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WebMD top management steps down
ReutersMay 7 (Reuters) - WebMD Health Corp said Chief Executive Cavan Redmond, appointed last June, will be leaving as the health information provider reported a narrower quarterly loss. Shares of the company were up about 10 percent at $27.94 in after-hours...Tags: Advertising, Chemical Industry, WebMD Health Corporation, Pharmaceuticals, Finance
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Complementing end-of-life care
Of the countless painful decisions surrounding a loved one's end-of-life care, among the trickiest is how to provide physical comfort in a way that also provides a dignified ending. "For end of life, the opioids are very important for pain management,...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chemical Industry, American Hospital Association, Massage Therapy, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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One for the record books
HealthThere are all sorts of stories lurking in the piles of data compiled by government and scientific researchers, but you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to see some major implications in the birth data reported recently in the journal Pediatrics. According... -
Barbara Walters, a.k.a. Benjamin Button, has chicken pox
Barbara Walters has chicken pox. Not shingles, which comes from the same virus and is something one might more likely expect in a woman who's 83 years old. No, Babs has good old-fashioned chicken pox. "She'd never had it as a child," Whoopi...Tags: Barbara Walters, Chickenpox, Vaccines, Google Inc., Flu
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Column: No easy fix for school violence
After the unspeakable tragedy of school shootings in Connecticut, a number of ideas have been brought forth regarding how to prevent a similar event from ever happening again. From banning guns to hiring armed security guards in every school, the...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Fighting mental illness
Maybe something good will come from the Shakespearean tragedy that is the Jesse Jackson Jr. saga: A deeper understanding of mental illness and more empathy for those afflicted with it. Or maybe not. The level of cynicism in these parts is so high that...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Rod Blagojevich, Mental Illness, Depression, Substance Abuse
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System to quickly alert state healthcare providers about disease outbreaks
The Indiana State Department of Health announced Thursday they would implement a new alert system, which will communicate urgent public health messages to healthcare providers statewide. “As demonstrated by the several public health emergencies...
Tags: Meningitis, Salmonella Infection, Healthcare Provider, U.S. Department of State, Measles
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Wheat for people allergic to gluten: Possible?
Can scientists create gluten-free wheat plants to make bread with? Writing in the journal PNAS, a team of scientists concludes that it’s quite possible. People with serious gluten allergies such as celiac disease now have only one tried-and-...
Tags: Allergies, Breads, Los Angeles Times, Abdominal Pain, Celiac Disease
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Is Obamacare a tax? The argument teaches us to stay healthy by disagreeing
Sometimes our elected officials operate on such a high intellectual plane that their message can get lost. Take, for example, the debate over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law in the wake of theU.S. Supreme Court's declaration that the...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health Care Reform (2009), Elections, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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Patient trapped in health insurance rate hike
It's understandable that car insurance rates can change when you move. One neighborhood might have more accidents or burglaries than another. But health insurance? Joan Swope, 62, moved recently from Cathedral City, just down the road from Palm Springs,...Tags: Insurance, Laws, Health Treatments, Health Care Reform (2009), Health Insurance
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Dr. Steve Salvatore
Dr. Steven Salvatore is an Emmy award winning journalist, Host of the nationally syndicated Dr. Steve Show and medical reporter for the PIX 11 Morning News. Dr. Steve joined WPIX in 2005, where he can be seen every weekday morning on PIX Morning News...
Tags: Midtown, New York City, Science, Colleges and Universities, Long Island
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Great to have hot meals on hand
As we approach the cool days and cold evenings, it's nice to have something hot and ready to eat when we get home from a busy day. Slow cookers can help to save you time, money and be a great tool for tailoring recipes to dietary needs. You can also...Tags: Recipes, Salt, Beef Stew
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