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OUR HEALTH: Highland Ridge Rehab Center opens in Dublin
A dream will be fulfilled this month when Highland Ridge Rehab Center in Dublin opens their new 33,000 square-foot rehabilitation addition.
The project will enhance their philosophy of person-directed services for their culture change model. Culture...Tags: Health Treatments, Family, Arts and Culture, Music, Health
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Pfizer recalling nearly 1 million birth control pills
Pfizer Inc. is recalling 28 lots of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave
women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally.
The drugs are marketed by...Tags: Health Treatments, Health, Birth Control, Washington, DC, Family Planning
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Senate rejects amendment to ultrasound bill
Sen. Janet Howell says if pregnant women should have to get an ultrasound before having an abortion, men
should have to undergo additional medical procedures before getting a prescription for erectile dysfunction.
Howell expressed her disdain for...Tags: Erectile Dysfunction, Health Treatments, U.S. Senate, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Janet D Howell
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Haitian girl undergoes 6 hour surgery, successfully
Weekend Anchor/ReporterShe was burned over 30 percent of her body when she fell into a fire as a child. But on Wednesday, a Haitian teenager underwent a six hour surgery at Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery that will change her life. It was a lengthy and delicate...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Nursing, Orthopedic Surgery, Health
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Haitian teenager will receive life-changing surgery in Blacksburg
Weekend Anchor/ReporterA Haitian teenager will soon undergo life changing surgery at Lewis Gale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg. Keithia Sirena was badly burned when she fell into a fire as a child. The serve burn caused her the ski of her arm to attach to her...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Physical Therapy
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Susan Bahorich's Blog
Comments, questions, concerns, story ideas, etc. email me at: sbahorich@wdbj7.com
January 4, 2012
Happy New Year, Baby New Year!!!!
Welcome to the first edition of the 2012 Blog-horich.
I've been slacking people, I'm sorry!
First off, Happy belated...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health (music group), Ryan Phillippe, Interior Policy, Hospitals and Clinics
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Yeast Infection, Diarrhea, Social Sciences, Ear Tube Placement, Heart and Circulatory System
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Pfizer recalls a million packets of birth control pills
In a terrifying bit of news for women trying to avoid pregnancy, Pfizer Inc. is recalling roughly a million packets of birth control pills that may have inaccurate tablet counts that could also be out of sequence.
Though the mistake won’t cause...Tags: Health Treatments, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health, Birth Control, Family Planning
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Liking yourself just the way you are
Special to the Los Angeles TimesYou know it's tough out there when fashion and beauty executives think that even a model's body isn't good enough to sell clothes or that a celebrity's natural face isn't up to par, even with makeup. The website Jezebel reported in early December that...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Substance Abuse, Julia Roberts, Jane Fonda, Kim Kardashian
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Hospitals are making room for alternative therapies
As hospitals elbow one another to attract patients, increasingly they're hoping to tap into Americans' interest in — and willingness to spend money on — complementary and alternative therapies such as acupuncture and massage.
According to a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Medical Research, Senior Health, Medical Research
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Salt therapy: A cure for breathing and skin problems?
Floridians have easy access to the beach, but some people with allergies and lung conditions say they need even saltier air to clean them out.
At spas opening up in Florida and throughout the country, clients sit in special rooms infused with high...Tags: Boynton Beach, Human Body, Lungs and Airways, Nose, Coughing
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New Avastin tests add to confusion over use in breast cancer
In November, following an emotional public hearing some months earlier, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew approval for the cancer drug Avastin for patients with metastatic breast cancer — the late-stage, incurable form of the disease. The...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Human Body, Heart Failure, Genentech Inc., Chemotherapy
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