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Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube
In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine,...Tags: Ear, Nose, and Throat, Hospitals and Clinics, Food and Drug Administration, Birth Defects, University of Missouri
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Michigan Senate committee OKs Blue Cross overhaul
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A legislative committee has approved bills to overhaul Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan that don't include abortion provisions that led Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to veto the measure in December. Legislation passed quickly...Tags: Abortion, Insurance, Rick Snyder, Politics, Republican Party
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Blue Cross overhaul back on legislative burner
JEFF KAROUB,Associated PressLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan officials hoped to start the new year with an operational overhaul that included ending its tax-exempt status, changing how it's regulated and transforming itself from a charitable trust to...Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Labor Legislation
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New immunization requirements coming for next school year
The Indiana State Department of Health has published the school immunization requirements for the 2013-2014 school year for students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade. New requirements include: — For kindergartners through 12th-graders:...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Schools, Preschools, Immunization
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5 issues likely to be hot topics in Mich. capitol
DETROIT (AP) — Here are five of the top issues the Michigan Legislature likely will grapple with during the final dozen or so scheduled meeting days before the end of the year. EMERGENCY MANAGER LAW — Gov. Rick Snyder and fellow Republican...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments
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Blue Cross overhaul makes headway, raises concerns
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A proposal that would end Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's tax-exempt status and transform the organization from a charitable trust of the state to a customer-owned nonprofit is making headway in Lansing, but not without...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government, Lobbying, Insurance, Rick Snyder
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Health officials confirm 3rd meningitis death linked to Elkhart County
ELKHART COUNTY – A third death linked to fungal meningitis in Elkhart County has been confirmed. That confirmation came Wednesday afternoon from County Health Officer Dr. Dan Nafziger, who spoke with WSBT. The latest count shows 28 confirmed and...
Tags: Photophobia, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Meningitis
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SJRMC, Peyton Manning Children's Hospital to join forces
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterMISHAWAKA -- Visitors and patients at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center will see lab coats with the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent logo on them beginning Sept. 1. The two hospitals have established a formal affiliation to provide...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Health Care Reform (2009), Corporate Officers
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Official: Man falls while climbing Mich. building
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A fire official says a man was critically injured after falling more than 30 feet while apparently climbing the outside of a medical building in Ann Arbor. AnnArbor.com reports (http://bit.ly/A6Xd2h) the man fell shortly...Tags: Cancer
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Official: Man hurt climbing down at Mich. building
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old University of Michigan student was critically injured after dropping 10 to 15 feet while apparently trying to climb down from a second-floor roof of a medical building in Ann Arbor. AnnArbor.com...Tags: Cancer
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12-hour moving day arrives for new Mich. hospital
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Patient moving day has arrived at the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital after five years of construction. The move planned for Sunday at the Ann Arbor hospital complex was to send...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Ohio county takes 200-pound 8-year-old from mother
CLEVELAND (AP) — The case of an 8-year-old third-grader weighing more than 200 pounds has renewed a debate on whether parents should lose custody if a child is severely obese. Roughly 2 million U.S. children are extremely obese — weighing...Tags: Nutrition, Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Cleveland Clinic
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