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More gun laws = fewer deaths, 50-state study says
CHICAGO (AP) — It's a study everyone is talking about today because the statistics are so dramatic: States with the most gun control laws have a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of gun control laws, according to a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Health and Medical Professionals, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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Some patients won't see nurses of different race
DETROIT (AP) — It's been called one of medicine's "open secrets" — allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. In the latest example, a white man with a swastika tattoo insisted that black nurses not be...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Justice System, Trials, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Freedom of the Press
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Two new urgent care centers to open on Mishawaka's north side
WSBT TVMishawaka's north side will soon have three new urgent care centers within a half mile. And the growing number of emergency clinics is part of a growing national trend. But is there enough traffic and do enough people live near Mishawaka’s north...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Human Interest
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Unemployment may increase chances of heart attacks
CHICAGO (AP) — Unemployment hurts more than your wallet — it may damage your heart. That's according to a study linking joblessness with heart attacks in older workers. The increased odds weren't huge, although multiple job losses posed as...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Health and Medical Professionals, Unemployment Benefits, Science and Technology, Unemployment
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Local health leaders say healthcare reform fears dominate discussions
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND--- While the new healthcare law keeps costs in check and insures more Americans, leaders from Memorial Hospital and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center believe people really don't understand what the law really means. For years, northern...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Healthcare Laws, Health Care Reform (2009), Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Health officials focus on implementation
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThe United States Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health care law means that medical professionals and health care advocates now have some certainty. They also have a lot of work to do. By a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the Patient...Tags: Justice System, Health and Medical Professionals, Elections, Health Insurance Cost, Politics
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Knee surgery stats prompt changes at US hospitals
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center soon could be handled by a specialized operating room team as the result of a data-sharing project among health systems throughout the U.S. aimed at improving...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Knee Replacement, Health, Health Insurance
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'The fighter still remains' ... Battle against brutal ALS goes on for Dr. Faye
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterShe's beaten the odds ... but not the disease. Dr. Faye Magneson has been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for almost nine years. Most patients live only two to five years with ALS. Magneson was an internal medicine doctor and director of...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Lou Gehrig, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Indiana University, Nursing Homes
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Salt diet dangers may be influenced by potassium
ATLANTA (AP) — A new federal study suggests a new wrinkle in the debate about the dangers of eating too much salt. The research found that the people who are most at risk are those who get too much salt but also get too little potassium. They...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals, Heart and Circulatory System, Salt
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Study: Harmful medical devices get OK too easily
CHICAGO (AP) — A new analysis says most medical devices recalled recently because of deaths or life-threatening problems were approved under rules that don't require human testing. According to the study authors, these devices include heart...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Internal Medicine, Health
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Notre Dame football: Bracing for a Hurricane
SOUTH BEND - Brian Kelly kept his opening remarks about Saturday's University of Tulsa football matchup short and shocking.
It took the first-year Notre Dame head football coach all of eight seconds Tuesday to launch into a favorable comparison between...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Students, Chiropractors, Chicago Bears, Physical Therapists
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What's a Wealth Coach?
Paul ReasonerThink of the difference between the term “medicine” and health.” Medicine conjures up images of doctors, hospitals, operations, pills, nurses, etc. All of these things are transactional. You may have an operation and only know one...Tags: Medical Specialization, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Family, Health and Medical Professionals, Ice Cream
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