107.3 KFFM » disease http://kffm.com Yakima's Number ONE Hit Music Station Fri, 24 May 2013 22:55:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Georgia Student Aimee Copeland Fighting for Life Against Flesh-Eating Bacteria http://kffm.com/georgia-student-aimee-copeland-will-lose-fingers-to-flesh-eating-bacteria/ http://kffm.com/georgia-student-aimee-copeland-will-lose-fingers-to-flesh-eating-bacteria/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:53:13 +0000 Don Deane http://thefw.com/?p=122061 Although Aimee Copeland, the Georgia student who contracted flesh-eating disease after a zip line injury, is showing signs of improvement, doctors say she will unfortunately lose her fingers to the terrible illness. This is just the latest setback in her tragic story.

]]> http://kffm.com/georgia-student-aimee-copeland-will-lose-fingers-to-flesh-eating-bacteria/feed/ 0 ABC Missy Elliott Reveals Battle With Graves' Disease http://kffm.com/missy-elliott-reveals-battle-with-graves-disease/ http://kffm.com/missy-elliott-reveals-battle-with-graves-disease/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:54:01 +0000 Andy Scott http://tsminteractive.com/?p=19446 In a new interview with PEOPLE (via Billboard), Missy Elliott revealed she’s been battling Graves’ disease since 2008.

Elliott says the disease, an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid, began to take its toll on her body rather quickly.

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