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Zimbabwe police charge into crowd of doctors, nurses protesting health crisis
Associated Press WriterHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) _ Riot police charged into a group of doctors and nurses protesting Zimbabwe's deepening economic and health crisis, eyewitnesses said Wednesday as deaths rose sharply from a cholera epidemic blamed on collapsing infrastructure. The...Tags: Communicable Diseases, Epidemics and Plagues, Heads of State, Government, Riots
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Source: Probe looks at nephew in death of Kanye West's mom
Los Angeles TimesMore than a year after the death of rapper Kanye West's mother, state officials are conducting an investigation of her nephew, a registered nurse who oversaw her recuperation after her plastic surgery, according to a person with knowledge of the probe....Tags: Kanye West, Medical Specialization, Los Angeles, California
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Kanye West's cousin under investigation in death of the rapper's mother
More than a year after the death of rapper Kanye West's mother, state officials are investigating her nephew, a registered nurse who oversaw her recuperation after her plastic surgery, according to a person with knowledge of the probe.
Stephan Scoggins,...Tags: Justice System, State Budgets, Therapies, Plastic Surgery, Rap
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Some doctors likely to quit giving shots, citing poor vaccine reimbursement from insurers
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) _ About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Diseases, Medicine
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Phone therapy effective in retaining patients
Although a clinician and patient usually meet in person during psychotherapy sessions, they can also talk by phone. Now an analysis of 12 studies concludes that although phone psychotherapy may only be half as effective as in-person therapy for treating...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Medical Specialization, Behavioral Conditions, Depression, Medical Research
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At Showtime, bad is good
A drug dealer, a serial killer, a sex addict and a king with a penchant for beheading his comely wives -- bad sorts are doing a lot of good for Showtime.
It's quite a turnaround from five years ago, when the channel was best known for the gay drama...Tags: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Incorporated, Steven Spielberg, Edie Falco, Tony Soprano, Drug Trafficking
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Ruth C. Kammer, registered nurse, traveler
Ruth C. Kammer, a retired registered nurse and world traveler, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Nov. 23 at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 92. Ruth Clemmens was born in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park. She...Tags: Mobile, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases, Edenwald, Govans
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Doctors' Opinions Of The Financial Bailout Package
The Dot, burp, is still feeling the effects, burp, of Thanksgiving. It is not Thanksgiving Day that gets The Dot so much as the three days following, which really deserve to have their own holiday designation. Maybe they could be known as the Three Days...Tags: Medical Specialization, Hillary Clinton, Thanksgiving
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Frances Virginia Dentry, registered nurse
Frances Virginia Dentry, a retired registered nurse and family historian, died of cancer Nov. 20 at her Towson home. She was 88. Born Frances Virginia Bortner in Baltimore and raised on a family farm in White Hall, she was a 1937 Sparks High School...Tags: Anglican, American Revolutionary War, Real Estate Agents, Edward Taylor Jr., Hospitals and Clinics
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Linking HUSKY, Charter Oak Programs Proves Painful
Early this month, Bethany Rebstock had an abscessed tooth that hurt all the way to the bone. For insurance, the single mother of two had just switched — as she'd been told to do in two letters from the state — to United Healthcare's...Tags: Society, Richard Blumenthal, Jodi Rell, Private Health Care
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Some US doctors likely to quit giving shots, citing poor vaccine reimbursement from insurers
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) _ About one in 10 U.S. doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Diseases, Medicine
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Officials hope training program promotes lasting bonds between US and Iraqi doctors
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Being an ear, nose and throat specialist in Iraq doesn't feel so dangerous any more for Kareem, one of 27 Iraqi medical doctors who spent the past month learning about health care in the United States. Amid the violence in his country,...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Medical Specialization, Henry Ford, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicine
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