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The Courageous Battle For Life Behind Every Pink Ribbon
This month you will likely see a lot of pink ribbons in celebration of breast cancer awareness month. Those ribbons are more than just decorations. Behind each one is a woman who has had to face the frightening diagnosis of breast cancer… and the...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Health Treatments, Medical Specialization, Cancer, Biotechnology
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County contracts telemedicine for savings
Staff WriterCounty employees will soon have two new ways to access health care when dealing with certain conditions: via phone and Internet. The Imperial County Board of Supervisors approved contracting for a so-called telehealth program Tuesday as it looks to...Tags: Allergies, Hospitals and Clinics
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Medical Board Opts Not To Discipline Greenwich Anesthesiologist
The Hartford CourantThe state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday imposed no disciplinary action against a Greenwich Hospital anesthesiologist who in 2010 administered a nerve block on the wrong arm of a patient who was about to undergo a wrist arthroscopy. Though a board...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Drugs and Medicines, West Hartford, Headaches, New Britain
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READER SUBMITTED: House Republicans Win Honors From State Orthopaedic Society
StatewideHouse of Representatives Dr. Prasad Srinivasan (District 31) and Mr. Dan Carter (District 2) Recipients of Honorary Membership from the Connecticut Orthopaedic Society Dr. Prasad Srinivasan and Mr. Dan Carter received honorary membership awards from...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Danbury, U.S. House of Representatives, Glastonbury
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Lawyer: No background check performed on Michael Jackson's doctor; care not monitored
AP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in...Tags: Trials, AEG, Kenny Ortega, Lawyers, Michael Jackson
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Aspirin not always best treatment for many individuals
An aspirin a day may not always keep heart disease away, say two University of Florida cardiologists. But a new algorithm they have developed outlines factors physicians should weigh as they assess whether a patient would benefit from a daily dose of...Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Cardiologists
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David Chaffee: Medicaid expansion for Michigan saves money, lives
The following guest commentary was written by David Chaffee, of Petoskey, former Title XX Social Services Administrator, Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation, State of Michigan. Gov. Snyder's bold lead to expand Medicaid to 133 percent of the...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Dentistry and Dental Health, Government Health Care, Substance Abuse
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Ketamine: a potential rescue drug for depression takes a step forward
For years, physicians have been inching their way to a better understanding of how -- and how well -- the drug ketamine, a "twilight drug" used to sedate some patients before a painful procedure, can lift someone with severe depression almost...Tags: Trials, Culture, Behavioral Conditions, Depression, Midazolam (drug)
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Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, cardiologist
Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, a retired cardiologist who played an instrumental role in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Agnes Hospital, died Saturday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Christianity, University of Maryland, College Park, Health, Cardiologists
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CORRECTED-Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
Reuters(In May 20 story, corrects Edward Mahoney's affiliation to Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare, not True Dignity Vermont) By Jason McLure May 20 (Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who...Tags: Peter Shumlin, Suicide, Lawyers, Assisted Suicide, Religion and Belief
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Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
Reuters(Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives. The law, which includes a number of safeguards over the next three years...Tags: Peter Shumlin, Suicide, Assisted Suicide, Lawyers, Ethics
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Ground broken for medical office building in Charles Town
richardb@herald-mail.comGround was broken Monday for a new medical office building, soon to be the 21st clinic in the Eastern Panhandle run by University Healthcare Physicians, or UHP, a West Virginia University Hospital affiliate. The $3.5 million, 11,000-square-foot, one-...Tags: Physical Therapists, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, West Virginia University, Hospitals and Clinics
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