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Long-term care can add up fast
Have you thought, really thought, about the cost of long-term health care? Like an assisted-living home or nursing home? Assisted-living prices run about $3,000 a month. A nursing home is a stag...
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New focus on concussions is altering prep athletics
CHICAGO — The scowl that creased Troy Piccinini’s face on a recent afternoon was not the game face of a football player, at least not this fall. Piccinini, 16, just had struggled through tests o...
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New data spill shows risk of online health records
SAN FRANCISCO — Until recently, medical files belonging to nearly 300,000 Californians sat unsecured on the Internet for the entire world to see. There were insurance forms, Social Security numb...
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Submitted Jeanie Carlton, a vascular technician at Lourdes hospital, performs an ultrasound examination of Albert Mainord's carotid artery. Blockage of this artery in the neck can lead to a stroke. Early detection and treatment may save lives.
Knowing signs of vascular disease may save lives
A 58-year-old Lone Oak man celebrated what he called his fourth birthday on Aug. 18 at Western Baptist Hospital. Dennis Rittenberry observed his survival of a massive heart attack that stopped h...
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Playground germ patrol
The kids may have a blast at those fast-food restaurant playgrounds — but so did kids the day before, and the day before and the day before. So who’s making sure they’re kept clean? There are no...
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Heart screening is recommended for newborns
LOS ANGELES — Before newborns leave the hospital, they should receive a simple, pain-free test to check for signs of congenital heart disease, one of the most common types of birth defects, accordi...
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Autism risk in siblings is double previous estimates
LOS ANGELES — The risk of a family with one autistic child having another child with autism is double what was previously thought, according to a new study. The findings, published in the journa...
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Do-it-yourself battle treatments helps save lives
CHICAGO — When Army Ranger Leroy Petry’s hand was blown off by a grenade as he was saving his comrades in battle, he knew just what to do. He used his remaining hand to twist a tourniquet around hi...
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Organic farms harbor less antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Poultry farms that use organic methods that don’t involve antibiotics have significantly lower levels of drug-resistant bacteria that can potentially spread to human, according to a new study led b...
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Addiction a brain disorder, not just bad behavior
WASHINGTON — Addiction isn’t just about willpower. It’s a chronic brain disease, says a new definition aimed at helping families and their doctors better understand the challenges of treating it. ...
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