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A doctor who won't use a computer loses her license to practice medicine (CNN) Anna Konopka, a doctor in New London, New Hampshire, refuses to practice what she calls "electronic medicine." She doesn't know how to use a computer, and she handwrites her patient records and keeps them in file cabinets.
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Judge rules against 84-year-old doctor who can't use a computer A New Hampshire state judge has dismissed a case brought by an elderly doctor who recently gave up her medical license following a handful of allegations against her.
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Scarlet fever cases hit 50-year high in England Scarlet fever hit its highest level in England for 50 years, with more than 17,000 cases reported in 2016 - research in the Lancet shows.
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Do Doctors Need To Use Computers? One Physician's Case Highlights The Quandary That's one of the central questions surrounding a difficult case unfolding in New Hampshire this month: Anna Konopka, an octogenarian doctor who eschews computers and has been practicing medicine for the better part of six decades, surrendered her ...
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FDA Warns Dog Owners to Avoid Bone Treats After 15 Dogs Die It's a classic image: a dog contentedly gnawing on a bone. According to the Food and Drug Administration, it's a scene that can turn fatal fast.
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FDA warns pet owners against giving dogs bone treats Pet owners may want to rethink rewarding their dogs with bones after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration released a warning of the risks of the much-coveted treat.
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Doctor who doesn't use computer can't regain license, judge says CONCORD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire judge has denied an 84-year-old doctor's request to regain her license to practice, which she had surrendered partly over her inability to use a computer.
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Doctor Cannot Practice Because She Doesn't Use a Computer, Judge Rules Dr. Anna Konopka stands in front of her tiny office where she sees patients, in New London, N.H.. AP/REX/Shutterstock—AP/REX/Shutterstock.
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84-Year-Old Doctor Who Does Not Use Computer Can't Regain Medical License Anna Konopka, the doctor who does not use computer, surrendered her medical license earlier this year over allegations from the New Hampshire Board of Medicine.
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How marriage might be linked to lower dementia risk (CNN) Your relationship status might be associated with your dementia risk, and a new research review paper reveals how. Dementia, a loss of brain function, usually occurs in older age.
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CDC Warns: If You Drank Raw Milk See A Doctor Myra Moser bottles raw milk on her parents' Be Whole Again Farm in Excelsior Springs, Mo. As of March 2017, it was illegal to sell raw milk for human consumption in Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey and Rhode Island but ...
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This smart condom is like a Fitbit for sex The high-tech jimmy jacket - which looks like a small rubber bracelet - logs data during sex and sends it to the user's smartphone, according to the creators of the i.Con Smart Condom, which released images of it Tuesday.
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England hit by 50-year spike in scarlet fever Cases of scarlet fever had been declining for decades until a "dramatic increase" was spotted in England in 2014. Now researchers writing in The Lancet say England is experiencing an "unprecedented rise in scarlet fever with the highest incidence for ...
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What Is A Smart Condom? Contraceptive Gadget Will Measure Lovemaking Skills Have you ever wondered how many calories are burned during sexual intercourse or about the frequency and duration of your sessions?
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In Ads, Tobacco Companies Admit They Made Cigarettes More Addictive If you read a newspaper on Sunday, there's a good chance you came across a full-page ad warning of the dangers of smoking. The stark messages with black text on an otherwise blank page tell readers that cigarettes kill 1,200 Americans every day.
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Big Tobacco's court-ordered ads make their debut WASHINGTON - A wave of new tobacco ads debuted across prime-time television and published in newspapers this weekend, but they aren't promoting what you might expect.
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Why Marriage Is Linked to a Lower Risk of Dementia People who have never married or whose spouse has died are at increased risk of developing dementia compared to married people, according to a new review in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
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Utah's hepatitis A outbreak grows to 87 cases (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Steven Beach, a registered nurse with the Salt Lake County Health Department, administers a hepatitis A vaccination at a mobile vaccination clinic setup outside at 500 West and 200 south in Salt Lake City ...
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The world is off track in its goal to eliminate malaria. Here's why. A photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles stephensi mosquito, the type of insect that transmits malaria.
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How Opioids Started Killing Americans It's been conventional wisdom for some time now that America's opioid epidemic began at the pharmacy. Now there are numbers that put any doubt to rest.
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About 15% of Americans with HIV don't know they're infected, CDC report says Half of the Americans recently diagnosed with HIV had been living with the virus for at least three years without realizing it, missing out on opportunities for early treatment and in some cases spreading it to others, according to a new report by the ...
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UMass Amherst announces meningitis outbreak on campus The University of Massachusetts Amherst announced Tuesday that there is an outbreak of meningitis on campus after two students were diagnosed with meningococcal disease in October and November.
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Chronic Pain Common Among Those Who OD on Opioids TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- More than 60 percent of opioid overdose deaths involve people who suffer from chronic pain, a new analysis reveals.
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Exercise Alone May Not Help You Knees: Try These Foods to Beat Knee Pain A new study, presented at the 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, suggests that you should focus on a combination of a good diet, weight loss and regular exercise to slow down the ...
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Viagra can be sold over the counter Men will no longer require a prescription to obtain the impotence drug Viagra and will instead be able to buy it over the counter at pharmacies.
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HEALTH TIP: In honor and memory, World AIDS Day is Friday World AIDS Day is held on Dec. 1 every year. It is an opportunity for people around the world to unite and show their support for people living with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), and to remember those who have lost their lives to the disease ...
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Iowa picks its first medical marijuana manufacturer A Des Moines-based company will be the first and only in Iowa licensed by the state to grow marijuana and make medical products from it.
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Scientists discover new optimism in fight against Alzheimer's Professor Rick Livesey opens an incubator in his Cambridge lab and gets out a small plastic plate with six wells full of a faintly pink liquid.
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Lung Cancer Answers, on Monday's Answer Desk Lung cancer is a lot more cureable than in the past, in part because of screenings that can be done for at risk people, even before symptoms are evident.
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Tweaking Prices For 7 Foods Could Save 60000 Lives in The US Every Year It's no secret there are strong correlations between how much foods cost and how much we consume them, with things like soda taxes being proposed across the world as a powerful tool for fighting obesity.
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Longer cervical cancer screening intervals may be safe after negative HPV tests Women with one or more negative cervical co-tests with HPV and cytology screening have a lower risk for cervical cancer; therefore, it may be safe to extend screening intervals to every 5 years or more in these women, according to research published in ...
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Flies' Feet Can Spread Bacteria Lab experiments and metagenomic analyses of flies' resident bacteria indicate that the insects carry microbes from place to place on their legs.
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WA men targeted in mental health campaign Men in Western Australia are the target of a state government campaign to reduce the stigma of seeking help for mental health. WA has the second highest rate of death by suicide, 20 per cent higher than the national average.
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