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Let there be dark
When I was a child, I knew real darkness. At my family's cabin on a Minnesota lake, I knew woods so dark that my hands disappeared before my eyes. I knew night skies in which meteors left smoky trails across sugary spreads of stars. But now, when 8 of...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Diabetes, Conservation, Heart Disease, Environmental Pollution
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Healthcare reform's fail-safe
Although Republicans are eager to repeal the entire 2010 healthcare reform law, they started the new session of Congress last week by taking aim at one provision in particular: the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a yet-to-be-named group of 15...
Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Congress, Lawyers, Judges
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Many seek acute care within month of hospital release, study says
Nearly 20% of patients who are discharged from hospitals return for acute care within 30 days, researchers reported Tuesday. The team, led by Yale emergency medicine researcher Dr. Anita A. Vashi, scoured records collected between July 2008 and...
Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Heart Attack
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Health Insurance, Pneumonia, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals
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Emergency treatment in cardiac arrest: More isn't always better
More -- and newer -- isn’t always better in medicine. We imagine it’s a good idea to pay for a whole-body CT scan so that every last defect in our body can be detected and treated promptly, so we subject ourselves to radiation but also to...Tags: Medical Research, Trials, Diabetes, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Hospitals and Clinics
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A look at the history of Dr. John W. Ishmael¿s residence
By Harry Enoch Dr. John W. Ishmael, MD, lived at 217 S. Main St. in Winchester from the time he built the house in the 1890s until his death in 1920. Dr. Edward P. Guerrant purchased the house in 1927 and turned it into the Guerrant Clinic. His son,...
Tags: Flu, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, University of Louisville, Human Interest
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One in 12 in military has clogged heart arteries
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just over one in 12 U.S. service members who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had plaque buildup in the arteries around their hearts - an early sign of heart disease, according to a new study. None of them had been...Tags: Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Weight, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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Obesity declining in young, poorer kids: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of low-income preschoolers who qualify as obese or "extremely obese" has dropped over the last decade, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. Although the decline was only "modest" and...Tags: Overweight, Body Mass Index, Disease Prevention, Healthy Diet, Weight
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Every school needs a doctor, pediatricians say
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite no federal or uniform state requirements to do so, all school districts should have a doctor to oversee school health services, according to a policy statement from a group of American pediatricians. "Our hope is...Tags: Pediatrics, Medical Specialization, General Practitioners, Health and Safety at School, Asthma
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Vitamin D may not relieve arthritis pain
Reuters(Reuters) - Taking daily vitamin D doesn't keep knee pain from getting worse or slow the loss of cartilage for people with osteoarthritis, according to a U.S. study. Previous research suggested that among people with the joint disorder, those with higher...Tags: Medical Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Dietary Supplements, Placebo, Drugs and Medicines
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Is your doctor getting enough sleep?
HealthWaking up in the middle of the night to work is hard, but it’s much more difficult when you’re dealing with matters of life and death. I remember those days when my father was going through his residency program. When he was working overnight,... -
In Theory: Are cell towers a part of God's call?
Churches have long been places where people have communicated with God, but these days cellphone companies are hoping to use them to make communicating with your friends and family easier. In the constant battle to expand cellphone coverage without facing...Tags: Judaism, T-Mobile, U.S. Department of Defense, Human Interest, Verizon Communications
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