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Police clear 'suspicious' letter that sickens medical office employees
Several people reported falling ill Friday morning after a letter emitting a strong odor was delivered to a South Whitehall Township medical facility. Police later determined the letter and its smell were harmless. Police said they responded to a 9:30...
Tags: Internal Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Whitehall
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North suburban emergency room wait times vary
From 27 minutes in Lake Forest to 68 minutes in Park Ridge, the waiting time in north suburban emergency rooms ranges from minutes below to more than half an hour above the national average, according to statistics on the Medicare website and from the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Medicare, Evanston, Government Health Care
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Letters: Doctors and nurses -- who will take care of us?
Re "Can't a nurse do that?," Editorial, April 21 To combat the impending physician shortage all across California, and the crisis already facing rural areas, state law absolutely must change to allow greater independence for non-physician medical...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Internal Medicine, Nursing, Medical Specialization, General Practitioners
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A New Breed Of Doctor, From New School
The Hartford CourantWith the health care system swamped by the Affordable Care Act and a physician shortage threatening the future of health care, the medical community has called for more medical schools to produce more doctors — specifically, more primary care...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Graduation, Politics, Lobbying, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Speakers Explore Changing Roles, New Options For Small Businesses Wrestling With Health Reform
The Hartford CourantDr. Murray Buttner said America's health insurance system is treated as though it's prepaid health care. People expect to have all of their medical services covered by insurance, which is like expecting auto coverage to pay for oil changes or homeowner's...Tags: Career and Workplace, Insurance, Employment Opportunities, Health and Safety at Work, Employment
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Red meat risks: One more reason to go vegetarian
The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill, 1.3 million Americans annually. Dr. Hazen'...
Tags: University of Oxford, Diseases and Illnesses, Carnitine (dietary supplement), Internal Medicine, Canterbury
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Buzz kill
RedEyeCome Fridays, Nelson Ignila, a 22-year-old Lincoln Park resident, is exhausted from the long hours he puts in at his management consulting job. Since he doesn't have time for an evening nap before going out, Ignila reaches for one of the 5-Hour Energy...Tags: Justice System, George A. Cardenas, Air Transportation Delays, Crime, Law and Justice, Energy Drinks
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Watch it live: The science of a healthful diet explained
As a student at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Timothy Harlan was often struck by how little the medical professionals around him seemed to know about healthful eating. Doctors would tell their patients what foods to avoid, but rarely did...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Tulane University, Drugs and Medicines, Restaurants, Coumadin (drug)
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Hungry for reliable information
One of the things that was clear from reaction to this week's front page story on good nutrition (and how little it is taught in medical schools) is that readers are hungry for clear, reliable information. The story was shared on social media hundreds...
Tags: Low Fat Diet, Colleges and Universities, Diets and Dieting, Education, Northwestern University
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Teaching compassion
Margie Huff, a second-year medical student at Northwestern University, picked up a drawing pencil and carefully sketched the upper border of an eye socket. Huff then peered at her own reflection in a small cosmetics mirror and made a couple of small...
Tags: Human Interest, Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Brown University, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Prescription for nutrition
Despite a growing consensus that cardiovascular disease is a "food-borne" illness, many physicians are ill-prepared to advise patients on what they should eat to best protect them from heart attack or stroke. One provocative new study found that a...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Lobbying, Consumer Goods Industries, Obesity
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Fort Meade VA Outpatient clinic advances effort to serve women veterans
When retired Master Sgt. Sheryl A. Webb left the U.S. Army in 1997, she was scarcely aware of services that U.S. Veterans Administration hospitals offered specifically for women. That was well before women became the fastest growing demographic group...
Tags: Martin Garcia, Mammogram, Hospitals and Clinics, Infertility, Fort Meade (military base)
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