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Gov. Rick Scott signs legislation allowing new nursing home beds in The Villages
The Villages could potentially add 240 nursing beds under a new law that grants larger retirement communities a chance to build them outside of the state's current moratorium. Florida has had a cap on new nursing-home beds that can be built, but the new...Tags: Politics, Nursing, Career and Workplace, Long Term Care, Government
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BRCA gene decision hailed
Jewish breast cancer survivors were among the people celebrating a recent United States Supreme Court decision. The high court ruled unanimously that patents cannot be held on naturally occurring human genes. The decision came in a case in which...Tags: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Biology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Judaism, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase
Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase, a retired internist who served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, died June 9 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Somerford Place, a Frederick assisted-living facility. He was 90. The son of Harry...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Korean War (1950-1953), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Internists, National Institutes of Health
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Burmese refugees inspired Parkland grad's film
When Chapman University film student Michael Tacca chose to make the movie "Burmese Refugee" for his college thesis a couple of years ago, he had a good foundation. Parkland High School graduate Tacca grew up as a member of First Presbyterian Church...
Tags: Politics, Allentown, Colleges and Universities, Burma, India
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U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: American Express,Google, Wells Fargo
ReutersJune 14 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Wells Fargo and Google, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Freeport-McMoRan : Credit Suisse reinstates coverage with outperform...Tags: Hormel Foods Corporation, Groupon, Inc., Southwestern Energy Company, Wells Fargo & Co., Citigroup Incorporated
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Supreme Court rejects gene patents
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled that human genes are a product of nature and cannot be patented and held for profit, a decision that medical experts said will lead to more genetic testing for cancers and other diseases and to lower costs for...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, University of California, Los Angeles, Genetic Engineering
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Birth control without permission
We all know that every day, people in Mexico come across the border in pursuit of something they can't find in their country. What you may not know is that every day, people in the United States go across the border to Mexico for the same reason. They...Tags: Diabetes, Birth Control, Obstetrics, Flu Vaccine, Over-the-Counter Medicines
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New State Medical Examiner Sworn In
The Hartford Courant— Dr. James Gill, the state's new chief medical examiner, was sworn in Friday by his father, Superior Court Judge Charles D. Gill. Gill, 47, is expected to begin working in Connecticut near the end of July. He is now a deputy chief medical examiner...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York City, Education, Science and Technology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
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My body, my property
Angelina Jolie's breast cancer gene. John Moore's cell line. The brain tissue of deceased children from a Chicago suburb. These disparate body parts have been the subject of legal conflicts about the body as property. As a lawyer, I've spent the last 25...
Tags: Science, Biology, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer
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Four Greater Hartford High Schools Hold Commencement
The Hartford CourantWhen Maman Cooper arrived in Hartford from the Ivory Coast on May 22, 2004, and sat down at her desk in middle school, she was not just lost in a new language — she had never been in a school before. Her father and mother, a pastor and beer-brewer...Tags: Cornell University, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Occupy Wall Street
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Chiropractor sentenced for assaulting client
A Costa Mesa chiropractor was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting a client during a massage, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. Dennis Durbin, 65, pleaded guilty to one felony count of sexual battery by fraud against a 28-...Tags: Massage Therapy, Health and Medical Professionals, Chiropractic, Sex Crimes, Trials
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Dr. Patrick Staunton, 1928-2013
Patrick Staunton traveled from impoverished western Ireland in the early 1950s and rose to a leadership role in the treatment of the mentally ill in Illinois, always mindful of his boyhood as the son of a country doctor who treated patients, delivered...
Tags: Park Ridge, Oak Park, Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Behavioral Conditions
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