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Language bank provides live telephonic interpretation for practitioner, patient
marieg@heald-mail.comAn elderly woman heads into the emergency room with severe stomach pain. She hardly understand what’s happening, let alone how the doctors will fix it. All she knows is that it hurts, she’s alone and she doesn’t speak English. As...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hearing Impairment
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For a dying patient, a prescription of silence
His wife was a patient at the clinic where I worked in my early days as a doctor. I saw her regularly for hypertension. But on one visit, she was more concerned about her husband — let's call him Pedro. He was having stomach pains and difficulty...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Hospitals and Clinics, Esophageal cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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Patient is out of network, out of luck
A worrisome abdominal pain drove Jalal Afshar to seek treatment last year at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente. The Pasadena resident and Kaiser member had lived for years with a rare condition known as Castleman's disease, which affects the lymph...
Tags: Insurance, Health Treatments, Medical Procedures and Tests, General Practitioners, Breach of Contract
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Unsolved mystery of woman's poisoning stokes passions in China
BEIJING — She was a promising student at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, a talented musician who loved to swim and dreamed of studying German and computer science. But in her sophomore year, Zhu Ling began suffering acute stomach...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Government, Beijing (China), National Government, Lab Tests
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Breads, Acetaminophen (drug), X-rays, Blood Disorders, Arts and Culture
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Feds: Man ended up on death's door after ingesting 87 or so coke pellets during cruise
FloriDUHMost 65-year-olds are downing vitamin supplements by the handful. Not this senior. Federal prosecutors say 65-year-ol Norman Mosch downed 2-pounds and 2-ounces of cocaine-filled pellets -- that's about 87 or so pellets -- during a cruise stop in...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Cocaine, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
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Scientists map dengue, estimate 390 million infections per year
An international team has released new estimates of the number of dengue infections around the world, mapping out the places where risk of getting the viral illness is great and those where it's low. It estimated there are 390 million dengue...
Tags: Symptoms, Science and Technology, University of Oxford, Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Letter to parents at Harford schools where recalled food product was served
The following is the text of a letter to parents, dated Friday, April 5, that was sent home with students attending 14 Harford County public schools where a recalled food product, Pepperoni Pizzatas by Rich Products Corp., was served to students earlier...Tags: Diarrhea, Health and Medical Professionals, Food Industry, Symptoms, Schools
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Judy Ramer of Funkstown is in need of liver transplant
marieg@herald-mail.comHer strength and energy have diminished and her symptoms have become more pronounced. But that hasn't stopped Judy Kinzer Ramer from hanging tough in the biggest fight of her life. She needs a new liver. There is no whining, no complaining, no self-...Tags: Cirrhosis, University of Maryland Medical Center, Liver Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Don't die of embarrassment
FARGO, N.D. - Have you ever postponed a medical screening test? Maybe you think you really don't need it. Maybe it sounded painful. Maybe the thought of the preparation for the medical procedure or the test itself embarrassed you. Perhaps you can...Tags: Carrots, Colonoscopy, Foods and Beverages, Calcium, Hemorrhoids
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Wanna lower your blood pressure? Forgive.
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Lawsuit names Danville hospital, doctor
tkleffman@amnews.comThe estate of a Lincoln County woman who died last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center and a Danville doctor. The complaint, filed in Boyle Circuit Court by Frank Paul Gregor III, administrator of...Tags: Diarrhea, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Laws
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