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Doctors urged to be more mindful of costs of procedures they order
What if your hotel bill looked like a hospital bill, asks Vineet Arora, an assistant dean and associate professor of medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine? What if every guest received a different rate card, unneeded services...
Tags: Cardiologists, Lifestyle and Leisure, Health and Medical Professionals, Health Treatments, MRI (imaging)
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Oh, Irene, You Taught Us Well
The Hartford CourantAs you get older, time tends to get away from you. Mostly, it accelerates. Usually this is not good: It can't be time for another colonoscopy, can it? I was thinking about this — time, not colonoscopies — Tuesday morning as I stood at...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Irene (2011), Long Island
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More younger people getting colorectal cancer
Carol Carr showed all the signs of colorectal cancer seven years ago, but doctors thought the 44-year-old Glen Burnie woman was too young to have the disease and never tested her for it.
Instead, they said her diarrhea, vomiting, cramping, iron...Tags: Health Organizations, Obesity, Medical Research, Genes and Chromosomes, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Faces of health care: Medicaid recipient on life filled with pain and money headaches
WDBJ7 ReporterThursday's decision shot down the provision that allowed individual states to give more money to Medicaid recipients. Catherine Fitzgerald a current Medicaid recipient and Danville resident, has been around the health care block so to speak. She's...Tags: Health, Government Health Care, Fibromyalgia, Medicaid, Barack Obama
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New co-chairwomen are `painting the town purple' for Relay For Life
Daily American CorrespondentThis year's Relay For Life in Meyersdale will have two new co-chairwomen in charge of the 24-hour walk for the American Cancer Society, set for June 15-16 at the Meyersdale school track. Ginny Knieriem of Meyersdale and Donna Saylor of Salisbury are...Tags: Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Breast Cancer, Health, Health Treatments, Colon Cancer
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Understanding the new pap smear guidelines
Many women became used to having a Pap smear annually to check for cervical cancer, but recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have updated the timeline. Now, most women will need the test every five years. Cancer experts...Tags: Music, Health, Concerts, Human papillomavirus, Vaginal Discharge
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The Medical Emporium: Health Insurers Pushing Patients To Shop By Price
The Hartford CourantEmployees of the city of Manchester, N.H., can receive up to $150 if they choose low-cost medical providers for colonoscopies, CT scans and other procedures. It's a pilot program offered by one of WellPoint's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans for the...Tags: Health, John Ruskin, Insurance, Companies and Corporations, Consumers
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Medical screenings: Time is of the essence
Deep down inside, we all know it: It's inevitable, this living, breathing, beautiful, multipart machine, the human body, is — at some point, somewhere — going to break down.
We've all heard the warnings, the doctors' admonitions to get...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Health Organizations, Health, High Blood Pressure, Hysterectomy
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A Little Bit of Heaven
Fox 5 San Diego staffKevin Bacon is that actor we all loved in Footloose and so many movies the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” became part of pop culture. Director Nicole Kassell thought it would be a good idea to cast him as a child molester in a film (The...Tags: Romany Malco, Celebrities, Treat Williams, Rosemarie DeWitt, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Study: Simple scope exam flexible sigmoidoscopy cuts colon cancer deaths
A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. Many doctors recommend a more complete test — colonoscopy — but many people refuse...
Tags: Medical Research, Health, University of Pittsburgh, Death, University of Washington
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Colon cancer patient helps others get screened
WGN NewsColon cancer -- it's the disease that took the life of Robin Gibb. It is a preventable disease, yet many shy away from the screening. One local woman fighting advanced colon cancer herself has another mission -- to show you how to survive. It was a great...Tags: Health, Health Insurance, Hysterectomy, Abdominal Pain, Symptoms
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Lee Initiatives awards 33 grants to community organizations
Our Town EditorJoseph Pawlowski recalls the young man who attended church and programs at the Salvation Army in Johnstown. When the man's toothache progressed into an infection and abscess, it was cleaned insufficiently and capped. He died from encephalitis, said...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Youth Organizations, Consumers
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