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Hundreds Simply Hoping To Help Save A Life
The Hartford CourantThey showed up Tuesday at the Eastern Connecticut Sports Center. There were a hundred of them, students and student-athletes, and they wanted to help one of their own. Then there were 200 of them, faculty, staff and administrators, too, and they stood...Tags: Bone Marrow, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Labor Day, Anemia, Eastern Connecticut State University
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Vaccine injury awareness
It's a little known fact that the month of October is Vaccine Injury Awareness month! Many of you may not have heard about it in the main stream media or our local papers but it is a very real occurrence for many families. Many people have heard about...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Alzheimer's Disease, HPV Vaccine, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine
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Homegrown Fall Favorites
Homegrown Fall Favorites Late fall brings a bountiful harvest with plenty of time to enjoy fresh produce grown close to home. Fall’s peak produce includes: - Apples: Gala, Empire, Ida Red and Jonathan (all good multi-purpose apples for...Tags: Honey, Vitamin C, Flu, Butternut Squash, Lifestyle and Leisure
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The Cutting Edge
When Dr. Amir Abolhoda recently performed robot-assisted lung cancer surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center — the first procedure of its kind in Orange County — it marked the latest leap in the fast-evolving field of robotics. The minimally...
Tags: Lung Cancer, City of Hope, Neck, Intuitive Surgical Incorporated, Vaccines
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People walk to raise bone marrow awareness
More than 250 people raised about $50,000 on Saturday for the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry during the seventh annual walkathon, “Walk of Life 2012.” The 6K walk began at Glendale Memorial Hospital to raise awareness about patients...
Tags: Human Interest, Bone Marrow, Leukemia, Charity
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W.Va. man hosts blood drives to give back in memory of his wife
richardb@herald-mail.comBy the time she died in 2011 at the age of 58 from Diamond Blackfan Anemia, Cynthia Snyder had been given an estimated 500 units of blood over her lifetime, her husband said. On Monday, Lee Snyder hosted the second blood drive in memory of his late wife,...Tags: Charity, American Red Cross
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Lance Armstrong has new title: doping kingpin
Maybe the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency should have handled our nation's "war on drugs," first launched more than 40 years ago. It took 14 years worth of evidence, but the USADA knocked off a drug kingpin in Lance Armstrong. We witnessed the final nail in the...Tags: Cycling Trial, Cycling, Frankie Andreu, Emergency Health Procedures, Livestrong Foundation
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Colts Head Coach Chuck Pagano released from the hospital
One thing was more important then a win for the Colts, finding out that Head Coach Chuck Pagano was able to watch the victory from home. After securing a 17-13 victory over Cleveland on Sunday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium Colts owner Jim Irsay...
Tags: Andrew Luck, Football, Lucas Oil Stadium, Chuck Pagano, Leukemia
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Former doctors' group executive charged with stealing more than $500K
Tribune reporterThe former chief operating officer of a Northwest Side doctors’ group has been charged with stealing more than $500,000 from the company over two years, authorities said. Mark E. Singer, 63, identified in company filings as the former chief...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Cook County Government, Lawyers
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Local chef and farmer writes about the lingering effects of West Nile
In northwest Indiana, where I have raised vegetables for 20-odd years, mosquitoes flourish when rain fills the swamp pools in the backwaters of the Kankakee River. In August 2004, those pools spawned a particularly righteous throng. One afternoon, they...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Lyme Disease, Physical Therapists, Polio
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Doctors discover 80-pound cyst in woman's stomach
For years, Nancy Lukee put on weight, but tried not to dwell on it. A doctor blamed the bulge in her abdomen on a hernia, but said it didn't need to be repaired. And since Lukee, 56, wasn't in pain and didn't have health insurance, she never got...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hernia, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests
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The American Red Cross And Conemaugh Health System, Memorial Medical Center, Are Partnering On Blood Drive On Friday, Oct. 19 In Memory Of Greg Beiter, A Former 31-year Hospital Employee.
The blood drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Myron C. Williams Conference Room at the hospital’s Eighth Ward campus. Beiter, who was employed by Conemaugh as a courier, died Aug. 24. “He was always there for his family and...Tags: Human Interest, Relief and Aid Organizations, Charity, American Red Cross, Health Insurance
Oct 27, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Oct 26, 2012
|Story| Daily American
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Oct 23, 2012
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Oct 22, 2012
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Oct 22, 2012
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Oct 22, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Oct 21, 2012
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Oct 19, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 17, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 16, 2012
|Story| Daily American
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