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A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...
Tags: Health Organizations, Whooping Cough, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Colleges and Universities
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Lynchburg hospital will soon perform heart screenings on all newborns
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefFrom the moment a new baby arrives, the worry begins for a mother. "You come home and you're just like 'okay, now it's my responsibility to take care of them. What do I do?'," said Amy Carr, a Lynchburg mother who just delivered her second child this...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Birth Defects, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Disease
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Independent doctors unite to fight national trend toward hospitals buying physician groups
Since January, at least 114 local doctors have traded their independence for steady paychecks from hospitals. The move, part of a nationwide trend, has wide implications not only for doctors but also for patients' pocketbooks. Often, patients don't...
Tags: General Practitioners, Orlando Health, Florida Hospital, Insurance, Medical Specialization
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Does a low-fat diet increase triglycerides?
It’s easy to assume that a low-fat diet is the healthy way to go, especially since a diet low in saturated and trans fat was recommended by government agencies back in the 1980s. But in Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune story, which looked at the...
Tags: Nutrition, Internists, Chicago Tribune, Health and Medical Professionals, Heart Disease
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Area high schools offer free heart screenings
Christopher Storm was a seemingly healthy teenager, running both track and cross country for Waubonsie Valley High School. But doctors say a lurking heart condition could have cost him his life if it hadn't been detected during a heart screening offered...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health and Medical Professionals, Students, Heart Problems
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Hungry for reliable information
One of the things that was clear from reaction to this week's front page story on good nutrition (and how little it is taught in medical schools) is that readers are hungry for clear, reliable information. The story was shared on social media hundreds...
Tags: General Practitioners, Nutrition, Education, Internists, Northwestern University
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St. Joseph receives Medicare certification
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center said Friday that it has received a new Medicare provider agreement, allowing it to again seek reimbursement for treating patients on the federal government's health program.
The Towson hospital has not...Tags: Allergies, Chemical Industry, Moody's Corporation, Colleges and Universities, Medicare
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Town Center at Boca Raton hosts "Red Stiletto Stroll"
Sun SentinelHave some bold red heels you’ve been waiting to show off? Town Center at Boca Raton is hosting the third annual “Red Stiletto Stroll” at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Attendees are encouraged to flaunt their red heels while raising funds and...Tags: Town Center at Boca Raton, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Disease, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
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Prescription for nutrition
Despite a growing consensus that cardiovascular disease is a "food-borne" illness, many physicians are ill-prepared to advise patients on what they should eat to best protect them from heart attack or stroke. One provocative new study found that a...
Tags: Internists, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chemical Industry, Colleges and Universities, Politics
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Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels. Heart care is in the midst of a transformation. Many...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cardiac Arrhythmia, St. Jude Medical, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, Colleges and Universities
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Heart disease often missed in women
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, but many don't recognize the warning signs. They may ignore the symptoms or mistake them for more benign ailments. Dr. Shannon J. Winakur, medical director of the Women's Heart Center at Saint Agnes Hospital,...
Tags: Cardiac Arrhythmia, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Symptoms, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure
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Scanning mummies for heart disease 'about as fun as it can get'
As medical director of the MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, preventive cardiologist Dr. Gregory Thomas counsels modern-day patients, urging them to eat right, exercise and quit smoking to keep their hearts healthy....Tags: Indiana Jones (fictional character), Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals
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Mar 27, 2013
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|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Mar 20, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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