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A 30-year-old Spanish woman has made medical history by becoming the first patient to receive a whole organ transplant grown using her own cells.
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In Cincinnati, a 7-year-old is seeing the world in color for the first time.
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University of Texas and hospital officials expect "significant" layoffs at the 12,000-person facility.
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UP to 10,000 over 70s will lose out on automatic entitlement to a medical card next year as the Government puts a halt to the scheme in today's Budget.
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Goodness me, it's High Noon in the surgery. Doctors and nurses have fallen out and are flicking stethoscopes at each other. The cause of their quarrel? Money.
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The Dow Jones industrial average had its largest one-day point gain in history.
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A new study suggests that manufacturers of energy drinks should be required to list caffeine content and recommended limits. If doctors want to help children suffering from asthma, they should spend some time offering encouragement to their parents, researchers say. And a new program of exercises may help guard against a knee injury.
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Medical experts have stressed the need to accord appropriate priority to the management of acute pain in medical circles stressing that the management of acute pain has remained poor in the country.
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Details: Medical Equipment Service Technician Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. is the parent company for Hill-Rom's operations and has been a leading worldwide manufacturer and provider of medical technologies and related services for the
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The German girl, who was allegedly raped by the son of Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monseratte, has refused to co-operate with the investigating authorities in the case, police said.
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Cardiovascular medical devices manufacturer St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced Wednesday morning that third quarter profit rose from last year, driven by higher margins and a 17% revenue growth, helped double digit growth across all segments. Earning per share for the quarter came in line with consensus, while quarterly revenues beat analysts' estimate marginally. The company also provided earnings outlook for the third quarter, which is in line with Street expectations, and tightened its earnings
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The high costs of health care drive some Americans to seek treatment abroad.
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George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences was put on probation by its academic accrediting organization for being out of compliance on several standards, school officials told students and faculty yesterday.
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To monitor the multiple sclerosis attacking Ann Pietrangelo's central nervous system, her doctor recommends an annual MRI. Last year, the 49-year-old Winchester, Va., woman had to pay a $3,000 co-payment to get the imaging done.
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Mindray Medical International Ltd. (MR) is dropping sharply on increased volume. Currently, the stock is at its lowest level in nearly a year and a half, trading at $24.02 down $1.64 from Wednesday's close.
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FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan's decision to abolish the free medical card for thousands of pensioners sparked a flood of angry calls to radio chatshows yesterday.
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Elderly lobby groups yesterday reported receiving a flood of calls from confused pensioners in the wake of the Budget announcement.
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DUBLIN pensioner George Royal yesterday spoke of his fears for the future as he faced the prospect of losing the medical card which is vital to the care of his invalid wife.
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OUTSPOKEN Fianna Fail backbencher Noel O'Flynn last night claimed voters were turning against the party because of the "badly handled" proposal to radically overhaul medical cards.
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AURORA, Ill. (AP) -- A toddler being flown to a hospital died in a fiery helicopter crash with three crew members when the aircraft clipped a radio tower wire and went down in a suburban Chicago field, authorities said Thursday....
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A medical helicopter carrying a 1-year-old patient crashed and burned in a wooded area of suburban Chicago overnight, killing all four aboard. The aircraft apparently clipped a radio tower, and authorities investigated Thursday whether the tower's lights had been on.
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A medical helicopter crashed into a field in suburban Aurora, Illinois, late Wednesday night, killing all four people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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The Boston Red Sox staged one of the greatest comebacks in post-season history Thursday night at Fenway Park after ralling from a seven-run deficit to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7.
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Edward Tucker, 37, of White Street in Anderson, was told Wednesday that he faces partial responsibility for medical bills in excess of $12,000 and lost wages of roughly $7,000 for injuries to a woman caught in the middle of a domestic dispute.
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A girl left disabled after a delay in diagnosing meningitis is awarded £3.3m for medical negligence.
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Ericsson 4's onboard medic was called into action when the boat's helm and trimmer woke with an aggravated infected knee.
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A new, modern center for laser therapy, dermatological and plastic surgery was inaugurated Wednesday at the Sofia Military Medical Academy. The center is under the management of the "Dermatology and Allergy" department of the Academy. The construction ...
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Dr Abderrahamane Abdelkefi is the recipient of the 2008 Sanofi-Aventis Prize in medical research for his research on "randomized multi-centric study on patients affected with multiple myeloma".
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THE Irish Medical Organisation, which represents GPs, was under pressure last night to help the under-fire Government find a solution to the medical cards for over-70s fiasco.
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FINE Gael health spokesman James Reilly yesterday justified his role in securing a huge payout to doctors for the introduction of over-70 medical cards.
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Family medical history a source of stress Love of her life is a tightwad Boss pays for squeeze plays Dear Amy: My family has a history of cancer. I lost my mother to uterine cancer, my aunt had stomach cancer and my older sister died of breast cancer. I'm very worried and concerned about the health and well-being of my surviving younger sister.
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Tough economic times are forcing some people to take medical care out of their budgets. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.
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The anger I've been listening so much to, its been troubling me for days.
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The West Bromwich Albion supporters have adopted The Lord is My Shepherd as a club anthem. On Saturday, they didn't have a prayer inside the Theatre of Dreams.
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A cornerstone of American medicine is physicians' ability to prescribe drugs for not-yet-approved uses, based on findings in the medical literature and their own clinical judgment.
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Fine Gael says the "gold" medical card fees paid to doctors for patients over 70 are reasonable -- despite being four times the normal payment.
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