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VA Treating More Women, Younger Patients, 'Not The Old Guys Group Anymore'

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home

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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in this quiet, bucolic town tucked between coal country and the nation's cap...

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Boulder High School Students Overdose On Painkillers

Boulder Daily Camera | Vanessa Miller | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Painkillers, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Prescription Painkillers, Hospital, Drug Overdose, Justice High School, Boulder, Denver News

Five Justice High School students are recovering today after overdosing on prescription painkillers that one student brought to class Wednesday, accor...

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Paying for Health Care -- Will Congress Have the Guts to Bust This Trust?

Martha Burk | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Nelson, Charles Grassley, Kickbacks, Trust, Medical Device, Hospital, Health Care Reform, Gpo, Group Purchasing Organizations, Senate Fiance Committee, Health Care, Politics News
Martha Burk

Group Purchasing Organizations negotiate "sole source" contracts with hospitals, amounting to bald-faced kickbacks that save taxpayers not a dime.

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Shimon Peres Faints In Tel Aviv

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Tel Aviv, Peres Condition, Hospital, Shimon Peres, Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Peres Faints, Israel, Health, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres was rushed to the hospital Saturday night after he fainted on stage while speaking at an event in Tel...

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How MRI is Being Used to Identify Early Signs of Osteoarthritis

Helene Pavlov | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Insurance, Surgery, Hospital, X-Ray, Potter, Pavlov, Mri, Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Living News
Helene Pavlov

Osteoarthritis is a major health and economic concern, with costs in the US of at least $15.5 billion per year. Worldwide, osteoarthritis has a greater impact on health than diabetes, asthma or HIV.

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An Ad Script for Teddy Kennedy on Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

In the debate about healthcare reform, why are the loudest voices in the room the ones who seemingly are against all reform? Where are the champions ...

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Life is an Ultra-Marathon (with Puddles)

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Brian Fugere, Synovial Sarcoma, Cancer, Running, Marathon, Hospital, Living News
Francine Hardaway

Brian literally walked 144 laps around the hospital oncology ward (26.2 miles) while connected to his chemo IV cart. He raised $40,000 for sarcoma research, and raised his own morale at the same time.

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