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Vermont set to become third U.S. state to allow assisted suicide
ReutersBy Scott Malone BOSTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Vermont is poised to become the third U.S. state to allow doctor-assisted suicide, after its legislature passed a bill allowing physicians to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients. The bill passed...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, Suicide
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Columbia couple sues state over toddler's sexual reassignment surgery
The StateA Columbia couple is suing the S.C. Department of Social Services, social workers and doctors for having sexual-reassignment surgery performed on a toddler who was born with "ambiguous genitals," and both male and female internal sex organs. Pam and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System, Litigation, Social Services
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Doctor launches oncology center
The Wilson Daily Times, N.C.Dr. Keith Lerro has taken a step to insulate his medical practice from turbulent changes expected in the health care system during the next several years. Lerro, an oncologist who started working in Wilson 10 years ago, decided to branch out on his...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Yale University, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Fairview would pay University of Minnesota $90 million in hospital deal
St. Paul Pioneer PressFairview Health Services would contribute $90 million over the next decade to the University of Minnesota's medical school under an agreement being considered this week by the university's Board of Regents. The regents are scheduled to vote Friday,...Tags: Finance, Health and Safety at School, Corporate Officers, Health Insurance, Colleges and Universities
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Minneapolis Heart Institute part of trial for dissolving stent
Star TribuneLast week, Dr. Nicholas Burke of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation implanted a stent into the coronary artery of a patient to help hold open a previously blocked blood vessel. Nothing super extraordinary there -- cardiologists have been using...Tags: Trials, Abbott Laboratories, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Boston Scientific Corporation
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Interests of candidate, supporter and spouse align
WASHINGTON — An issue at the top of U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz's legislative agenda is also of foremost concern to her biggest campaign contributor: the University of Pennsylvania, where her husband is a doctor. Schwartz, a suburban Philadelphia...
Tags: Politics, Health and Medical Professionals, Allyson Y Schwartz, Lobbying, Health Insurance
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On the web, clinical trial participants find information and comfort
St. Louis Post-DispatchDawn Demet had never even heard the word metastatic. Then in September 2011, she was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. She was told to go home, pack a bag, and take a trip, because she only had 6 to 12 months to live. But a different...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, National Institutes of Health, New York City, Food and Drug Administration, Allergies
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Worthington doctor suspended 1 year
The Columbus DispatchDr. Christopher Demas of Worthington won't be allowed to practice medicine for at least a year after being convicted of seven counts of forgery in Delaware County. Demas, 60, will have to stop caring for patients at his Commerce Village Family...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, CVS Corp., Abusive Behavior
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Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bill Lohmann column
Richmond Times-DispatchSometimes a plan comes together beautifully, various elements converging at just the right time and in just the right way as if destiny had success arranged all along. And sometimes it doesn't. The Richmond area's only free-standing birthing center,...Tags: Insurance, Health and Medical Professionals, Henrico County, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics
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Ask adult patients about alcohol misuse: panel
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Primary care doctors should ask adults how much and how often they drink alcohol and counsel those with risky and dangerous drinking habits, a government-backed panel said today. Based on a review of studies conducted since...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Specialization, Abusive Behavior, Drugs and Medicines
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New names announced for hospitals in Berkeley, Jefferson counties
richardb@herald-mail.comWhat were, until Monday, City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Charles Town, W.Va., are now Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center, both under the umbrella of University Healthcare. The new names were announced...Tags: Medical Research, Social Sciences, Corporate Officers, Human Interest, Cardiac Catheterization
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Springfield, Health and Medical Professionals, Illinois General Assembly, Pharmaceuticals, Mental Health
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