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A DO state legislator is honored for sponsoring a bill to improve cardiac care. Plus: A list of recently deceased osteopathic physicians.

"Two major aftershocks just occurred 10 min ago," one DO tweets from Haiti; "The people continue to live in a high state of anxiety," another writes.

This morning, "Good Morning America" hailed the Rev. Leo R. "Rick" Frechette, DO, who runs a hospital in Haiti, as a hero.

MSUCOM students visit a leper colony, a Montana newspaper runs a Sunday feature on osteopathic medicine, and OMT improves back functioning in pregnant women.

UNTHSC/TCOM students regularly provide health screenings at a homeless center, and a LECOM student name-checks the profession on "The Early Show."

Students explain the value of SOMA, and a DO describes her popular weight management program.

Pikeville (Ky.) College guarantees admission to PCSOM for select students, plus other quick news items.

UNTHSC/TCOM is a step closer to sharing its campus with an MD school. Plus: an audio slide show.

The Visalia (Calif.) Times-Delta examines how ATSU-SOMA is trying to draw physicians to a high-need area.

An Oregon newspaper checks in with the profession's newest dean: Paula M. Crone, DO.

The Arizona Daily Sun profiles two ATSU-SOMA students who plan to practice near tribal lands.

Richard M. Slusher, DO, tells a newspaper about his year as a U.S. Army surgeon in Afghanistan, and other news.