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Web-based info may not increase cancer screening
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Offering women information on colon cancer screening via the web does not get them to take up screening any more effectively than printed materials, according to a new study. "It's disappointing that the web didn't have more...Tags: Medical Research, Evanston, Drugs and Medicines, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Photography and Video
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Healthcare crisis: not enough specialists for the poor
The blurry vision began early last year. Roy Lawrence ignored it as long as he could. But after falling off a ladder at his construction job, he knew he had to see a doctor. He went to a community health clinic in South Los Angeles, where doctors...
Tags: Diabetes, Hospitals and Clinics, Dermatologists, Medicaid, Health Insurance Cost
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An easier way to go
The most dreaded part of a colonoscopy is prepping for it. The day before the exam, patients often drink large amounts of a vile-tasting liquid, then it's off to the throne for the better part of the day and night. Though unpleasant, this extreme...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Kidney Disease, Medical Research, Dave Barry, Arts and Culture
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Protein linked to Parkinson's found in patients before onset of symptoms
Richard Fiske Bailey tries hard not to let Parkinson's disease slow him down. He has a license to drive motorcycles. He bikes. He walks without a cane or walker. But there are moments when the disorder affects him, said Bailey, 59. Sometimes he drags...
Tags: Medical Research, University of Chicago, Sigmoidoscopy, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses
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Rare Fecal Transplant Saves Woman's Life
CNNSACRAMENTO -- After surviving a near-fatal car accident, Kaitlin Hunter found herself battling a devastating bacterial infection in her colon that also threatened her life. The persistent infection was beaten through a little-known technique involving...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Enema, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics
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Doctors urged to be more mindful of costs of procedures they order
What if your hotel bill looked like a hospital bill, asks Vineet Arora, an assistant dean and associate professor of medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine? What if every guest received a different rate card, unneeded services...
Tags: Medical Research, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance Cost, Northwestern University
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Oh, Irene, You Taught Us Well
The Hartford CourantAs you get older, time tends to get away from you. Mostly, it accelerates. Usually this is not good: It can't be time for another colonoscopy, can it? I was thinking about this — time, not colonoscopies — Tuesday morning as I stood at...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Long Island, Hurricane Irene (2011), Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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More younger people getting colorectal cancer
Carol Carr showed all the signs of colorectal cancer seven years ago, but doctors thought the 44-year-old Glen Burnie woman was too young to have the disease and never tested her for it.
Instead, they said her diarrhea, vomiting, cramping, iron...Tags: Medical Research, Glen Burnie, American Cancer Society, Health Organizations, Hospitals and Clinics
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Faces of health care: Medicaid recipient on life filled with pain and money headaches
WDBJ7 ReporterThursday's decision shot down the provision that allowed individual states to give more money to Medicaid recipients. Catherine Fitzgerald a current Medicaid recipient and Danville resident, has been around the health care block so to speak. She's...Tags: Barack Obama, Health, Medicaid, Fibromyalgia, Government Health Care
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Understanding the new pap smear guidelines
Many women became used to having a Pap smear annually to check for cervical cancer, but recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have updated the timeline. Now, most women will need the test every five years. Cancer experts...Tags: Concerts, Vaginal Discharge, Women's Health, Entertainment, Health
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The Medical Emporium: Health Insurers Pushing Patients To Shop By Price
The Hartford CourantEmployees of the city of Manchester, N.H., can receive up to $150 if they choose low-cost medical providers for colonoscopies, CT scans and other procedures. It's a pilot program offered by one of WellPoint's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans for the...Tags: Medical Research, Aetna Inc., Consumers, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Medical screenings: Time is of the essence
Deep down inside, we all know it: It's inevitable, this living, breathing, beautiful, multipart machine, the human body, is — at some point, somewhere — going to break down. We've all heard the warnings, the doctors' admonitions to get...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Health Organizations, Hysterectomy, Cardiologists
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