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Doctor's Office Etiquette: Turn Dr. No Into Dr. Yes the Next Time You Visit a Medical Professional

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Doctor, Appointments, Nurse, Insurance, Medical Professional, Medical History, Etiquette, Etiquette and Advice, Culture News

If you want good service before, during, and after your office visit, here are some tips for making them go as smoothly as possible.

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Bleach-Injecting Nurse Gets Life In Prison For Murdering 5

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 04.03.2012

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LUFKIN, Texas -- A former Texas nurse convicted of killing five dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach should spend the rest of her life in p...

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"Too Cuticle for Words"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Cocktail, Nurse, Columnist, Hydrogen Peroxide, Hangnail, Stamford Advocate, Humor, Band-Aid, Thanksgiving, Ginsu Knife, Obituary, Physician, America, Paronychia, Finger, Epsom Salt, Infection, Antibiotics, Doctor, Stamford, Bacitracin, Comedy News

I can just imagine the lead of my obituary: "Jerry Zezima, a longtime newspaper columnist and certified public nuisance, died yesterday of complications from a hangnail. He was 58."

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NY Bill Would Require Bachelor's Degrees For RNs

AP | By MICHAEL GORMLEY and GEORGE M. WALSH | Posted 02.29.2012

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor's degrees within 10 years to keep working in New York under a bill lawmakers are con...

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Angry Mother Threatens NHS With Legal Action Over Fake Nurse Probe

PA | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: UK, Nurse, Gp, Cervical Smears, Pa, Kent, Fake Nurse, Medway, Legal, Nhs, Home News

A "livid" mother has vowed to take legal action after learning her son was one of hundreds of children who received jabs from a suspected un...

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"Kidney Stone II: The Sequel"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: X-Ray, Nurse, Stamford Advocate, Urologist, Humor, Hospital, Prescription, Anesthesiologist, Medical, Doctor, CAT Scan, Long Island, Stamford, Kidney Stones, Percocet, Comedy News

In what I fear will become a series with more sequels than "Rocky," I had my second kidney stone.

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Astoria Characters: The Pilates Performer

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New South Wales, Nurse, Astoria, Achilles Tendonitis, Chris Noth, Outback, Emma Bryant, Julliard, Meisner Technique, Pilates, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Robert Duvall, London, Nancy Ruhling, Equinox, Tony Randall, Down Under, Actress, Collective Theatre Company, Dance, Doctor, Italian, CD Player, New York News, Pekinese, Sheltie, Dubbo, Neighborhood Piltates NYC, New York News

Emma Bryant is an actress. She's not waiting on tables. She's not waiting for the big break. So far, what Emma has made happen are a theater production company and an in-home Pilates studio.

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St. Vincent's Hospital (1849-2010)

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nurse, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Patient, Doctor, New York City, Hospitals, St. Vincent?S Hospital, New York News

Locking the entrance to the emergency room: there could not have been a more potent image to the final day of St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.

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The Crime of Assisting a Suicide

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Nurse, Compassion & Choices, Barbara Coombs Lee, William Melchert-Dinkel, Assisted Suicide, Aid in Dying, Healthy Living News

Let's be clear. Our movement for end-of-life choice does not condone assisted suicide, and it never has.

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Sarah Dale, British Nurse, Fired After Bedding Cancer Patients' Husbands

Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Dale, a 39-year-old nurse who specialized in dealing with cancer patients, has admitted to having relationships with two husbands of her patient...

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Men Dress As Female Nurses To Steal From Seniors

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senior Citizens, Nurse, Theft, Colorado Crime, Denver News

Nursing-home residents in the Denver area are being targeted by a ring of male thieves who pass themselves off as female nurses to gain entrance to se...

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Jaycee Lee Dugard: Nancy Garrido Worked As Nursing Aide

Contra Costa Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jc, Nurse's Aide, Nurse, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Nancy Garrido, JC Lee Dugard, Phillip Grrido, Nursing Aide, Philip Garrido, Kidnapping, Home News

If she helped strip a young girl of her innocence and perpetrated a heinous, 18-year-long crime that has shocked the world, Nancy Garrido never showed...

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Denver Nurse Fired For Stealing Drugs Is 4th Since June

9News | Sara Gandy and Jace Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Theft, Pain Killers, Nurse, Denver Nurse, Hospitals, Denver Hospitals, Hospital Theft, Denver News

DENVER - Denver Police say they have busted another nurse who stole powerful pain medication from an area hospital. Advertisement Denver Health Medic...

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Breast-Feeding May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Yahoo! News | Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Nurse, Nursing, Health, Breast Cancer, Lower Cancer Risk, Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Breast-Feed, Breast-Feeding, Breast Cancer Risk, Healthy Living News

MONDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Women who breast-feed their babies even for short periods of time may lower their risk of developing premenopausal...

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