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Scary and lucky: 2010 Petoskey graduate gets a new heart
Ashley Shepherd, 20, wears the 14-inch scar down the middle of her chest like a badge. "Scars are but evidence of life, a scar means you survived whatever tried to hurt you," she says proudly. The scar, one of many, helps tell the story of all this...Tags: University of Michigan, Pneumonia, Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Heart Attack
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OUR HEALTH: Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners are helping to meet the growing demand for primary care.
Ten thousand Americans turn 65 every day, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Not only is our population getting older, but it’s also growing at such a rate that by 2025 we will need an additional 52,000 family doctors. This...
Tags: Health Insurance, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Government Health Care, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals
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Healthcare crisis: not enough specialists for the poor
The blurry vision began early last year. Roy Lawrence ignored it as long as he could. But after falling off a ladder at his construction job, he knew he had to see a doctor. He went to a community health clinic in South Los Angeles, where doctors...
Tags: Cataracts, Immigration, Health Insurance, High Blood Pressure, Eyes and Vision
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Al Roker at the Ivy Bookshop, and other healthy eating events
How are those resolutions going? Same here. But there's help. January is packed with events designed to promote healthy-eating habits. Calories matter. Using our new online database of calories in restaurant menu items, you can now quickly check the...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Christianity, Dining and Drinking, Christian Orthodoxy, Vegetarian Diet
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St. Joseph now a part of UMMS
When the owners of troubled St. Joseph Medical Center put the Towson hospital up for sale a year ago, the University of Maryland Medical System didn't hesitate to put in a bid.
Medical violations by its star cardiologist had left St. Joseph in...Tags: Old Catholic, Christianity, Baltimore County, Towson, Saint Agnes Hospital
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Sanford gets $2.4M grant for new cardiac procedure technology
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center will share a $2.4 million grant to help improve heart stent procedures in Aberdeen, Sanford officials said at a news conference Monday. The grant, provided by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, will...
Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests, X-rays, Technology, Medical Research
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High School Football: Amies rises to the top
The kicker in football is someone who doesn't always get a lot of credit. Sure, a game-winning kick is great, but more often the kicker is someone who is taken for granted at best and blamed for a team's troubles at worst. He's usually seen as...
Tags: Ryan Baker , California Interscholastic Federation, Football, Dan Marino, Heart Surgery
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Study: Heart Attacks increase this time of year
The holidays are a wonderful time of the year for many of us, but the stress and overindulgence could catch up with you if don’t watch out. Studies indicate heart attacks increase during the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s more than...
Tags: Chest, Holidays, Behavioral Conditions, Movies, Medical Research
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Another surgery — while knee-deep in the insurance swamp
Andrew Fabella, are you out there? Please report to post-op at Keck Hospital of USC early Monday morning. I'm coming back to have the other knee done. That's right, folks, I'm kicking off the new year by getting a partial right knee replacement...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Insurance, Health Treatments, Literature
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UMMS to finalize acquisition of St. Joseph Medical Center
The University of Maryland Medical System expects to complete its acquisition of St. Joseph Medical Center Friday nearly a year after the Towson hospital sought a buyer as it looked to bounce back from the fallout of accusations that one of its doctors...Tags: Towson, Mark G. Midei, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, St. Joseph Medical Center
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Doctor performs cardiac surgery without X-rays
Dr. Mansour Razminia used to worry about exposing patients to repeated bouts of radiation during lengthy surgery to correct heart rhythm problems. That is, until he began using such alternatives as 3-D imaging and high-frequency ultrasound. The Chicago-...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, X-rays, Medical Specialization, Heart Surgery, Physiology
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The salvation of St. Joseph
St. Joseph Medical Center officially became part of the University of Maryland Medical System this past weekend, and it's difficult not to see this development as a victory for all involved. The hospital had been rocked by a malpractice scandal —...
Tags: Christianity, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Health Treatments, Baltimore County
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