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1 hr ago | Patch.com

Help Bridgeville 3-Year-Old Fight Leukemia

A replenishment blood drive in Bridgeville on May 26 will support a local child who recently was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.

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Related Topix: Bridgeville, PA, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Hospital Administration, Medicine

2 hrs ago | The Courier

Charges pending for suspect in girl's stabbing

Prosecutors in Johnson County are still developing charges for a man arrested in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old girl.

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Related Topix: Johnson County, AR, Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Hospital Administration, Hartman, AR

6 hrs ago | Great Bend Tribune

Dr. Markiewicz brings new procedures to St. Rose

To say that Dr. Richard Markiewicz is animated when he talks about the procedures he performs would be an understatement.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cardiology, Hays Medical Center, Hospital Administration, Missouri

10 hrs ago | KFOXTV

Ala., boy makes progress after brain tumor

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS MAY 18-19 - In this April 18, 2013 photo, Kevin Kennedy and his mom, Jennifer, sleep together in at the East Alabama Medical Center while being treated for a broken arm in Auburn, Ala.

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Related Topix: East Alabama Medical Center, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Auburn, AL

13 hrs ago | WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Toddler not expected to survive severe injuries; Police suspect abuse

A 20-month-old boy is not expected to survive after suffering severe head injuries.

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Related Topix: Blairsville, PA, Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Hospital Administration

17 hrs ago | KMIZ

Cloning stem cells: What does it mean?

A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Hospital Administration, Genetics

21 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Pharmaceutical company fined in deaths of 2 monkeys

Bristol-Myers Squibb accidentally killed a crab-eating macaque in 2011 when its cage was run through the wash cycle while the primate remained locked inside, according to an inspection report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Related Topix: Bloomsbury Publishing, Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Publishing, Media, Medarex, Medicine, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmaceuticals, Agriculture, Science

Fri May 17, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.

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Related Topix: Hilliard, OH, Shepherd Center, Hospital Administration, Medicine

MediLexicon

Consuming Less Sugar-Sweetened Beverages May Reduce Kidney Stone Risk

Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Hospital Administration, Nephrology, Nursing, Health

WMUR-TV Manchester

Man flown to hospital, treated for burns following house fire

Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a home on Sweet Hill Road in Plaistow around 2:45 a.m. Friday.

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Related Topix: Plaistow, NH, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Business Journal

Johns Hopkins, MedStar both clear important hurdle on proton therapy projects

A Washington, D.C., advisory committee OK'd bids from Johns Hopkins Medicine and MedStar Health to build costly proton therapy centers on Thursday, leaving both just one step from final approval to proceed on the high-tech cancer treatment programs, the Washington Business Journal reported.

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Related Topix: Johns Hopkins Medicine, Hospital Administration, Medicine

Anchorage Daily News

Child mental health disorders rising, cost society $247 billion annually

And the rate is increasing, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which produced the study, released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Psychiatry

Business Journal

CNA plans Friday strike at four East Bay hospitals, spares San Leandro

The California Nurses Association plans to carry out a threatened walkout at four East Bay facilities run by Sutter Health , but is excluding San Leandro Hospital from its seven-day strike, CNA said May 16.

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Related Topix: San Leandro, CA, Medicine, Nursing, Sutter Health, Hospital Administration, Alameda County, CA, Oakland, CA

Business Journal

Head of Kaiser Permanente union coalition to step down

John August , executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, is stepping down this summer, Kasier officials confirmed Thursday.

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Related Topix: Kaiser Permanente, Hospital Administration, Medicine

Thu May 16, 2013

ABC News

Toner Thief Got $1.5M in Chip Bags

Modern workers have struck another form of "black gold": printer toner, part of the $50 billion per year companies may lose to employees stealing from the office, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Related Topix: Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Startups, Publishing, Media, IGN Entertainment, News Corporation, Century Media Records, Ottaway Newspapers, Music

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Jogger falls off bluff to his death in Red Wing

First responders were called to the bluff's north side shortly before 9 p.m. on reports of someone needing medical assistance.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Luther Midelfort - Mayo Health System, Sports

CNN

Criminal fraud at an Indian drug company

On the morning of Aug. 18, 2004, Dinesh Thakur hurried to a hastily arranged meeting with his boss at the gleaming offices of Ranbaxy Laboratories in Gurgaon, India, 20 miles south of New Delhi.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Ranbaxy Laboratories, World News, India, Asia Travel, Delhi, India Travel, India Travel, Travel, GlaxoSmithKline, Medicine

NBC San Diego

Abandoned Boat Found in La Jolla

San Diego Lifeguards say the 19 foot Bayliner was spotted at the end of Nautilus Street around 5:45 a.m. There were six life jackets spotted in the area a few yards away from the boat but no one is in the area officials said.

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Related Topix: La-Jolla, CA, La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medicine

JD Supra

'Ranbaxy Resolves Criminal and Civil Charges Through Record Settlement'

On May 13, 2013, generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy USA Inc. , a subsidiary of Indian generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, pled guilty to seven felony charges as part of a global settlement pursuant to which Ranbaxy will pay a total of $500 million to resolve criminal and civil False Claims Act liability.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Food and Drug Administration, World News, India, US News

Wed May 15, 2013

Herald Star Online

Annual golf outing

Members of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce gathered for the annual golf outing Tuesday at the Steubenville Country Club.

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Related Topix: Jefferson County, OH, Steubenville, OH, Medicine, Trinity Health System, Hospital Administration

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