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Doctors print up a splint for baby's blocked throat
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23.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Doctors print up a splint for baby's blocked throat |
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Intermountain Healthcare alerts patients to cumulative radiation exposure
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23.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Kirsten Stewart The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 22, 2013 01:34PM MDT
Roughly 25 patients a day are wheeled into Intermountain Medical Center’s “cath lab” for CT scans to look for calcium buildup in their coronary arteries. Coronary artery scans — the newest addition to radiologists’ growing arsenal of diagnostic tools — can aid doctors in diagnosing heart problems early. But they expose patients to 50 to 150 times the radiation of a chest X-ray, raising their risk for developing cancer later in life. “We want to make sure patients are getting tests only for the ... ... |
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Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
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22.5.2013 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer: AP Health Feed |
| Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
Updated 9:02 am, Wednesday, May 22, 2013
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. The patient worked at stonemason's workshop, where in April a machine used to cut stone severely damaged his face and crushed his upper jaw. [...] Maciejewski and other doctors said the surgery was the patient's only shot at survival — prior to the operation the man faced danger from infections because of the tremendous damage to his mouth area and the skull bone. [...] surgeon Dr. Michal Grajek told The Associated Press that the patient still runs a risk of infection, and medical workers are using drugs to ward off any potential viral, bacterial or skin infections. ... |
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3D printer shows surgeons secrets of strange hearts
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21.5.2013 |
New Scientist: Living World |
| 3D printer shows surgeons secrets of strange hearts |
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New Tracking of a Patient's Radiation Exposure
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21.5.2013 |
WSJ: Health |
| Some hospital groups are measuring and reporting patients' cumulative medical radiation exposure from tests and scans. How this move may shape treatment and care decisions for patients and their doctors. |
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A workout a day may keep cancer away
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16.5.2013 |
CNN: Top Stories |
| Less cancer treatment may be better, and being in good physical shape may help keep cancer away, according to the latest research being presented at the largest convergence of cancer experts worldwide. |
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Watch a Caterpillar Morph Into a Butterfly in 3-D
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15.5.2013 |
Wired Top Stories |
| Watch a Caterpillar Morph Into a Butterfly in 3-D |
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To help solve challenging cardiac problems, doctors at Children’s press ‘print’
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14.5.2013 |
Washington Post |
| It may sound like something out of science fiction, but doctors at Children’s National Medical Center are making hearts. Not actual hearts, but three-
dimensional synthetic models churned out by what looks like an ordinary ... |
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Early hominins couldn't have heard modern speech
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14.5.2013 |
New Scientist: Health |
| Early hominins couldn't have heard modern speech |
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Man wrongly told he had terminal cancer gets $60K
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9.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Health |
| A judge in Montana has ordered the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center to pay nearly $60,000 to a Winston man who was wrongly diagnosed with brain cancer and told he had just a few months to live. |
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Man wrongly told he had terminal cancer gets $60K
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9.5.2013 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer: AP Health Feed |
| Man wrongly told he had terminal cancer gets $60K
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy wrote that the distress Mark Templin and his family suffered was caused by Dr. Patrick Morrow's "negligent failure to meet the standard of care" in delivering the diagnosis in 2009. Molloy's decision noted that in the months Templin believed he was dying he quit his job, sold his pickup truck, celebrated a "last" birthday, bought a prearranged funeral service and contemplated suicide. In his May 6 ruling, Molloy decided to award $500 per day for the initial period of severe mental and emotional distress and $300 per day for the latter period until Templin received his new diagnosis. Later that day, Morrow met with the VA's tumor board and presented the case as a strong suspicion of brain cancer, apparently without mentioning it could have been a stroke, according to court records. Templin, who's in his 70s, was prescribed two drugs to treat brain cancer, one of which is not supposed to be given to stroke ... |
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Maple Leafs’ Mark Fraser takes puck in head
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9.5.2013 |
Toronto Star: Living |
Maple Leafs defenceman Mark Fraser went to hospital for a CT scan after getting hit in the head with the puck in the third period of Wednesday night’s Game 4 against the Boston Bruins. Fraser went down fast after being hit by a shot from Boston’s Milan Lucic at 7:49 of the third. He left a pool of blood behind, but left the ice and the rink under his own steam. Fraser’s status for Game 5 in Boston was uncertain. “They’re going to check for any broken bones in the forehead area,” said Leafs coach Randy Carlyle. “He needs some stitches. There’s a plastic surgeon ready to do that, but they have to do a scan on him first.” Fraser does not wear a visor. |
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Doctors to older, heavy smokers: Get CT screening for lung cancer
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7.5.2013 |
Chicago Tribune: Health |
| Doctors to older, heavy smokers: Get CT screening for lung cancer |
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Throat cancer can't stop teen's music
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6.5.2013 |
CNN: Top Stories |
| Like many aspiring singers on YouTube, 17-year-old Carley Allison has uploaded several videos of herself belting out covers and original songs. But unlike many others, Allison is battling cancer. |
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Tests Show Chile’s Neruda Had Advanced Cancer
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4.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Americas |
| Tests Show Chile’s Neruda Had Advanced Cancer |
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Tests show Chile's Neruda suffered advanced cancer
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4.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Nation & World |
| An early forensic test shows Chilean poet Pablo Neruda suffered from advanced prostate cancer when he died, but his actual cause of death has not been determined. |
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Tests show Chile's Neruda suffered advanced cancer
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4.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Tests show Chile's Neruda suffered advanced cancer |
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Hospitalized patients too often have no single physician in charge of their care
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30.4.2013 |
Washington Post |
| Retired Alexandria internist Marsha Wallace had heard plenty of horror stories about hospital patients falling through the cracks. Still, she was troubled last fall during her own stay at a local hospital when she overheard doctors delivering entirely conflicting messages to the elderly cancer patient who was her roommate. ... |
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Question Mark: Why Do I Have Gout?
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26.4.2013 |
IHT: Health/Science |
| Question Mark: Why Do I Have Gout? |
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Calgary software firm targets oil and gas
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24.4.2013 |
Calgary Herald: Business |
| Calgary software company Acceleware Ltd. has decided its future is in oil and gas. |
