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Patients can use 'The Spot' to help them get behind the wheel
Raychel.harvey-jones@herald-mail.comDriving means independence for many people, especially those who are recovering from a stroke or major surgery. The West View Rehabilitation Center in Williamsport is teaching its patients to get back into the car and, hopefully, back on the road....Tags: Physical Conditions, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Physical Therapy, Health and Medical Professionals, Stroke
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Football: Bill Redell is still laughing from hospital bed
Varsity Times InsiderBill Redell never loses his sense of humor. On Saturday morning, the former Oaks Christian football coach was laying in his hospital bed with tubes in his nose and arm after 2 1/2 hours of surgery on Friday for a...... -
House speaker getting back to speed after surgery
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma is slowly getting back up to speed following emergency surgery on his knee. Bosma said Thursday that his doctor removed 30 staples from his knee the previous evening during a "house call" at...
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Meat Loaf: Illness in the band cancels British concert
Meat Loaf has cited illness for the cancellation of another concert during his "Last at Bat" tour. The 65-year-old rocker pulled out of a Nottingham concert at Capital FM Arena during the farewell tour just 30 minutes before doors were scheduled to open...Tags: United Kingdom, George W. Bush, Concerts, Heart Surgery, Music
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Survey: U.S. medical costs top other developed nations'
An average day in a U.S. hospital cost $4,287 last year. It was less than $1,000 in New Zealand, France, South Africa and Spain. That's one of several cost comparisons reported Tuesday in an annual report by the International Federation of Health Plans,...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, France, Prescription Drugs
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Mounting trouble with artificial hips
Two months after hip replacement surgery, Scott Ebert's leg started giving way. His joint began slipping. Razor blades of pain pierced his foot. An inexplicably large bruise grew along his calf. An excruciating burning feeling filled his hip. His ears...Tags: Australia, Hip Replacement, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Food and Drug Administration
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New approach to knee surgery spares tissue
Location, location, location: Its importance can't be underestimated for orthopedic surgeon Anthony Carter, former chief of surgery and director of adult reconstruction at Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News. The first in Hampton Roads to...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hip Replacement, Physical Therapy, Orthopedic Surgery, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Morbid obesity can exact huge costs
Bariatric surgeon David Salzberg can reel off a list of life-threatening problems associated with morbid obesity. They include diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, joint pain, depression and elevated rates of cancer. "Twenty percent of...
Tags: Arthritis Foundation, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitals and Clinics, Gallbladder Disease, Orthopedic Surgery
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Another surgery — while knee-deep in the insurance swamp
Andrew Fabella, are you out there? Please report to post-op at Keck Hospital of USC early Monday morning. I'm coming back to have the other knee done. That's right, folks, I'm kicking off the new year by getting a partial right knee replacement...
Tags: Insurance, Literature, Hospitals and Clinics, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Bear for all seasons
In August 2001, Dick Butkus was approached with a deal. If he would record a radio advertisement, he would be given an EBCT heart scan. The scan normally would have cost about $15,000 and insurance didn't cover it. "What the hell," Butkus said. "I hadn'...
Tags: Chicago Bears, NFL Pro Bowl, Knees, Arthritis, Big Ten Conference
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Elite NFL players come back quickly from injuries
It's an award that any NFL player would be proud of, but none would choose to endure. Comeback player of the year. The field is especially crowded this season, with an inordinate number of standout players returning from season-ending injuries, the...Tags: John Sullivan, Ray Rice, Peyton Manning, Green Bay Packers, Terrell Suggs
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