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Debra Holt-Irby, a registered nurse and former Mayfield resident, has been named the director of nursing at Holliswood Hospital in Hollis, N.Y. Holt-Irby, the daughter of Henry L. Blythe and Nad...
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Murray-Calloway plans hybrid operating room
As the aging baby boomer generation begins to seek medical care for their heart and vascular system, Murray-Calloway County Hospital announced plans to upgrade its surgical unit to accommodate and ...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Argonne computational biologist Daniel Smith swabs the floor in a new hospital room to collect microbial samples on Dec. 5 at the University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago. The hospital is not yet open to the public.
‘We are 90 percent bacteria,’ reseracher says
CHICAGO — Biologist Daniel Smith crouched in an empty patient room at the new University of Chicago hospital and dragged a white cotton swab across the gleaming tile. Smith studied the dust-smud...
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Hospital blood needs critical
As sickness and winter weather keep many people from venturing away from home, the Murray-Calloway County Hospital’s Blood Donor Center announced a critical need for all types of blood. Area res...
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Berries ward off heart disease
Younger women who ate at least three servings per week of strawberries or blueberries reduced their likelihood of suffering a heart attack by one third compared with their sisters who incorporated ...
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Lourdes announces Mardi Gras fundraiser
A local Fat Tuesday tradition continues Feb. 12 with the Lourdes Foundation’s annual charity party, Mardi Gras & All That Jazz. Raising about $70,000 in proceeds last year to benefit Lourdes hos...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Jill Asher, director of perioperative services at Murray-Calloway County Hospital, discusses some of the upgraded technology that would be featured in the hospital's new hybrid operating room that would replace this current catheterization lab on Tuesday. The hybrid suite will allow cardiologists and vascular surgeons to work side-by-side in cardiac procedures.
Murray-Calloway County Hospital plans new hybrid operating room
MURRAY — Hybridization remains a popular buzzword in the healthcare world with the integration of medical procedures and technologies, and it’s a term that will soon become vernacular at a local co...
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New material could help repair damaged cartilage
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A jiggly material called hydrogel, similar in texture to Jell-O, may help mend damaged cartilage, keeping joints moving and people active. The slippery hydrogel can jump-start...
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Red Cross sponsors blood drives
Although several weeks have passed since the beginning of the new year, the American Red Cross hopes people still keep strong in their resolutions to donate blood amidst the ongoing winter shortage...
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New York City sees decrease in number of obese children
NEW YORK — In the battle against childhood obesity, New York City appears to be doing better than Los Angeles, at least for low-income preschoolers. A study released Thursday compared obesity ra...
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