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An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following inconclusive or reassuring results from an MRI scan, new research has found.

Source: Scan that makes prostate cancer cells glow could cut need for biopsies

Very cool.

Maria said she is hoping they can meet her in Vila Chã one day so they can throw a bottle into the ocean together.

Source: Bahama Boy’s Message in a Bottle Floats 4,000 Miles to Be Read Almost Exactly a Year Later in Portugal

Pretty neat.

A small dog named Koko, missing for two years from Texas, has finally returned home — after being spotted more than 1,000 miles away in New Jersey and lovingly cared for by local police officers while her family raced to bring her back.

Source: Missing Dog Found 1,300 Miles From Home — Police Care For Her Until Family Arrives

Very cool.

A quirky sign hanging inside a historic oyster house in Mobile, Alabama, promised something unusual: free oysters to any man who turned 80 and walked in with his father. It finally happened.

Source: Father, 99, And Son, 80 Finally Redeem Decades-Old Promise Of Free Oysters

Pretty cute, and quite impressive.

Ron Blake was about to die by suicide. When a “Late Night” joke made him laugh, he said, he realized, “there’s still something good left in me.”

Source: A man says a Stephen Colbert joke saved his life. He wants to appear on ‘The Late Show’ before it’s too late

Hope he makes it!

A man in San Antonio is being praised online as a ‘highway hero’ after his quick thinking helped stop a dangerous situation on a busy highway—and may have helped save a life.

Source: Welder Hailed As ‘Highway Hero’ After Quick Thinking Helps Save Driver In Medical Crisis

Impressive.

After adopting young True, Dr. Amy Beethe also adopted True’s sister, and then found homes for his four other siblings.

Source: A 5-year-old boy was left alone in a hospital on the day of his heart surgery. His anesthesiologist adopted him.

Wow.

On Tuesday evening, the Town of Ashland will hold a special ceremony to honor Gozier.

Source: ‘A special girl’: Ashland dog hailed as a hero for saving woman’s life

A very good dog.

His parents got on board, crushing the cans to save space by driving over them in their car before Ryan bagged them up.

Source: Schoolboy With ‘Can-Do’ Attitude Has Recycled a Million Cans and Donated the Proceeds to Charity

Very cool.

An “immune system reset” cured autoimmune, or Type 1, diabetes in mice in a Stanford Medicine study. The approach may be useful for other autoimmune conditions as well as organ transplants.

Source: Type 1 diabetes cured in mice with gentle blood stem-cell and pancreatic islet transplant

Exciting!