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Mother thanks 'heroes' after conjoined twins are separated Conjoined twins Jadon (left) and Anias recover in the hospital after being separated. Photo: Nicole McDonald/Facebook. The mother of the conjoined twins who were surgically separated in a grueling 16-hour surgery posted a lengthy, heartfelt thank you ...
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New Medicare Rules Will Change it Up for Doctors Medicare unveiled a far-reaching overhaul on Friday of how it compensates doctors and other clinicians. The goal is to reward quality, cost-effective care instead of just paying piecemeal for services.
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Medicare releases new system to pay doctors and clinicians The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled Friday a 2,400-page-long regulation meant to thoroughly examine the way it compensates doctors and clinicians to pay them what they deserve based on quality.
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Medicare changing payment rules WASHINGTON -- Changing the way it does business, Medicare on Friday unveiled a far-reaching overhaul of how it pays doctors and other clinicians.
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Planned Parenthood's 100th Birthday Is No Cause to Celebrate Melanie Israel is a research associate for the DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. As this month marks Planned Parenthood's 100th anniversary, we should pause and consider its destructive legacy.
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Doctors Successfully Separate Twin Boys Joined At The Head NEW YORK (AP) - Forty medical experts at a New York hospital Friday successfully separated conjoined twins attached at the head after a 20-hour procedure.
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Family loosens cancer's grip with genetic testing Cancer has a grip on Beverly Thompson's family. Her brother was 5 when he died of leukemia; two kinds of cancer attacked her father: esophageal and multiple myeloma; her uncle had prostate cancer.
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Obama Shakes Mind-Controlled Robot Hand Wired To Sense Touch WASHINGTON (AP) - A paralyzed man shared a handshake with President Barack Obama on Thursday by using a mind-controlled robotic arm that, in a first for medical research, is helping to restore his sense of touch.
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6 Strategies To Cope With The Strange Stress Of The Election Americans are apparently incredibly stressed out by the election this year. The American Psychological Association (APA) has just released some early results from its Stress in America survey, which is due out early next year.
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Survey Says Americans Are Getting Stressed By The Elections At some point everyone, regardless of party affiliation or lack thereof, wants to bail from a presidential election. Okay, that's a hunch, but it's borne out, at least in part (caveats aplenty), in an online survey by the American Psychological ...
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CDC warns of infections tied to heart surgery device Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned patients and providers of a risk of infection from devices used in open-heart surgery.
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Pregnancy, Infant Loss Remembrance Day: The pain never goes away Many parents savor dressing their newborn babies for the first time in the hospital - slowly and carefully maneuvering tiny arms into tiny arm holes, gently touching their fingertips on their baby's soft nose, and beaming when their child gives a ...
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Medicare plan must be checked The commentary "Picking right Medicare plan…" in the Oct. 10 Journal provided important information. However, there is additional information that is important, especially for New Mexico residents.
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It May Have Slipped Your Mind, But Today Is Global Handwashing Day Effective hand-washing technique is key in preventing illness of the diarrheal and respiratory kind, Centers for Disease Control says.
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What Is White Cane Day? Oct. 15 Celebrates & Raises Awareness For The Blind Community One of the biggest misconceptions about people who are visually impaired (and people with disabilities in general) is that they are totally dependent on others or incapable of taking care of themselves.
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Your life is in your hands: Global Handwashing Day is Oct. 15 Editor's note: In recognition of Global Handwashing Day today, we have compiled information from the CDC about why it is so important to promote this simple activity.
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Denver marijuana use ballot measure could capture attention beyond city — if voters say yes photo - Marijuana activist Emmett Reistroffer and cannabis consultant Kayvan Khalatbari hand deliver more than 10,800 Caption + Marijuana activist Emmett Reistroffer and cannabis consultant Kayvan Khalatbari hand deliver more than 10,800 signatures for ...
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Give Your Medicare Coverage an Annual Checkup Retirees are bound to be disappointed later this month when Social Security announces the size of the cost-of-living adjustment for 2017 retirement benefits.
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Breaking The Silence On Pregnancy And Infant Loss, Shore Group Offers Aid, Support October isn't just about breast cancer awareness, the TEARS Foundation notes; for families coping with grief, it's a time of remembrance.
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Medicare enrollment period begins, assistance available A series of free Medicare enrollment counseling events are coming to help make the federal health insurance program a little less mysterious.
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Alzheimer Association's walk draws thousands What was originally a gag gift, the shirts worn by John and Marilyn Logan proved to be a valuable asset in light of John's dementia diagnosis.
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Exercise Can Help Manage Type 1 Diabetes FRIDAY, Oct. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Aerobic exercise can benefit people with type 1 diabetes who are on insulin pumps, a small study suggests.
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Look At What Planned Parenthood Has 'Achieved' In 100 Years In the 100 years since its founding, Planned Parenthood has grown from one small birth control clinic in Brooklyn to a well-oiled abortion machine operating 650 clinics across all 50 states.
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JDRF Palmetto Chapter Hosts Women of Type 1 Diabetes Conference Almost 90 women and girls attend the first JDRF Palmetto Women of Type 1 Conference in Columbia. (Photo: WLTX). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST.
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The DEA Backs Off Its Kratom Ban…For Now The internet exploded in September when America's Drug Enforcement Agency announced it would outlaw kratom—a mildly popular plant native to Southeast Asia.
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Is New World Screwworm A Threat To Our Pets? Every November, my wife and I attend a veterinary conference in Key West. While the trip is always educational and fun, the family member who enjoys it the most is our older dachshund, Grendel.
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Walmart Wellness Day Across Hawaiʻi Nearly everyone in America will have access to free health screenings, education, services and products tomorrow as Walmart stores nationwide host Walmart Wellness Day from noon to 4 p.m.
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Shellfishing ban on Narragansett Bay lifted PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state has lifted a week-long ban on shellfishing in Narragansett Bay prompted by dangerously high levels of a toxic phytoplankton, the Department of Environmental Management said in a statement.
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New study raises hope for possible 'functional cure' for HIV A new drug combination helped stave off a monkey version of HIV for nearly two years after stopping all treatments, raising hopes for a functional cure for HIV, researchers have reported.
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Emotional toll behind Key deer deaths The phone has been ringing nonstop at the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key, with callers notifying refuge officers of yet another endangered Key deer showing symptoms of New World screwworm.
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Wal-Mart gives free health screenings Saturday AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) -. Walmart wrapped up their 'Wellness Day' Saturday afternoon, where people had the chance to check up on their health for free.
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Workforce challenges hit mental health system hard Workforce shortages in the health care sector have come to the forefront of critical public policy issues that New Hampshire needs to address this year and in the 2017 legislative session.
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Measure would raise public funds for private medical research groups The divisive ballot measure, which would raise public funding for private medical research groups, faced a staunch legal challenge and needed the Montana Supreme Court's blessing to appear before voters in November.
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