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LaPorte man dies from West Nile Virus
WSBT-TV CorrespondentLA PORTE – A LaPorte man who contracted West Nile Virus last summer has died. Ronald Lawson never returned home after falling ill. He died Friday night at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. ''He'd have good days and he'd have his bad days,'' said his...Tags: West Nile Virus, Stroke, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Ind. nursing home patient's family sues over death
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home's owners lied about her injuries. Betty Riley's family filed a complaint Monday with the Indiana...Tags: Long Term Care, Nursing, Stroke, Medical Specialization
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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...
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Ind. nurse charged with medical 'interference'
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — An eastern Indiana nurse is facing charges alleging that she failed to give a nursing home patient who later died daily injections of medication that prevents blood clots. Fifty-two-year-old Mary Jane Bell of New Castle was...Tags: Long Term Care, Health and Medical Professionals, Jane Bell, Pharmaceuticals, Nursing
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Long Term Care, Allergies, Government Health Care, Career and Workplace
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Romney, Obama spar at close quarters in first presidential debate
Associated PressDENVER -- In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy....Tags: Joe Biden, Government, Government Health Care, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Rob Portman
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Red-tape victim fights back
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- When Shirley Fulton's husband died in 1992, he left no savings or insurance benefit to pay for a funeral. The two had been estranged since she left Buffalo, N.Y., years earlier, but Fulton recalls struggling to borrow enough money to take...Tags: Government, Government Health Care, Religious Festivals, Legal Service, Health Insurance Cost
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UN urges protection for elderly as world grays
TOKYO (AP) — The fast aging of Japanese society is evident as soon as one lands at Tokyo's Narita airport and sees who is doing the cleaning. Young people tend to take such menial jobs in other countries, but here they are often held by workers...Tags: Government, Abusive Behavior, National Government, Japan, Feminism
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Romney Medicare plan: Key details still in flux
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the biggest changes since its creation nearly 50 years ago. With important details...
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Senior advocates seek more home-based care
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- About 6,100 senior and disabled Hoosiers are on a waiting list for services -- known as the CHOICE program -- that would keep them at home rather than having to go to a nursing home, which is vastly more expensive. Three senior advocates...Tags: Long Term Care, Government Health Care, Personal Income, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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Assisted living plan causes stir at River View 500
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterMISHAWAKA -- What the senior and disabled tenants like here in the River View 500 building, 113 units that rise along Lincoln Way, is their sense of freedom. They can soak up views of the St. Joseph River and nearby parks or venture a block or two west...Tags: Long Term Care, Health, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing
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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, Health, Internists, Indiana University, Diseases and Illnesses
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