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Hospital board discusses Medicare, ACA under Trump presidency As seems to be the case for health care providers across the country, Spencer Hospital has been experiencing some frustrations regarding payment for services and medications covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
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Anti-abortion groups expect quick action from Trump While there are big-ticket items on their wish list like filling the vacancy on the Supreme Court, there are also a range of abortion policy changes the Trump administration can make on its own.
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Local organ recipient reacts to baby's liver transplant LARGO - A five-month-old baby boy is inspiring organ donors and recipients worldwide. He was matched with a liver 40 minutes after being placed on the donor waiting list.
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Chickens banned from outdoors to prevent bird flu contagion Chickens have been banned from farmyards for a month to prevent the spread of a strain of bird flu, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) warns may ultimately infect humans.
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Eastern China city halts live poultry trade amid bird flu concerns NANJING (Xinhua) - Live poultry trade has been suspended in Suzhou City in eastern China over bird flu concerns. The ban is effective starting Monday, according to a notice on the website of the Suzhou government.
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Viral Quinceañera Invite Leads to Hundreds of Guests Hundreds arrived to a family- and friend-exclusive mass after more than a million people responded to a private party invitation. 5 Photos.
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Cancer patient wins free pizza, donates it A cancer patient in Northampton, Pennsylvania wins free pizza for a year, and donates it to a local food bank. (KTRK). KTRK. Sunday, December 25, 2016 01:06PM.
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Thousands Attend Mexican Girl's Party Following Viral Invite LA JOYA, Mexico - Looking overwhelmed by the attention, yet resplendent in an elaborate fuchsia dress and gleaming tiara, Rubi Ibarra celebrated her 15th birthday on Monday in a rural Mexican village after the invitation to the event by her father ...
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Thousands attend Mexican girl's party after viral invitation Thousands of people have attended a girl's birthday party in Mexico, after her parent's video invitation to "everyone" went viral on social media.
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Suzhou City Stops Poultry Trading Because of Bird Flu On Sunday midnight, Suzhou City announced that they will be suspending live poultry trading as a precautionary measure against bird flu which has been spreading in nearby provinces.
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Having your 15th birthday party invitation go viral looks kinda intense Rubi Ibarra, not seen, arrives at the site of a Mass that is part of her down-home 15th birthday party, surrounded by a horde of journalists and a drone flying overhead, in the village of La Joya, San Luis Potosi State, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 ...
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Cancer Patient Wins A Year Of Free Pizza, Donates It To Food Bank: 'I Just Wanted to Give Back' Josh Katrick had just undergone his eighth round of chemotherapy for colon cancer when he received a bit of good news. The 36-year-old was told he won free pizza for an entire year from his neighborhood pizza restaurant in Northampton, Pennsylvania ...
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FDA green lights first treatment for rare spinal disease FDA approved nusinersen (Spinraza, Biogen), the first drug to treat children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare and often fatal genetic disease affecting muscle strength and movement.
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Red Cross looking for blood donations during holiday season Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch Rachel Sanford talks with her daughter, Lilly Sanford, as she donates blood Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at the American Red Cross Donor Center in Huntington.
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Granite State neighbors push pot legalization dialogue With recreational marijuana use now legal in Massachusetts - and about to become so in Maine - some New Hampshire lawmakers are preparing for what they see as its inevitable acceptance.
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The Burial of Ebola The Ebola epidemic of 2014-15 claimed 11,300 lives in West Africa, spread the virus as far as New York and Texas, and exposed the failures of the world public-health system—but at least the experience is concluding with a feat of medical and human ...
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Red Cross holiday blood drive helps meet a year-round need Murray Franz has been giving blood for decades. "Donating really helps a lot of people," he said. Holiday blood drive helps meet a year-round need.
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Top story of 2016 in Maine: Legalized marijuana PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A hard-fought battle to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Maine was part of a crowded referendum ballot that included an election overhaul, a gun control proposal and a minimum wage increase.
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Holiday Heart Syndrome: Heart attack risks go up during the holiday season The holidays are a time for food, family and celebration, but it's also a time when we see a significant rise in heart attacks.
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Does a doctor's gender affect your chance of survival? CHICAGO (AP) - What if your doctor's gender could influence your chance of surviving a visit to the hospital? A big study of older patients hospitalized for common illnesses raises that provocative possibility - and also lots of questions.
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Heart-Related Deaths Increase During The Holidays, But It Has Nothing To Do With The Miserable Weather It's the most wonderful time of the year, but it's also one of the deadliest. Numerous studies have shown that deaths increase around the holidays, and according to a study from the American Heart Association, the weeks between Christmas and the new ...
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Heart attack warning signs aren't what you think 0:45 Will you recognise your heart attack? Heart attack warning signs aren't what you think. Symptoms vary and they may not always be severe.
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Political correctness and opioids On Friday, Dec. 16 the Centers for Disease Control released its annual report of drug overdose deaths. The CDC reported that "rates of other opioids, specifically heroin and synthetic opioids other than methadone (likely driven primarily by illicitly ...
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Hospital patients do better with women doctors… A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine found women doctors may be better for hospital patients' health. By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News.
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A 'light at the end of the tunnel' for long-awaited medical marijuana program Medical marijuana could finally become a reality next year in Maryland, one of the states slowest to make the drug available for purchase after legalizing sales.
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Does doctor's gender affect your chance of survival? What if your doctor's gender could influence your chance of surviving a visit to the hospital? A big study of older patients hospitalized for common illnesses raises that provocative possibility - and also lots of questions.
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DPH Commissioner Releases Statement on Zika Virus, Travel Concerns "While Zika virus causes only mild symptoms in most people, it can have devastating, life-long consequences..." By RJ Scofield (Patch Staff) - December 26, 2016 2:00 pm ET.
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Ohio State suggests ways to reduce harmful algae blooms The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2hMOVDi ) the researchers have been testing different strategies to reduce phosphorus discharge that feeds toxic algae.
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Ionis announces FDA approval of first SMA drug in the U.S for pediatric and adult patients Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SPINRAZATM (nusinersen) under Priority Review for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in pediatric and adult patients.
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Scientists develop method to warn of toxic algae blooms before they develop Toxic algae blooms in lakes and reservoirs are highly destructive, resulting in fish kills and toxicity risks to wildlife, livestock—and even humans.
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Vashon ferry disrupted after captain's medical emergency TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A boat captain's medical emergency caused the disruption of weekend ferry service between Tacoma and Vashon Island.
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Breast Cancer Seen as Model for Precision Medicine, Care Decisions Chicago—Although there is continued debate about how much precision approaches can influence cancer care—with early reports from the NCI-MATCH (National Cancer Institute-Molecular Analysis for Therapy... A link to this article will be included in ...
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Is the Prescription Opioid Epidemic a White Problem? Economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton report that the life expectancy of US White persons has declined, largely as a result of drug overdose in the context of increased opioid analgesic use.
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People might be capable of catching bird flu from their cats Bird flu has been documented jumping from birds to cats to humans in New York City. Bryan Nelson. December 26, 2016, 5:03 p.m.. Tweet.
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Drug-tormented W. Va. county sues painkiller distributors The West Virginia county with the nation's highest drug overdose death rate has filed a lawsuit against three national distributors of prescription painkillers and a local doctor, contending they are responsible for the county's addiction epidemic.
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Ask the Doctors: Your current health affects immune response to flu shot Dear Doctor: If I received the flu shot in September, will I still be protected from the flu in March? Dear Reader: The answer depends, in part, on your current health.
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A DOG'S LIFE: Pooches more likely to be pampered by owners than CATS over Christmas DOGS will get more lavished with Christmas presents and festive dinners than cats, according to a RSPCA survey. By Laura Mowat. PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED: 10:01, Sun, Dec 25, 2016.
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Santa makes stop at Children's Hospital of Georgia Santa deliver's gifts to sick children at the Children's Hospital of Georgia Sunday morning December 25, 2016 in Augusta, Ga.
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