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    Apr 28, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  1. Michigan firefighters seek workers' comp for cancer

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In May 2009, then 36-year-old Sterling Heights firefighter Chris Slezak, went to his doctor on a Monday because he felt out of shape and worn out. By that Friday, Slezak, who was active and healthy his entire life, got his...

    Tags: Leukemia, Justice System, Science and Technology, Health Treatments, Cancer

    2. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Ambulatory Services taps Morgan Stanley to explore sale-sources

    Reuters
    By Soyoung Kim and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters) - Ambulatory Services of America Inc, a U.S. operator of healthcare facilities controlled by private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg LLC, has appointed Morgan Stanley to explore a sale,...

    Tags: Radiation Therapy, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Care Group Incorporated

    3. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Race and geography may influence late-stage kidney care

    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - At the end of life, black kidney disease patients are more likely than white patients to continue intensive dialysis instead of choosing hospice care, according to a new study. Researchers also found that racial differences in...

    Tags: Geography, Science and Technology, Health Treatments, Medical Research, Rutgers University

    4. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| AP Michigan

  4. Charges filed in Highland Park crash that killed medical van driver, 2 dialysis patients

    HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — A 30-year-old man has been charged in a Detroit-area crash that killed the driver of a medical transport van and two patients heading for dialysis treatments. Jeremy Yancey of Macomb County's Chesterfield Township was...

    Tags: Transportation Accidents, Prosecution, Accidental Death, Motorvehicle Accidents

    5. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  5. New Kidney Center helps those at risk

    MISHAWAKA -- Nephrologists traditionally are brought in to care for patients who are suffering from chronic or end-stage kidney disease and approaching the need for dialysis.
    South Bend Tribune
    MISHAWAKA -- Nephrologists traditionally are brought in to care for patients who are suffering from chronic or end-stage kidney disease and approaching the need for dialysis. But two doctors at the Memorial Kidney & Hypertension Center want to intervene...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Parent Organizations, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes

    6. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Astellas, GSK vie to make 'high altitude' anaemia pill

    Reuters
    * Drugs mimic body's response to being at high altitude * Experimental tablets an alternative to injections of EPO * Astellas and partner FibroGen in lead with Phase III pill * GSK CEO says excited by potential of its Phase II product By Ben Hirschler...

    Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Ulcerative Colitis, Blood Disorders, Lance Armstrong

    7. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Organs needed: You could save a life

    PETOSKEY — It's a hard subject for Tina Stead to talk about -- how her family's life changed in what seemed like an instant.
    PETOSKEY — It's a hard subject for Tina Stead to talk about -- how her family's life changed in what seemed like an instant. Tina, 32, and her husband Mike, 31, have been together for 12 years. The Boyne City couple has three children -- sons,...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Cardiologists, Heart Failure

    8. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Letters: Medicare and Amgen

    Re "Remove Medicare's straitjacket," Opinion, March 29 Art Kellerman misunderstands why Congress delayed inclusion of oral-only drugs in the Medicare payment bundle for dialysis services. It wasn't to give Amgen and other drug makers a major windfall;...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, U.S. Congress, Medicare, Amgen Inc.

    9. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Should seniors qualify as living donors?

    Robert Brown was healthy, willing and a good match: So why not give a kidney to his wife, who otherwise would need dialysis?
    Robert Brown was healthy, willing and a good match: So why not give a kidney to his wife, who otherwise would need dialysis? There was just one potential obstacle: Brown was 74, an age once unthinkable for a kidney donor. For this retired psychologist...

    Tags: Johns Hopkins University, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University

    10. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Grandmother, grandson charged in killing of grandfather

    A 64-year-old woman has been charged along with her grandson in the slaying of her 72-year-old husband, who was killed on his way to dialysis treatment, police said.
    Tribune reporters
    A 64-year-old woman has been charged along with her grandson in the slaying of her 72-year-old husband, who was killed on his way to dialysis treatment, police said. The woman and her grandson then used the slain man's money to buy a car, home...

    Tags: Shootings, Transportation Accidents, Firearms, Prosecution, Theft

    11. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Prosecutor: Teen killed grandfather in robbery, used money for tattoos

    Bail was denied today for a 19-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his grandfather as the older man left his home for an early-morning dialysis appointment earlier this month.
    Tribune reporters
    Bail was denied today for a 19-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his grandfather as the older man left his home for an early-morning dialysis appointment earlier this month. William D. Strickland, of the 400 block of East 95th Street, shot his...

    Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Firearms, Twitter, Inc., Prosecution

    12. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Remove Medicare's straitjacket

    Now that the budget "sequester" is in effect, Congress is shifting its attention to entitlement reform. There's simply no way to achieve long-term reductions in federal spending without touching the big health programs, particularly Medicare. Although raising the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67 appears off the table, at least for now, the budget plan that Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) is proposing would shift a greater share of the program's growing costs to beneficiaries in the years to come.
    Now that the budget "sequester" is in effect, Congress is shifting its attention to entitlement reform. There's simply no way to achieve long-term reductions in federal spending without touching the big health programs, particularly Medicare. Although...

    Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Fiscal Cliff, Bevacizumab (drug), Science and Technology, Paul Ryan

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