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Videos illuminate realities of end-stage procedures
End-of-life choices and treatment decisions are rarely discussed in the medical community, despite expert advice meant to encourage communication, studies suggest. As a result, many patients spend their final days receiving invasive treatments that they...
Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Health and Medical Professionals, Harvard Medical School, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Medical Research
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USC doctors offer advice for L.A. Marathon runners
Anyone who plans to run the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday should also plan to wear a hat. And old shoes. Those are just two pieces of advice from physicians from the Keck Medical Center at USC who talked with us online on Monday about preparing for and...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Sports
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Centra chooses new location for internal medicine practice
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefCentra has selected a new location for an expanded internal medicine practice in Lynchburg. Leaders of the regional health care system have signed a contract to purchase 7.9 acres off Nationwide Drive. A Centra spokesperson says the site offers easy...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Medical Specialization
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Straight up Fit: Top 10 reasons to start resistance training, part two
Editor’s note:¿This is the second of a two-part series on resistance training. Last week, I¿listed five reasons why resistance training is an important component of a well-rounded workout. As promised, here are the remaining five of the top...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Skype, Internal Medicine, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weightlifting
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If you can't make it to the gym ...
Internist Sheree Lipkis, of Northbrook, installed a treadmill desk in her office so she can walk while she checks emails and lab results between patients. Publicist Robert Smith, of Loves Park, takes the farthest parking spot at church, restaurants...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Blood Pressure
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More gun laws reduce violent deaths. Or do they?
Research on gun violence is staging a roaring comeback in the nation's leading medical journals, with a study published this week linking the strength of states' gun laws to varying rates of gun violence across the United States. The new study,...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Health, Research, University of California, Davis, Interior Policy
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Study finds association between processed meat and disease
Another study has found an association between eating meat and premature death, this time linking the consumption of bacon, sausage and other processed meats with cardiovascular disease and cancer in a study of nearly a half-million Europeans. "Overall,...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Internal Medicine, Heart Disease, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sausages
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Teaching compassion
Margie Huff, a second-year medical student at Northwestern University, picked up a drawing pencil and carefully sketched the upper border of an eye socket. Huff then peered at her own reflection in a small cosmetics mirror and made a couple of small...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Brown University, Northwestern University, Entertainment
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Dr. William R. Law, physician
Dr. William R. Law, a retired Baltimore internist whose career at Bon Secours Hospital spanned more than three decades, died Feb. 20 of cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime West Towson resident was 77.
The son of an electrical engineer and a...Tags: Career and Workplace, General Practitioners, Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Medical Center, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Senate’s $74.3 billion budget differs over education issues
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Senate's released its $74.3 billion budget, and it looks a lot like the House's $74.4 billion spending plan in a lot of places — with the exception of education funding where the Senate takes an approach closer to Gov. Rick... -
Weather-related closings, cancellations, postponements
The following closings, cancellations and postponements due to Wednesday's snow have been announced. To have an item added to this list, email the information to webupdate@herald-mail.com. Maryland Healthcare Family Federal Credit Union...
Tags: Maryland State Police, Health and Medical Professionals, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Internal Medicine, White Oak (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Cash for pounds makes cents in greenback diet
What's a pound of flesh worth? Dieters at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota apparently think it's worth at least five bucks. A yearlong study of incentives in dieting found that the majority of 100 obese participants met a goal of losing four pounds per...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Weight, American Medical Association, Weight Loss
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