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Staph Infection Kills Local High School Wrestler
DOWNEY -- A high school wrestler died from complications of a drug-resistant staph infection and a teammate was being treated for the illness.
Noah Armendariz, 17, died Sunday at Children's Hospital of Orange County from methicillin-resistant...Tags: Wrestling, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Communicable Diseases, Diseases, Pharmaceuticals
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Staph infection kills SoCal high school wrestler
A high school wrestler died from complications of a drug-resistant staph infection and a teammate was being treated for the illness.
Noah Armendariz, 17, died Sunday at Children's Hospital of Orange County from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...Tags: Diseases, Wrestling, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Virus Diseases, Pharmaceuticals
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US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years
AP Medical WriterMore than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths. The spike of overdoses seems to have ended, health officials said, pointing to...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Diseases, Addiction, Pharmaceuticals
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Medipedia For Medical Information
KTLA NewsPeople often surf the internet looking for solid answers to serious medical problems. Trouble is, finding good, accurate answers is not always easy. That's all changing, however, with the advent of Medipedia dot com. Medipedia is a giant Wikipedia-...Tags: University of Michigan, Colleges and Universities, Medicine, Health and Safety at School
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FDA says CT scans can cross equipment's signals
The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors and patients that electronic devices such as pacemakers, cardiac defibrillators and insulin pumps can malfunction when people get computerized tomography (CT) scans. The popular scans can cause...Tags: Electronics
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Caution on cell phone use
Sun reporterAn international group of 23 prominent doctors and public health researchers and officials is warning that cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer. One of those who signed, Dr. Ronald Herberman, the head of the University of Pittsburgh...Tags: Robert Wood, Colleges and Universities, Cancer, Cell Phones, Research
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Calendar
Programs Blood driveLaurel Regional Hospital, 7300 Van Dusen Road, Laurel / The hospital, Laurel Lions Club and American Red Cross hold a blood drive 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Aug. 5. Call 301- 497-7914 for an appointment. Running clinicSt. Agnes Hospital, 900 Caton...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Pikesville, Diseases
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CDC data show more than one in four Americans obese
Americans, who have been getting fatter for decades, reached an unwelcome milestone in a report released last week: More than one in four of us are obese. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the number of adults who say they...Tags: Illnesses, Northwestern University, Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Disease
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Working to diversify doctors of today
The American Medical Association of today recognizes that words alone do not remove the stain of past discrimination but they can help promote healing and propel us forward in our efforts to close the racial divide in health care ("Honor the oath,"...Tags: American Medical Association, Discrimination, Medical Services, Minority Groups, Back to School
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John M. Bond
Sun ReporterJohn Meredith Bond, a retired editor who had worked in the publications department at Peterson, Howell and Heather and longtime treasurer of the Mencken Society, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Roland Park resident...Tags: H.L. Mencken, Mass Media, Colleges and Universities, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Death and Dying
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