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Should old, sick patients get skin cancer surgery?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than two-thirds of people with non-melanoma skin cancer underwent surgery to treat the condition, according to a new study - including patients who were at least 85 years old or had multiple other chronic diseases....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Dermatologists, Science and Technology
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HIV linked to higher chance of heart attack
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with HIV are almost 50 percent more likely to have a heart attack than those who aren't infected with the virus - even after taking into account their other health risks, according to a new study. Researchers aren't...Tags: Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Hepatitis C
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Hospital ERs begin taking reservations
The first time Erol Uner went to the emergency room recently, he knew something was seriously wrong because fluid retention had caused his legs to double in size. He was seen right away and wound up being hospitalized for two weeks for treatment of...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Annual Reports, Hospitals and Clinics, Flu, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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City plans to find housing for most at-risk homeless
Whitney Swander woke before dawn three days this week to talk with people who have been sleeping on the city's streets. That's how she met Ron — a man who has moved across the country since becoming homeless and, lately, has spent his days drinking...
Tags: Homelessness, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Hypothermia, Social Issues
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Read this with a grain of salt
FARGO, N.D. - "This meal is really good," I commented. My husband had prepared roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy on a cold winter day. "What seasonings did you add?" I asked. "I just added some garlic, salt and pepper," he replied. "Dad...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Iodine (dietary supplement), Diseases and Illnesses, Bananas, Food Industry
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Ephraim McDowell Health recognized for diabetes education program
Ephraim McDowell Health recently was awarded the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its quality diabetes self-management education program. The ADA believes this program offers high-quality education that is an essential...
Tags: Science and Technology, Health and Medical Professionals, Amputation, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at Work
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Maryland Zoo polar bear 'Alaska' dies
!["Alaska," a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering from kidney failure, zoo officials said.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2013-01/74034968-15115510.jpg ""Alaska,\" a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering from kidney failure, zoo officials said.")
"Alaska," a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering from kidney failure, zoo officials said.
The female bear had been confiscated in Puerto Rico by U.S. Fish and Wildlife...Tags: Renal Failure, Symptoms, Bear (animal), Maryland Zoo Baltimore
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Polar bear dies at Maryland Zoo
Alaska, a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering kidney failure, zoo officials said. The bear had been confiscated in Puerto Rico by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents...Tags: Renal Failure, Symptoms, Bear (animal), Maryland Zoo Baltimore
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Homeless encampment an issue at City Hall
Homeless advocates and a city councilwoman sharply criticized Monday a Rawlings-Blake administration plan to remove an encampment of about a dozen homeless people this week from under the Interstate 83 overpass in central Baltimore. But administration...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Homelessness, Tony Simmons, Rochelle Spector, Dundalk
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Child's tiredness could signal underlying problem
Q: My 8-year-old is tired all the time even though she gets 11 to 12 hours of sleep a night. Is this part of growing up, or should I address it with her pediatrician? I wondered if she might be anemic, but I have read this is rare in children. A: It's...
Tags: Sleep Disorders, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Anemia, Allergies
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Gary S. Hill, former Hopkins chief of pathology
Dr. Gary S. Hill, an internationally renowned renal pathologist and the former chief of pathology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, died Tuesday from lung cancer. He was 74. Dr. Hill pioneered a new technique for biopsies of tissue, in addition...
Tags: University of Cambridge, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins University, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses
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How common is eclampsia today?
A popular "Downton Abbey" character died in childbirth from eclampsia in a storyline that shocked audiences. But what exactly is eclampsia, and does it kill modern-day moms? Barbara Deller, a nurse-midwife and senior maternal and newborn health adviser...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Johns Hopkins University, Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity, Nutrition
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