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Health care prices can double from one South Florida hospital to the next
Need your appendix out? Go to JFK Medical Center in Atlantis and the bill is $65,500, on average. But at West Boca Medical Center, it's $27,500.
Got pneumonia? Recuperate at Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes and the bill is $41,200. But at...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Colleges and Universities, University of Michigan, Hospitals and Clinics, California
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Using CT scans to see plaque in coronary arteries
It seems like the pinnacle of medical science: For just a few hundred dollars, you can walk into just about any hospital in Southern California and ask a doctor to check your arteries for buildup of heart-attack-inducing calcium plaque. Most of the time,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Attack
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Research casts doubt on theory of cause of chronic fatigue
A high-profile scientific paper that gave enormous hope to patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, and even prompted some to begin taking potent anti-HIV drugs, has been largely discredited by subsequent research.
Evidence is mounting that a...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, California
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Validity of hospital rankings
Special to the Los Angeles TimesEven if you're the kind who never reads a review before heading to the car lot or the movie theater, you probably want to know how your hospital stacks up before you walk through the door. You definitely wouldn't want to find out after the fact that...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Colleges and Universities, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Attack
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Virus discovery called breakthrough in fight against chronic fatigue syndrome
In what may prove to be the first major breakthrough in the fight against the mysterious and controversial disorder known as chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers reported Thursday that they had found traces of a virus in the vast majority of affected...Tags: Science, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mowry-Pugh
Julie Lynn Mowry of Greenville and Justin Tyler Pugh of Somerset are announcing their engagement.
Miss Mowry is the daughter of Jeff and Linda Mowry of Greenville. She is a 2003 graduate of Reynolds High School, Greenville, a 2005 graduate of Penn...Tags: Science, Kensington, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments
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Push and Pull Over Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chicago TribuneGood news is rare for sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome, so when a team of researchers reported last fall that the mysterious condition was associated with a retrovirus, it made a splash. The paper, published in the prestigious journal Science,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia University
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Recalled medical devices had expedited reviews
WASHINGTON - A disproportionate number of medical devices recalled because of links to serious health problems or deaths were approved under an abbreviated regulatory process that does not require advance testing on patients, according to a five-year...Tags: Justice System, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics
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Keeping kids safe on the playground
The Baltimore SunSpring brings trips to parks and playgrounds; and slips, falls, bruises and burns that can land children in the emergency room. But doctors say there are steps parents can take to keep their children injury-free, and many involve common sense. "Don't...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Consumer Confidence, Perry Hall, Maryland
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"Dukan Diet" Causing Buzz after Kate Middleton, J-Lo Slim Down
FOX40 NewsHer Royal Highness Catherine Duchess of Cambridge slimmed down so much before the Royal Wedding, she had to get her ring refitted. Her secret to dropping the pounds? Reportedly, the Dukan diet, with results many envy. The diet--also linked to celebs...Tags: Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Jennifer Lopez, Hospitals and Clinics, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
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Patients at heart of medical device issue
Antonitsa Vlahoulis knew as she slipped into unconsciousness on the operating room table that her surgeon would choose which medical device she would receive to fix her leaky heart valve.
But when a warranty card arrived in the mail for the device...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Surgery, Happiness (state of mind)
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