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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: Research, Internists, University of California, Davis, Laws, Criminal Laws
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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: Human Interest, Freedom of the Press, Hospitals and Clinics, Internists, Medical Specialization
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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: Internists, Unemployment, Duke University, Physical Fitness and Exercise, University of Michigan
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Internists, Diabetes, Knee Replacement, Mayo Clinic
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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: Internists, Lou Gehrig, General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals, 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: Heart and Circulatory System, Internists, Salt, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals
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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: Medical Research, Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Manufacturing and Engineering
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More patients than docs report skin surgery problems
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one quarter of people being treated for non-melanoma skin cancer in their doctor's office reported some type of complication after surgery, in a new study. About half of those complications were medical problems...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Research, Squamous Cell Cancer, Medical Specialization, Internists
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Online tool helps control blood pressure long term
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, people with high blood pressure who could communicate with their pharmacists online had better blood pressure control a year after that service ended. Previously researchers had found that patients randomly...Tags: Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Specialization, Internists, Health and Medical Professionals
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El arte alivia la ansiedad y el dolor del cáncer
ReutersPor Genevra y Pittman NUEVA YORK (Reuters Health) - Las terapias con música, arte y danza alivian la ansiedad y los sÃntomas similares en las personas con cáncer. Una revisión de estudios realizados entre 1989 y el 2011 muestra que los beneficios...Tags: Medical Specialization, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Internists, Health and Medical Professionals
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Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, cardiologist
Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, a retired cardiologist who played an instrumental role in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Agnes Hospital, died Saturday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Manhattan (New York City), Health and Safety at School, Yale University, Medical Specialization
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Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate. She played the role of a "salty tongue," a Cambodian expression that paints...Tags: Medical Specialization, Internists, Arts and Culture, Medical Procedures and Tests, Obstetrics
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