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Ask the expert: Dr. Anis Rauf and what you should know about kidney disease
We think about being heart healthy. We think about strengthening our bones. But we rarely pondered the state of our kidneys — that is, until Boston Market announced last month that it was removing salt shakers from the tables at its 476 locations....
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Dialysis, Downers Grove, Symptoms, Kidney Disease
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Business People - Aug. 5
West Virginia University Health Sciences Center MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Dr. C.H. Mitch Jacques, dean of the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Eastern Division, retired June 30. Jacques worked for more than 19 years as a physician and...
Tags: Virginia Tech, Vaccines, Internal Medicine, Anglicanism, Southern Methodist University
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Mailbag: Your Chick-fil-A coverage was disingenuous
Re. "Chick-fil-A supporters crowd local store (Aug. 2): Your article proclaiming that Chick-fil-A supporters came out "en masse" to support the company after its president said he believes in the religious definition of marriage is so disingenuous and...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Dialysis, Bullying, World War II (1939-1945), Barack Obama
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Last tiger at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo dies
Q13 Fox News OnlineSeattle's Woodland Park Zoo’s last tiger died Friday. JoJo, a 20-year-old, female Sumatran tiger, was euthanized following a period of physical decline and age-related kidney failure, the zoo said. The elderly tiger had lived with kidney disease...Tags: Kidney Disease, Kidney
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Trial Begins in Case of Teen Who Sold His Kidney to Buy an iPad
CNNNine people went on trial in southern China over allegations they helped a teenager to sell one of his kidneys so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad, a court in Hunan Province said Friday. Prosecutors said in court Thursday that the nine people "should...Tags: Apple iPad, Trials, Juvenile Delinquency, News Agency, Prosecution
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Ernest Borgnine died of kidney failure, his publicist says
L.A. NOWActor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Oscar for his performance in the 1955 film "Marty"and starred in the television show "McHale's Navy," died of apparent kidney failure Sunday afternoon at Cedars Sinai Hospial, according to his publicist.... -
Life-threatening sepsis appears to be on rise
Every year, some 750,000 Americans develop sepsis, an extreme immune system response to infection. It kills a quarter to half of them, more than the combined number of people who die of prostate and breast cancer and AIDS, according to the National...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Blood, Chemical Industry, Dialysis, Genes and Chromosomes
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First twittercast kidney transplant ruled a success
It was an historic day for IU Health as one group of doctors live tweeted while another group doctors saved performed a kidney transplant. The kidney went from 33-year-old Colin Newton to his buddy, 31-year-old Caleb Johnson. Johnson has been on...
Tags: Dialysis, Kidney
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Dog Treats may be Deadly: Which Ones to Avoid
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterYou may have heard about the recall of Diamond brand dry dog foods because of Salmonella. One Roanoke veterinarian is more concerned with something else- chicken jerky treats made in China. They're making some dogs sick and in some cases dogs have died...Tags: Health, Food and Drug Administration, Human Body, China, Salmonella Infection
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Alexion: Profile From The Company's 2012 Annual Report
Overview Alexion is a biopharmaceutical company focused on serving patients with severe and ultra-rare disorders through the innovation, development and commercialization of life-transforming therapeutic products. Our marketed product Soliris®...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Chemical Industry, Genes and Chromosomes, Pathology, Heart Attack
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Unnecessary medicine: Physician groups list 45 overused tests, procedures
Should you get a cardiac stress test as part of your annual checkup? A chest X-ray before outpatient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics for chronic sinusitis? In most cases, no. But patients get these commonly used tests and procedures — and many...
Tags: Internal Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Dialysis, Physical Conditions, X-rays
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