Category Archives: Hospital

Ambulance makes stop to allow sick 83-year-old to vote

By doris | Published: November 5, 2010

Full Story at blogs.CNN.com An 83-year-old man cast his ballot from a stretcher after persuading an ambulance crew taking him home from the hospital to detour to his local polling station. Retired doctor Charles Gorby said he has never missed an election since he returned from World War II. He was not about to miss [...]

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5-Year-Old Skips Birthday Presents To Help Others

By doris | Published: October 23, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House Charities received a donation Wednesday that somehow seemed bigger than all of the rest. A 5-year-old Oakley boy donated money collected at his birthday party to help families in need. Magnus Knudsen and his family have volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House and Magnus decided that [...]

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A new kind of emergency room opens

By doris | Published: September 26, 2010

Full Story at WWLP.com SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – On some days, people could have to sit in an emergency waiting room for up to six hours. But now Springfield has an alternative to all the waiting. It’s like fast-food for your health. Doctors Express is the first nationally branded urgent care center on 415 Cooley [...]

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Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raises $58.9 million

By doris | Published: September 7, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LAS VEGAS — Despite the struggling economy, officials with the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon say contributions and pledges from this year’s Labor Day event totaled $58.9 million. While the amount was down from $60.5 million last year and a record $65 million in 2008, Lewis said he was pleased with the [...]

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Whooping Cough Makes Whopping Comeback

By doris | Published: August 29, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com Whooping cough sounds fantastically antiquated, up there with scurvy and St. Vitus Dance – diseases you didn’t think anyone in America got anymore. But whooping cough, named for the high-pitched “whoop” a person makes when inhaling, has made a comeback, with an incidence rate up by a whopping 2,300 percent since [...]

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J&J unit recalls 93,000 hip implant systems

By doris | Published: August 27, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Johnson and Johnson unit DePuy Orthopaedics, already in hot water with government regulators, issued a global recall Thursday of two hip aid systems after finding that more people than expected suffered pain which required additional surgery. DePuy, which has sold about 93,000 units of its ASR XL [...]

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Toddler walks two blocks to reach medical help for her father

By doris | Published: August 23, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Alesaundra Tafoya’s parents have been teaching their daughter about safety in their Northern California community, pointing out such safe havens as fire stations if she ever finds herself in trouble. They weren’t, however, expecting 3-year-old Alesaundra to call upon those lessons when one of them needed help — but [...]

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Man falls 25 feet from ride line at Disney park

By doris | Published: August 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 20-year-old man waiting in line for a ride at Disney’s California Adventure Park fell 25 to 30 feet Wednesday night, Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Rick Martinez said Thursday. The man was in the building housing the queue for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, when he put his [...]

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Plane crashes are sadly all too common in Alaska

By doris | Published: August 12, 2010

Full Story atYahoo.com JUNEAU, Alaska – Anyone who has ever stepped foot on an airplane in Alaska is keenly aware of the dangers that lurk in every mountain pass and cloud on the horizon. Ted Stevens was so mindful of the risks that he once called plane crashes an occupational hazard for politicians in Alaska, [...]

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Texas teen raises $1 million for hospital

By doris | Published: July 20, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com MCKINNEY, Texas — Ben Sater had vowed that before he went off to college, he would raise $1 million for the Dallas children’s hospital where he had received free treatments as a child. After eight years’ worth of fundraising golf tournaments for kids, the soon-to-be Austin College freshman has reached the [...]

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Yankees All-Stars remember Steinbrenner’s passion By the CNN Wire Staff

By doris | Published: July 18, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — New York Yankees All-Star players Tuesday remembered owner George M. Steinbrenner III as a demanding father figure who had a gentle side. “He was always good to be around, recalled pitcher Andy Pettitte. “He was tough. He was fair.” Stories about the larger-than-life Yankees owner, 80, provided a backdrop [...]

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6 Year Old Alarm Raiser My Hero, Says Mum

By doris | Published: July 4, 2010

Full Story at goodnewsblog.com Just as he was getting ready for school his mom collapsed right in front of his eyes. But 6 year old Owen Stanley didn’t panic. Instead, he called emergency services which rushed an ambulance to help out. “I’ve not been so well for a couple of months, then came down with [...]

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Breast cancer vaccine to go on trial within a year

By doris | Published: May 30, 2010

Full Story at Telegraph.co.uk The drug, which goes on trial within a year, has been shown to stop tumours ever appearing and also to attack those that are already present.If successful, researchers say GPs could offer it to women before they reach their mid-40s, when the risk of breast cancer starts to rise steeply.The drug [...]

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Boy, 6, dies during visit to dentist

By doris | Published: May 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com RICHMOND, Va. – The mother of a 6-year-old boy who died during a visit to the dentist is struggling to get answers on what went wrong. Crystal Lewis said she took her son, Jacobi Hill, to the Virginia Commonwealth University dental clinic on Tuesday to get several of his teeth capped. [...]

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Historic Manhattan hospital shuts doors

By doris | Published: May 3, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After 161 years of treating survivors of major catastrophes, from the sinking of the Titanic to the attacks of September 11, and leading early HIV treatments, New York’s St. Vincent’s Hospital closed Friday. Faced with financial troubles and mounting debts, the historic hospital was forced to shutter its operations. [...]

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