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Crucial test for an outpost of healthcare in South L.A.
Nurse practitioner Matt Tomlin steps into a small patient exam room, logs on to a computer and pulls up a formidable list of ailments for the 57-year-old woman sitting in front of him. Hypertension. Diabetes. Congestive heart failure. Obesity. Anxiety...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Healthy Diet, Barack Obama, Personal Income, Diabetes
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Surgery on joints can restore mobility, lifestyle
Wearing a black pencil skirt revealing a 10-inch scar that goes through her knee Lorri Winter walks across the room with swagger showing what she playfully calls her "America's Next Top Model" walk. Three months following knee replacement surgery swagger...
Tags: Physical Therapists, Health and Medical Professionals, X-rays, Health Treatments, Knee Replacement
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Senior briefs
Support groups The Department of Aging and Disabilities has updated a booklet on community support groups. The booklet focuses on groups for caregivers, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement for adults and children, diabetes, brain injury, cancer, stroke,...Tags: Cataracts, Chiropractic, Health and Medical Professionals, Scrabble (game), Eyes and Vision
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Hagerstown joint surgeon hosts dinner for 550
davem@herald-mail.comA record number of people turned out Sunday for an annual dinner that local joint surgeon Dr. Ralph Salvagno holds for his patients, a gesture patients said is unheard of in the medical field. Salvagno said he offers the dinner free to his patients to...Tags: Health Treatments, Physical Therapy, Orthopedic Surgery, Knees
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On the frontier of medical pot to treat boy's epilepsy
MODESTO —Topamax. Depakote. Phenobarbital. The list goes on. Before Jayden David turned 5, he had tried a dozen powerful medications to tame a rare form of epilepsy. The side effects were devastating. There were grand mal seizures that lasted...
Tags: Health Treatments, Barbara Lee, Medical Marijuana Therapy, St. George, Health and Safety at School
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Men & Women of Harford Making a Difference
The uniqueness of Harford County lies within the people who strive to make it great. So many residents reach out daily to improve the lives of others. We have chosen six extraordinary individuals who have chosen causes that support the success of the...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Authors, Religion and Belief, Arthritis, Financial Aid
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Frances F. Trader, billing head
Frances F. Trader, who worked in billing at Johns Hopkins Hospital, died Sept. 28 of pneumonia at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime Rodgers Forge resident was 89. A daughter of Italian immigrants, Frances Fina was born in Baltimore and raised in Little...Tags: Italy, Pneumonia, Roman Catholicism, Little Italy (Baltimore, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945)
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Maurine E. Rene Ballou
Rene Ballou passed away peacefully on Aug. 22, 2012. She was born in Selby on Nov. 1, 1932, as Maurine E. Buchanan. She grew up in Aberdeen where she graduated from Central High School in 1950. After graduation from Northern States University with a BA...
Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Army, Washington, DC
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Jack M. Schlosser, 74
Jack M. Schlosser, age 74, of Traverse City, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012, at Munson Medical Center. He was born July 1, 1938, in Pellston, to Alfred and Gladys (Bonter) Schlosser. Jack enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1956 and served his country for...Tags: NASCAR, U.S. Army, Diabetes, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Obese women have higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis
Obese women may have an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis — adding one more chronic illness to the list of ills brought on by extra pounds. Women with rheumatoid arthritis are already more prone to heart attacks than the general...Tags: Heart Attack, Gallbladder Disease, Arthritis, Weight, Diabetes
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Psychiatrist has been wrongly accused
Your recent article about a local psychiatrist sickened me to my soul. Seldom have I seen such irresponsible journalism. I am a retired psychiatric nurse, formerly married to a psychiatrist. Psychiatry is not an exact science. There are no written...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners, Medical Specialization, Pharmaceuticals, Psychiatry
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The hunt for the perfect mattress
This post has been corrected as indicated belowWhen I can't sleep, I blame red wine, lack of exercise, caffeine after noon or being stressed out. My mind never goes to my mattress. Still, it is an alluring fantasy to believe that with the right mattress it wouldn't matter how much wine I drank, how...Tags: Back Pain, Acupuncture, Allergies
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