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A sniper victim or not, surgeons rush to save a life
Sun StaffDr. Rao R. Ivatury had no way of knowing that the 37-year-old gunshot victim who arrived in the emergency room at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond Saturday night was suspected of being the latest target of the serial sniper. "We had...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Assault
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Birth shadowed by death
Sun Foreign StaffKABUL, Afghanistan - The pregnant woman was bleeding and in trouble. So Mullah Abdul, 42, helped load his terrified young cousin into a jitney van and sent her on the six-hour ride from her isolated village to the nearest hospital, in a town called Pul-...Tags: Children, Foreign Aid, Health and Safety at School, Fells Point, Taliban
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Promising stroke therapy may be held up in debates
Sun StaffWhen Ruth Johnston got a crushing headache and started to slur words that morning on the sailboat, her husband took action. He radioed the Coast Guard that she was having a stroke. Within 15 minutes, Maryland medics whisked the woman to North Arundel...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Chills, Fever, Heart Attack, Symptoms
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Robert Little on the lack of tourniquets for troops
John Stevens, Towson: I learned in [the] Boy Scouts how to make a tourniquet out of a belt or scarf and a stick. What's the difference between something like this and the $20 tourniquets? Won't both do the same thing? Little: This is the most common...Tags: Iraq, Medical Services, Armed Forces, Hemorrhaging, New York City
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Probe urged of policy on tourniquets
Sun National StaffMembers of the U.S. Senate called on the Pentagon and Army officials yesterday to investigate why soldiers in Iraq continue to go into battle without the modern tourniquets that military leaders told them to carry two months ago - and that military...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Iraq, Mike Williams, (wide receiver, born 1984), Illinois
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The struggle to vanquish an ancient foe
Sun StaffRip Ballou's world began to blur around the edges as he stood among the croquet wickets, sipping home-brewed beer at a friend's lawn party. He should have expected it. Two weeks earlier, he'd agreed to let infected mosquitoes land on his arm and fill...Tags: Science, Health and Safety at School, Chills, U.S. Department of Defense, World War II (1939-1945)
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Awash in words
Comporting with Tribune columnist Mary Schmich’s "Simple language just isn’t as thrilling" (News, Dec. 5), noting what seems to be an inexorable slide toward extinction for any word that stands out from the crowd, I once accepted that sad...Tags: Mary Schmich, Blood Cells, Immune System
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ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION: Feet and fork fight belly fat
EntreeCall it a muffin top, beer belly or middle-aged spread -- the fact is that by the time most Americans reach adulthood, they have added inches to their waistline. And those extra inches put you at a higher risk for coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, National Institutes of Health, Newspaper and Magazine
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'Moral objection' bill provides out for doctors, questions for patients
Legislation headed to the Michigan House could allow doctors to refuse care to patients because of "moral objections." Senate Bill 975 passed the Senate last week along partisan lines with Republicans supporting the bill and Democrats opposing it....
Tags: Labor Legislation, Family Planning, Health Care Reform (2009), Republican Party, Employment Opportunities
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West Nile virus battle takes toll on Aberdeen woman
sfeldman@aberdeennews.comA diagnosis of West Nile virus gave Toni Reber relief. For several months, she said, she suffered a range of symptoms, including paralysis, and didn't know what she had. At one point, she said, she was told she had leukemia. "What first ran...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, West Nile Virus, Symptoms, Medical Procedures and Tests, Physical Therapy
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