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Should seniors qualify as living donors?
Robert Brown was healthy, willing and a good match: So why not give a kidney to his wife, who otherwise would need dialysis? There was just one potential obstacle: Brown was 74, an age once unthinkable for a kidney donor. For this retired psychologist...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Colleges and Universities, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Genetic Condition, Northwestern University
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The Salvation Army to bring El Centro community center
Staff WriterThe Salvation Army eagerly looks forward to bringing the community a center within the next few months where families can feel safe and develop in a variety of ways. It has owned a property at Fourth Street and Ross Avenue for about a dozen years but has...Tags: Religion and Belief, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Christianity, The Salvation Army
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Prosecutor: Teen killed grandfather in robbery, used money for tattoos
Tribune reportersBail was denied today for a 19-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his grandfather as the older man left his home for an early-morning dialysis appointment earlier this month. William D. Strickland, of the 400 block of East 95th Street, shot his...Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Lawyers, Justice System, Firearms
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Remove Medicare's straitjacket
Now that the budget "sequester" is in effect, Congress is shifting its attention to entitlement reform. There's simply no way to achieve long-term reductions in federal spending without touching the big health programs, particularly Medicare. Although...
Tags: Medicare, Drugs and Medicines, Amgen Inc., Macular Degeneration, Paul Ryan
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Jan Chapin, social worker
Jan Chapin, a social worker who enjoyed the arts and sports, died March 14 from metastatic melanoma at her Cockeysville home. She was 65.
The daughter of a career Army officer and a homemaker, the former Elizabeth Jan Iaderosa, who was known as Jan,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Skin Cancer, Everyman Theatre, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Christianity
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Roanoke Woman Waits for Phone Call To Save Her Life
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterOne Roanoke woman keeps her cell phone at her side always. The reason? She's waiting for a call that could save her life. To understand this woman's story you have to go back several years to when 41 year old Jenny Mays DeLorenzo was just 17 and a...Tags: Chemical Industry, Cell Phones, Pharmaceuticals
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Illegal immigrants should have health coverage, foundation says
L.A. NOWThe California Endowment is launching a campaign to extend medical coverage to all uninsured state residents, including undocumented immigrants. An estimated 3 million to 4 million Californians, or about 10% of the state’s population, could remain... -
Simeon All Access | Jabari Parker: A name, a brand
In the back corner of Simeon's cafeteria, at a table usually reserved for boys basketball players, Jabari Parker is talking about a couple of dark weeks he experienced over the summer, when he went from being on top of the high school basketball world...
Tags: Derrick Rose, ESPN (tv network), Schools, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Simeon All Access | Outtakes from Jabari Parker interviews
Jabari Parker On his father: "I'm just glad I have a father in my life because a lot of people don't have that. More importantly, his example of what he's shown me is what helps me. He played in the NBA, and I can't say anything to him because I'm...
Tags: Sports, LeBron James, Injuries and Wounds, Basketball
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Police, family: 72-year-old killed in gangway was heading to dialysis
Tribune reportersA Far South Side man was in a gangway just steps from his home early Saturday when he was shot to death in an apparent robbery attempt while walking toward the ride scheduled to take him to a dialysis appointment. Neighbors, family members and the...Tags: Theft, Chicago State University
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A kidney for grandpa
MISHAWAKA -- Jerry Graf was thrilled to celebrate the first birthday of his only grandchild, Adelynn, last week. For Graf, a 66-year-old Mishawaka resident, milestones such as these can never be taken for granted, considering he doesn't know for sure if...
Tags: Human Interest, Diabetes
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