Highlights
Cleveland Clinic is one of the world's best known institutions of medicine and medical research, with special renown in the fields of heart disease and cancer. The nonprofit health network attracts patients needing specialized care, from all over the globe and all walks of life. The Clinic's main campus of 37 buildings on Cleveland's University Circle boasts a hospital, outpatient center, eye institute, cancer center and research institute, and the Clinic also owns a dozen community hospitals elsewhere in Ohio, one in Weston, Fla., and one in Toronto, Canada. In partnership with nearby Case Western Reserve University, the Clinic opened a medical school in 2002. And the hospital's executi...
Cleveland Clinic is one of the world's best known institutions of medicine and medical research, with special renown in the fields of heart disease and cancer. The nonprofit health network attracts patients needing specialized care, from all over the globe and all walks of life. The Clinic's main campus of 37 buildings on Cleveland's University Circle boasts a hospital, outpatient center, eye institute, cancer center and research institute, and the Clinic also owns a dozen community hospitals elsewhere in Ohio, one in Weston, Fla., and one in Toronto, Canada. In partnership with nearby Case Western Reserve University, the Clinic opened a medical school in 2002. And the hospital's executives are now working with the government of oil-rich Abu Dhabi to build the first overseas Cleveland Clinic there, a luxurious health center targeted to open in 2010. Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four doctors who had worked together in a WWI battlefield hospital and observed they did better when they collaborated. They organized their doctor-owned institution under a group-practice model, where all the doctors are salaried employees rather than independent practitioners credentialed to practice there. Throughout all the seismic changes in modern medicine brought by health insurance, managed care and government health programs, the Clinic's model has survived and thrived. In 2007, the Clinic's 1,700 doctors and scientists treated about 3 million patients, and pulled in about $150 million in research grants. The organization was one of the nation's three busiest centers for heart transplants and a leader in heart valve surgery. Among many medical breakthroughs claimed by Clinic doctors and researchers: The first time stopping and restarting a heart for surgery (1956); the first angiography, a test done by threading a device through an artery into the heart (1958); key work identifying cholesterol as a risk of heart attack (1958-68); key improvements in heart bypass surgery (1967); first minimally invasive heart valve surgery (1996); first successful larynx transplant (1999), and the discovery of the first gene linked to coronary artery disease (2003). The Clinic has had its share of controversy, notably in its expansion into South Florida. Its first attempt in 1987 to build a hospital in Weston, a wealthy suburb west of Fort Lauderdale, met with passionate opposition from local doctors, who viewed the Clinic as an interloper and competitor. The new hospital failed on the launch pad when state regulators refused to issue an operating certificate, saying half of the area's hospital beds sat empty. Undaunted, the institution bought an aging hospital on Fort Lauderdale's barrier island in 1990, and five years later persuaded the state to let the Clinic and Tenet Healthcare build a new 150-bed hospital center in Weston in return for closing the old one. The new hospital opened in 2001, followed by another in nearby Naples. Eventually, the Clinic bought out Tenet and sold its Naples hospital.
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Browns' Winslow hospitalized
The Associated PressCleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow will spend a second night in the hospital with an undisclosed illness that could keep him out of Monday night's game against the New York Giants. Winslow was admitted to the Cleveland Clinic on Thursday. He...Tags: Kellen Winslow, Illnesses, Cleveland Browns
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Browns tight end Kellen Winslow remains hospitalized with undisclosed illness
AP Sports WriterBEREA, Ohio (AP) _ Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow will spend a second night in the hospital with an undisclosed illness that could keep him out of Monday night's game against the New York Giants. Winslow was admitted to the Cleveland Clinic on...Tags: Kellen Winslow, Illnesses, Injuries, Multi-Sport Events, National Football League
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Bulletin Board: Events in Broward County
Today's highlights Yoga, 9 a.m.-noon at Studio 4 Martial Arts, 10251 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs. $5. Call 954-591-0552. Public meeting to discuss improvements to State Road 838 between Northwest 56th Avenue and Florida's Turnpike, 5-7 p.m. at...Tags: Plantation, Healthcare Provider, Nova Southeastern University, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale
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Ken Shamrock forced to drop out of Kimbo Slice fight
South Florida Sun-SentinelIn a stunning turn of events, UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock was forced to drop out of the main event against Miami streetfighter turned mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice at the CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights card at BankAtlantic Center....Tags: Middleweight Boxing, Ultimate Fighting Championship, BankAtlantic Center, Injuries, Welterweight
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Petruzelli shocks Kimbo Slice with 14-second TKO
South Florida Sun-SentinelSeth Petruzelli, Ken Shamrock's last-minute replacement, handed Kimbo Slice his first loss at the CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights card at BankAtlantic Center. In front of a sellout crowd of 9,414, Petruzelli, of American Top Team, scored an...Tags: Middleweight Boxing, Ultimate Fighting Championship, BankAtlantic Center, Welterweight, Florida State University
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Hospitals and Medical Centers
SouthFlorida.comHOSPITALS & MEDICAL CENTERS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER 20900 Biscayne Blvd. Aventura. 305-682-7000 BAPTIST HOSPITAL 8900 N. Kendall Drive, Miami 786-596-1960 BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 8900 N. Kendall Drive, Miami 786-596-...Tags: Weston (Broward, Florida), Jupiter, Healthcare Provider, Boynton Beach, Baptist
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Vistazo Noticioso
Un juez ordenó el miércoles retirar el nombre de una candidata a juez en el condado de Broward de las boletas de las próximas elecciones en noviembre por no haberse inscrito con el nombre con el que se le conoce personal y profesionalmente. Mardi Ann...Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin
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Staph infections continue to stalk Browns
O, by the WayThere's something of a medical mystery going on with the Cleveland Browns that has been brought into focus again with the news that veteran wide receiver Joe Jurevicius is likely to miss the first six weeks of the season on the......Tags: Kellen Winslow, Therapies, Communicable Diseases, Joe Jurevicius, Cleveland Browns
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What if.... ? I don't have any service hours yet?
Cypress Bay HighGraduation. Scholarships. Silver Cord. Forty service hours are needed for graduation, 70 for the Bright Futures scholarship and 250 for the Silver Cord. Meeting just the minimum of 40 can be a challenge if you only volunteer a weekend a month for a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Awards and Prizes
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Oh, my achin' Google! Could it be cyberchondria?
South Florida Sun-SentinelBone cancer, the woman told her doctor. She just knew she had it because she'd read the symptoms on the Internet. It wasn't, of course. It was a bruised knee that needed six weeks to heal. Her doctor, Fort Lauderdale orthopedic surgeon Paul Meli,...Tags: Cancer, Medicine, Google Inc., Hospitals and Clinics, Boca Raton
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Many illnesses may be in for a shock
use to treat Parkinson's disease, the therapy is being tested in Chicago for patients with severe depression, chronic pain and epilepsy and elsewhere for people with obsessive compulsive disorder, traumatic brain injuries and Alzheimer's disease. "I...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Alzheimer's Disease, Injuries, Illnesses
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Ralph M. Kovel dies at 88; co-wrote books on pricing of antique items
The Washington PostRalph M. Kovel, a pioneer of price guides for antiques and collectibles who wrote 97 books on the subject and helped create the modern mania for family heirlooms and flea-market finds on "Antiques Roadshow" and EBay, died Aug. 28 at the Cleveland Clinic...Tags: McDonald's, Ohio State University, Fiction, Washington Post Company, Book
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