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Editorial: Hospital sticker shock
Most people entering the hospital can't get a straight answer to an obvious question: How much will this procedure or treatment cost? Nor can people easily compare prices among hospitals in their area. Now that is changing. The federal Centers for...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Government Health Care
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Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Center for...Tags: Disease Prevention, Diabetes, Mental Illness, Culture, Substance Abuse
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2nd-grader calls 911 after waking in empty school
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana school district is reviewing how a sleeping second-grader could have been left alone in a room for hours after school had let out. Joyce Larry said her 8-year-old son, Damarion, was left alone in a room...
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Varsity Q&A with Abby Culp, Manchester Valley, track and field
Abby Culp never realized how much she loved running until she couldn't do it any more. After her freshman cross country season at Winters Mill, Culp's family moved to Florida for six months, and she had to take a break from running during a brief...
Tags: Running, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, High School Sports, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Cross Country Running
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Jessamine County calendar of events
THURSDAY — The Jessamine County Senior Center will host a “Seniorcise” fitness program for adults 60 years of age and older. The 10-week session will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. and started April 23. The center is...
Tags: High Bridge, Concerts, Christianity, Medical Specialization, Common
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10 apps designed for your health
Jill Babchak, 34, of Columbia, has joined Weight Watchers before, but this time around she’s dropping pounds with the help of the organization’s mobile application. “I like it because it has all the restaurants, all the foods, right at...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Quitting Smoking, Health Treatments, Physical Conditions, Apple iTunes
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Go suck on a pacifier? Adults' mouth bacteria may help babies
Forget boiling, or antiseptic wipes: The best way to clean a Binky may be putting it in your own mouth. A parent who sucks on a baby's pacifier to clean it is loading it up with hundreds of good types of bacteria that live in the adult mouth. That...
Tags: Science and Technology, Physical Conditions, Allergies
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Bad news can be bad for your health
The terrorist bombings and subsequent manhunt in Boston last month left four innocent people dead and many more injured. But the stress caused by these tragic events could adversely affect the health of a much wider population. The citywide shutdown, the...Tags: Columbia University, Stress, Heart Failure, Bombings, Manhattan (New York City)
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Family Promise to fill empty bowls, new leaders for P.E.O. Sisterhood
Family Promise is having its third annual Empty Bowl fundraiser on June 2 with proceeds going to provide safe shelter, meals and support for homeless families. Guests are welcome from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Glendale,...
Tags: Broken Bones, Diabetes, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mental Health
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Connecticut NAACP Suffering From Vicious Infighting, According to Members
Connecticut's NAACP is in turmoil. Fierce and prolonged infighting in Bridgeport and Waterbury has forced state and national officers of the civil rights group to step in and order "reorganizations" of those branches. A bitter election battle two...
Tags: Civil Rights, John G. Rowland, Washington, DC, Waterbury, NAACP
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Trice: A more holistic approach to health care for LGBT community
Keith Green knows that physicians read books and take classes on how to provide the best health care for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. But Green, chairman of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, also knows that too many...
Tags: Diabetes, Sexual Health, General Practitioners, Hepatitis A , Obesity
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Elan's $1 billion drug royalty deal aids bid defense
ReutersDUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish drugmaker Elan Corporation has agreed a $1 billion royalties deal that could soothe concerns about its potentially risky acquisition strategy and fend off a takeover bid from Royalty Pharma. Elan, battling to keep its...Tags: COPD, Economy, Business and Finance, Multiple Sclerosis, Thomson Corporation, Theravance Incorporated
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