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Good Morning, Cannes: Liberace Lights Up the Homestretch
ReutersMay 22 (TheWrap.com) - The TV movie did just fine in the temple of cinema. Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra" was made for HBO and is headed for a Sunday debut on the cable channel, a situation forced on the director when the movie studios he...Tags: Joy Behar, Movies, Lars Ulrich, Lincoln Center, Health and Medical Professionals
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Plantation doctor aims to help abused women in India
Little girls as young as 4 attacked, brutalized, even killed. A female college student gangraped on a moving bus. Women of all ages ravaged and disfigured by relatives and strangers alike. In India, women have increasingly become targets of unbridled...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Plastic Surgeons, General Practitioners, Cosmetic Procedures, Feminism
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Doctors encouraged by breast cancer conversations
mmoloney@kspr.comActor and activist Angelina Jolie shared a secret with the world Tuesday that she had a preventive double mastectomy. She opted for the surgery after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning...Tags: Breast Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Mastectomy, Prostate Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
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It's sheep against dogs in 1913 [History Matters]
100 Years Ago Sheep vs. dogs "It is reported that Mr. Harold Hopkins had a large number of sheep killed by dogs last Sunday morning. "Wanted: A woman to cook, wash and clean, and remain at night, good wages. Mrs. James Steward. Hill St. Ellicott...Tags: George Washington, Howard County, Clarksville, Ellicott City, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Doctor linked to 1-800-GET-THIN faces medical board action
One of the brothers behind the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign for weight-loss surgery faces the possible revocation of his medical license in a misconduct case filed by state regulators. The Medical Board of California accused Michael Omidi of "repeated...
Tags: Allergan Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, General Practitioners, Lawyers, University of California, Irvine
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Towson family has been at center of pit bull controversy
The scars across 16-year-old Dominic Solesky's face are faint, but that doesn't stop people from asking where he got them. The Towson High School junior and his family have told the story many times. Six years ago, Dominic was mauled by a pit bull named...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Conservation, Justice System, Annapolis, Animal Attacks
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Shock Trauma honors 'gift of life' that allowed organ surgeries
John Jenkins knows the heartache of losing a child. But he and six other families have learned firsthand that such tragic deaths needn't be in vain. Jenkins, 56, lost his 20-year-old son 18 years ago to a motorcycle accident. But when 21-year old Joshua...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Martin O'Malley, Disasters and Accidents, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Health officials consider increasing plastic surgery center oversight
Maryland health officials may ask state lawmakers for permission to oversee plastic surgery centers, a move inspired in part by the death of a Lochearn woman after liposuction.
The state health department had already been considering whether to ask...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Strep Throat, Justice System
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Minorities wait longer for breast cancer surgery
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment, in a new study from California. Researchers found treatment delays were also more common among poor...Tags: Health Treatments, Breast Cancer, Medicaid, Chemotherapy, Science and Technology
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UPDATE: Conflicting reports of arrest in Boston bombings
BOSTON (AP) — Police and reporters converged on the federal courthouse in a jittery Boston on Wednesday amid reports of a breakthrough in the investigation of the marathon bombings and conflicting information on whether a suspect was in custody....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Bombings, Massachusetts General Hospital, Media Industry, Police Investigations
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After death, Maryland to limit where cosmetic surgeries are performed
Maryland is moving to toughen regulations on the fast-growing medspa industry — a move designed to narrow a "loophole" and prevent deaths such as one last year following a liposuction treatment at a Timonium facility. Regulations being discussed...
Tags: Laser Hair Removal, Government, General Practitioners, Personal Service, Politics
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Plastic surgery group cites Michele Obama in procedure's growth
The U.S. plastic surgery industry, which performed $11 billion worth of cosmetic procedures last year, issued a report Monday that highlights a growing trend: operations to get arms like first lady Michelle Obama's. The American Society of Plastic...Tags: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Demi Moore, Breast Augmentation, Botox (drug), Facelift
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