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US official: Ease obstacles to breast-feeding
WASHINGTON (AP) — How long a new mother breast-feeds can boil down to hassles at work, whether her doctor ever stressed how super-healthy it is, even whether Grandma approves. The U.S surgeon general is issuing a call Thursday to eliminate...Tags: AOL LLC, Science, Asthma, Health and Medical Professionals, Human Body
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Seniors may have to pay for Medicare home health
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare recipients could see a sizable new out-of-pocket charge for home health visits if Congress follows through on a recommendation issued Thursday by its own advisory panel. Until now, home health visits from nurses and...Tags: Washington, DC, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Politics
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More young people are winding up in nursing homes
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — An increase in the number of younger residents of nursing homes is posing a challenge for caregivers and patients alike. An analysis of federal data shows about one in seven nursing home residents in the U.S. is now under the...Tags: Health, Medical Specialization, Long Term Care, Social Issues
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Dog nurses 'ligers' after tiger mom refuses at Chinese zoo
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese zoo official says two rare cubs born to a male lion and a female tiger are being nursed by a dog after they were abandoned by their mother. Cong Wen of Xixiakou Wildlife Zoo in eastern China says four cubs called ligers... -
'Emotional paramedics' there in times of trauma
He was a wreck, this stranger sitting alone in front of the nurses' station at the hospital. It might have been Tom Walsh's first day as a trauma volunteer, but life experience told him that this man was the man he'd been called to help. This man's...
Tags: Stroke, Human Interest, Transportation Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Navigators Educate, Assist And Support Cancer Patients
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutIf you or a loved one has been recently diagnosed with cancer you might have been offered the services of a patient navigator. Navigators are specially trained staff who work one-on-one with patients and their loved ones to guide them through diagnosis,...Tags: Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, General Practitioners, Health Treatments, Cancer
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Senior briefs
Calendar These activities will be offered at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center, 119 S. Villa Ave. Information: 410-222-1818: Concert Charles Sullivan performs Broadway tunes, American Songbook standards, gospel and more at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May...Tags: Diabetes, Weight Loss, CVS Corp., Scrabble (game), Odenton
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Community Calendar: May 22, 2013
TODAY — Troy Johnson from the Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency will be at the Generations Center from 10:30-11:30 a.m. to discuss the agency and discuss their friendly visitor program to recruit volunteers to visit local nursing home residents....
Tags: Nursing Homes, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Dwayne Johnson, American Red Cross
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Careers school leader, students take 'first place'
Alley McInnis was once a builder of homes. Today, he builds lives. McInnis owned construction companies in Boston and South Florida. When he retired, he became involved with South Tech Academy in Boynton Beach as a school adviser, guiding students in...Tags: Students, Sales, Medical Procedures and Tests, Business, Boynton Beach
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Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state....Tags: Health Treatments, Career and Workplace, AFSCME, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Medical Professionals
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'Causeway Cannibal' victim keeps positive attitude nearly a year later
When the so-called Causeway Cannibal chewed off a homeless man's face, disfiguring and blinding him, images of the facial injuries spread across the Internet and sparked worldwide revulsion. Yet nearly a year after that brutal assault in Miami, Ronald...Tags: Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, New York City, Plastic Surgeons
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UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike
A strike by University of California patient care workers Tuesday caused the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries, the closure of laboratory stations and the diversion of emergency room patients, officials said. The hospitals prepared for the two-day...
Tags: Career and Workplace, AFSCME, Interior Policy, Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics
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