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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Research, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Fibromyalgia, Colleges and Universities, Fatigue
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The Front Burner: Costly expansion wouldn't improve Floridians' health
The state Legislature's decision this year to reject Medicaid expansion was the correct decision for Florida. There is little evidence that growing the health-care program for the poor would improve the health of state residents. A recent study in the...Tags: Washington, DC, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Government Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid
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BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue
Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother...
Tags: American Heart Association, Teachers, Obesity, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Pets are great for (your) heart health
Love your pet with all your heart? It may not be just an emotional thing. Researchers said recently that having a pet may help reduce heart disease in humans. The American Heart Association released a study that said pet ownership, especially dog...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Animals, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Woman charged with prostitution after Delaney Park-area complaints
In the Delaney Park area, a quiet Orlando neighborhood known for its oak-shaded, brick-lined streets, Diana Schaub Cowart's neighbors weren't happy about all the ruckus. After they complained about too much traffic and too many visitors at Cowart's...
Tags: Orlando Police Department
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CORRECTED-Data show new Roche leukemia drug may improve on Rituxan
Reuters(Corrects paragraph 12 to show Biogen has stake in new drug) By Bill Berkrot May 15 (Reuters) - An experimental leukemia treatment that Roche Holding AG hopes will improve upon its best-selling cancer drug Rituxan delayed disease progression twice as...Tags: Heart Disease, Chemotherapy, Science and Technology, Health Treatments, Biogen Idec Incorporated
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Lehigh Valley company news
Samuel Adams partners withRising Tide Community Loan fund The Boston Beer Co., in partnership with Accion, announced that its Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program has teamed up with the Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, a nonprofit micro-lender...Tags: Small Businesses, Renal cell carcinoma, Business, Oncology, Boston Beer Company Inc.
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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing
When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...
Tags: Insurance, University of California, Los Angeles, Career and Workplace, Medicare, Employment
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Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex
The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Prosecution, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Montgomery County (Maryland), Sexual Misconduct
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92 accused in staged S. Fla. accidents claimed $20 million in insurance fraud, feds say
The vehicle collisions looked like typical South Florida accidents with motorists and passengers reporting they needed treatment from chiropractors and massage therapists. But investigators said the crashes were carefully staged by willing...
Tags: Prosecution, Hialeah, Personal Service, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Insurance
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Creative arts may ease cancer-related anxiety, pain
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music, art and dance therapy may relieve anxiety and similar symptoms among people with cancer, according to a new analysis of past studies. Researchers who analyzed results from trials conducted between 1989 and 2011 said the...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Acupuncture, Music, Arts and Culture
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Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and gene patents
It's hard to imagine Supreme Court justices paying much attention to the travails of Hollywood's rich and famous. Still, there's an interesting connection between Angelina Jolie's disclosure Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy and a case the...Tags: Research, Genetic Engineering, Benghazi, Angelina Jolie, The New York Times
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