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Slight improvement turns to fear and worry for Guillain-Barre victim
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- On Friday afternoon, as Lori McCune stroked her husband's hair, Rick McCune's face visibly relaxed and his head nudged slightly toward her caress. It's not much of a sign of his awareness of her, but it's more than family and friends could...Tags: Nursing Homes, Long Term Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, DeKalb
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Health care workers sickened by SARS-like virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia. They say the virus has likely already spread person-to-person in...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, France, Healthcare Policies, Viral Diseases and Infections, Saudi Arabia
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Indiana dealing with deadliest flu season in years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana, like most states, is in the midst of one of its worst flu seasons in recent years, and health officials say that it's too early to tell whether the season has peaked. The season's 40 flu deaths make it Indiana's...
Tags: Flu, Swine Flu, Flu Vaccine, Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Flu, Career and Workplace, Swine Flu, Government Health Care, Immunization
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CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad
NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one. Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern states, and the primary strain circulating...
Tags: Flu, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swine Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention
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Goshen family, dozens of others picket to save jobs
WSBT-TVGOSHEN – As they gathered around a piano in their dining room Monday, the DeMent family did one of the few things that gives them comfort these days – singing praise songs. “What else can go wrong?” asked Rebecca, a mother of...Tags: Mexico, Birth Defects
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Statewide smoking ban will become reality in July
Inside Grandma's Kitchen in Argos, customers can enjoy a cup of joe and side of coleslaw…while they smoke.
“A lot of places already chose not to [allow] smoke in their businesses,” said restaurant owner Louise Metsker. “That...Tags: Mitch Daniels, Civil Laws, Health, Government, Laws
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NY hospital mistakenly bills patients for millions
NEW YORK (AP) — Patients at a New York City hospital are getting billed for tens of millions of dollars because of a computer error. Unemployed doorman Alexis Rodriguez says he almost became ill when he received a $44.8 million bill from the Bronx-...Tags: Bronx (New York City), New York City, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics
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Doctors encouraged by Billy Graham's recovery
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Doctors say they're encouraged by the Rev. Billy Graham's improvement as he recovers from pneumonia but haven't set a date for his discharge from a North Carolina hospital. Officials at Mission Hospital in Asheville say...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Franklin Graham, Physical Therapy, Billy Graham
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FDA says Pfizer's Prevnar vaccine works in adults
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health scientists say Pfizer's best-selling vaccine Prevnar is at least as effective as a competing vaccine from Merck at helping prevent potentially deadly infections in adults Prevnar 13 is designed to reduce the risk of...Tags: Health, Ear Infection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Merck & Company Incorporated, Food and Drug Administration
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Nothing to Sneeze At
Last week we squeezed in a client who wanted a second opinion on their new kitten, “Goobers.” Mrs. Panicking had found out the day before that her newly adopted kitten from the shelter had a “very serious” condition and she needed...Tags: Flu, Health, Bones and Joints, Common Cold, Jaundice
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Two Hall of Famers the Dodgers forgot
Zack Wheat is remembered frequently in a town in the middle of Missouri, his great-grandson often pulling out a Bull Durham cigar pin bearing the likeness of the most prolific hitter in Dodgers franchise history. "He was such a kind man, such a great...
Tags: Robin Williams, Baseball, San Francisco Giants, American Legion, Jackie Robinson
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May 25, 2013
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