin, to run chemical and mineralogical analyses.

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The 64-patient trial produced mixed results: 61% of patients who received the real procedure reported complete heartburn relief versus 33% of patients who got the fake treatment.

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The procedure would take six days to complete with doctors performing surgery on two to three patients a day.

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The White House, however, came down on the side of a complete federal ban on the controversial procedure.

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Within one year of an angioplasty, as many as 20 to 30 percent of patients develop partial or complete obstruction at the site of angioplasty that requires a repeat procedure, or CABG.

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In the year after the procedure, 57 percent of those who had the actual surgery reported the complete elimination of migraine headaches, compared with just 4 percent in the sham surgery group.

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The breach of procedure by Co-operative Funeralcare staff meant friends and family ended up saying their final goodbyes to a complete stranger during the funeral at Birtley Crematorium.

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