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Dr. Robert F. Maronde, 88; helped create artificial kidney and computerized prescription drug system
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDr. Robert F. Maronde, a professor emeritus at the USC School of Medicine whose accomplishments included co-creating an artificial kidney in the late 1940s and developing an early computerized prescription drug system in the 1960s, has died. He was 88....Tags: Basketball, Medicine, Medical Specialization, Death and Dying
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Dr. Hugh R. Butt, 98; explored clotting and anti-clotting techniques at Mayo Clinic
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDr. Hugh R. Butt, the Mayo Clinic physician who discovered the role of vitamin K in clotting and developed anti-clotting techniques that paved the way for open-heart surgery and transplants, died Aug. 16 in Rochester, Minn. He was 98 and died of...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, North Carolina, Medicine, Colleges and Universities, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Gunman wounded after firing shots in Brooklyn
michael.frazier@newsday.comNew York police officers responding to a shots-fired call early Friday in Brooklyn wounded a 19-year-old gunman who was first to pull the trigger, authorities said. Meanwhile, a teenaged boy and a woman, who were apparently shot by the gunman before...Tags: Police Investigations, Assault, Police, Injuries, Murder
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Bears cornerback Tillman details daughter's heart transplant surgery
Chicago Tribune reporterTears came to the eyes of Bears cornerback Charles Tillman Friday in Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago as he spoke about three excruciating months watching his infant daughter, Tiana, struggle for life. "Never in a million years I thought my...Tags: Health Organizations, Lovie Smith, Football, Health Treatments, Heart Disease
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Waterbury Hospital Retains Heart Center
The Hartford CourantAdvanced care for heart attack and other cardiac patients will continue to be offered in Waterbury at least until the end of this year, the state's top hospital regulator ruled today. The Heart Center of Greater Waterbury has been threatened with closure...Tags: Waterbury, Therapies, Medical Services, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Health Treatments
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Mentally ill inmate shot with Taser twice in circuit court
South Florida Sun-SentinelDeputies shocked a mentally ill inmate twice with a Taser at the Broward County circuit court on Friday when the man asked to take a breather after a hearing, the Broward Public Defender's Office said. That office says David Jones, 22, of Hollywood,...Tags: Broward County, Mental Illness, David Jones, Justice System, Lawyers
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Lake County agrees with bid to preserve 1,500 acres
Hospital stays just became a bit more entertaining. The South Lake Hospital recently added entertainment options -- including movies, the Internet and video games -- for patients to use from their bedside. The Skylight ACCESS Interactive Patient...Tags: Game Playing, Movies
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Dalai Lama undergoing hospital tests in India
The Dalai Lama was doing well after undergoing initial tests in a hospital in western India on Friday and planned to participate in a 12-hour fast for peace, officials said. The Dalai Lama's doctors said there was "absolutely no cause for concern. All...Tags: Medical Conditions, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Religious Leaders
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Baby born on flight from Hong Kong to Australia
An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband. Judith Hamel, one of four doctors who helped deliver the 6 pound baby aboard the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to the southern...Tags: Transportation Accidents
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Mexican Supreme Court upholds legalized abortion law
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn a lopsided ruling, Mexico's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a year-old law in Mexico City legalizing abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The court rejected arguments by abortion opponents that the law violated the Mexican Constitution,...Tags: Sexual Assault, Justice System, Roman Catholic, Church and State Relations, Felipe Calderon
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Father of six killed in Wyandanch motorcycle crash
zachary.dowdy@newsday.comFrank Toney was on the brink of success, just days from opening his own urban clothing store on Wyandanch's commercial artery, when the father of six was killed in a crash on his motorcycle, police said. Toney, 34, of Wyandanch, died Wednesday within...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Clothing, Vehicles, Police, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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Garden City native Elizabeth Furlong dead at 22
keith.herbert@newsday.comLast week, Elizabeth Furlong was preparing to begin her senior year at Temple University in Philadelphia. The Garden City native enjoyed dinner Friday night with her mother and two aunts. On a hotel couch she feel asleep in a room she shared with her...Tags: Thanksgiving, Benjamin Franklin, David Letterman, Death and Dying, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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