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Minorities at greatest risk of sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, sickle cell disease affects between 70,000 and 100,00...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Rob Evans, 61, sits at the UCLA Hospital in Westwood, Calif., on July 28, where he is a heart transplant patient. The hospital is experimenting with a new heart transplant procedure that keeps the heart beating outside the body using a mechanical device instead of the traditional ice method to preserve the organ in transit.
Warm-heart transplants tested
LOS ANGELES — Rob Evans, a 61-year-old social worker from Apache Junction, Ariz., got the good news on Father’s Day: After 3½ years, doctors had found him a heart and were preparing to bring it to ...
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Families urge action as US drafts plan
WASHINGTON — As her mother’s Alzheimer’s worsened over eight long years, so did Doreen Alfaro’s bills: The walker, then the wheelchair, then the hospital bed, then the diapers — and the caregivers ...
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Hospitals upend old rules in favor of breastfeeding
DETROIT — Voletta Bonner knew the benefits of breast-feeding long before baby Riley came along. But after a rocky start for mom — an emergency C-section and a fever — nurses at St. John Hospital...
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Alan Reed | The Sun Marie Hamilton of Paducah said she usually checks her blood sugar after meals. She said Sept. 17's Diabetes Expo at Lone Oak Church of Christ is good for everyone to attend because it may help catch diabetes in a person unaware he or she is at risk.
Diabetes Expo offers information and screenings for risks and treatments
Up-to-date information, screenings and education are on the agenda at the 2011 Diabetes Expo. The Expo is scheduled at the Lone Oak Church of Christ on Sept. 17 from 8 a.m. until noon. Judith Wa...
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Flu shot time, and some may get a tiny needle
WASHINGTON — It’s flu vaccine time again — and some lucky shot-seekers will find that the needle has shrunk. The first flu shot that works with a less-scary skin prick instead of an inch-long ne...
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Nutrition Quiz: Fast-food choices
The Men’s Health magazine-inspired “Eat This, Not That” franchise of books is the gift that keeps on giving for people who like to eat out but not bulk up. The 2011 edition was recently released. T...
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Flu shots in stock, recommended early
Even before summer fades to fall, doctors and public health workers agree now is the time for a flu shot. “The recommendation is different this year,” Dr. John Cecil of Lourdes RediCare said. “W...
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Needing a C-section?
WASHINGTON — New advice for pregnant women: If you’re getting a C-section, special inflating boots strapped on your legs may lower the risk of a blood clot. Hospitals already use these compressi...
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Video helps VA patients cut long doctor trips
ORLANDO, Fla. — Jon Yeitrakis used to drive almost an hour each way to see his psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Orlando, Fla. Now, the Kissimmee, Fla., resident and former Marine...
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