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Once unknown Blacksburg medical school celebrates its 10th anniversary, success
WDBJ7 ReporterOur country faces a critical shortage of doctors. And a school in the New River Valley is trying to do something about it. The Osteopathic Medical School in Blacksburg now has two campuses and a record number of graduates, and some of them are about to...Tags: Graduation, Health, Colleges and Universities, High Blood Pressure, Drugs and Medicines
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License reinstated for physician assistant
An Ipswich physician assistant who had a patient die under her care has had her license reinstated. June Torrence-Heinz, a physician assistant at the Sanford Ipswich Clinic, was given a temporary order conditioned license by the South Dakota Board of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Morphine (drug), Symptoms, Labor Legislation, Pneumonia
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Runners Race Along the Lakefront in Support of Brain Tumor Research
TribLocal - EvanstonThe 2012 Magellan Development Chicago Spring Half Marathon and 10K raised funds for Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute CHICAGO— More than 1,500 runners braved wind and …... -
PinnacleHealth to build hospital in Hampden Township
PinnacleHealth System’s board approved a multi-year strategic plan focused on developing a highly integrated system of care designed to increase access, enhance quality, and lower cost. The plan includes the expansion of the hospital from two to...
Tags: Health, Volleyball, Dauphin County, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Hospitals and Clinics
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Prostate cancer and the PSA test: It's hard to understand risk
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released new guidelines for prostate cancer screening — urging doctors not to use the popular PSA test to detect the disease. The new recommendations, which were published in the journal Annals of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health Organizations, Health and Medical Professionals, Food and Drug Administration, Sexual Dysfunction
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HealthCare Partners to be bought by DaVita in $4.42-billion deal
HealthCare Partners, the Torrance owner of physician groups in Southern California, Nevada and Florida, agreed to be acquired in a $4.42-billion deal by dialysis chain DaVita Inc., as large healthcare companies continue snapping up doctor groups and...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, DaVita Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Nursing Homes, Medicare
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Abdomen, Dietary Supplements, Football, Baby Products, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure
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John Kass: NATO protest fails to deliver punch
The NATO protesters marching in the South Loop on Sunday were mostly peaceful when they were in Grant Park. They're opposed to violence, opposed to the war in Afghanistan. The only argument I became involved in was with the slightly militant vegans, like...
Tags: Ron Paul, McCormick Place, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, NATO
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Dialysis chain DaVita acquires HealthCare Partners
Reflecting the growing consolidation wave sparked by healthcare reform, kidney dialysis giant DaVita Inc. has agreed to acquire Torrance-based HealthCare Partners, the largest operator of medical groups in the U.S., for $4.42 billion in cash and stock....
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Health, Health Care Reform (2009), Health and Medical Professionals, Dialysis
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Davita agrees to pay $4.42 billion for HealthCare Partners
DaVita Inc., whose biggest shareholder is billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., agreed to pay about $4.42 billion in cash and stock to acquire HealthCare Partners, continuing an international spending spree on providers of medical care....Tags: Health, Fresenius Medical Care, Germany, Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Diabetes
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Catholic nonprofits decry birth control rule
South Bend TribuneThis story was originally published Jan. 26, 2012. Area Catholic colleges and other religious-based employers are considering their options in the wake of a federal order that they must provide birth-control coverage to women employees by Aug. 1, 2013....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at School, Government, Health and Safety at Work, Colleges and Universities
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Connecticut Innovations Invests $150k In Notifyi
Connecticut Innovations announced Wednesday that it has committed $150,000 in financing to Notifyi LLC of New Haven through its Pre-Seed Fund. Notifyi intends on using the funds to complete product development and to launch their cloud-based physician...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), New Products
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