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Centra chooses new location for internal medicine practice
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefCentra has selected a new location for an expanded internal medicine practice in Lynchburg. Leaders of the regional health care system have signed a contract to purchase 7.9 acres off Nationwide Drive. A Centra spokesperson says the site offers easy...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Specialization, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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OUR HEALTH: Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners are helping to meet the growing demand for primary care.
Ten thousand Americans turn 65 every day, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Not only is our population getting older, but it’s also growing at such a rate that by 2025 we will need an additional 52,000 family doctors. This...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), General Practitioners
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Neighborhood opposition leads Centra to rethink plans for doctor's office
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefNot in my neighborhood. That's what some in Lynchburg are saying about a proposed doctor's office. Officials with the Centra Medical Group want to move Lynchburg Internal Medicine to a new location. The current building on Thomson Drive is small and...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Specialization, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students get real life experience
WDBJ7 Intern ReporterThis is a big day for the first group of medical students at Carilion's Virginia Tech School of Medicine. It's a day that these students have waited for. On Monday, students from Carilion's Virginia Tech School of Medicine begin clerkships inside...Tags: Virginia Tech, Health and Medical Professionals, Health, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Internists
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Seniors stay healthy, lengthen life by exercising
![<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Danville senior citizen Jean Lloyd doesn't mind working up a good sweat to stay healthy. She walks and exercises at least four days a week and eats properly everyday.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Her run and moves aren't as quick as they once were, but it doesn't matter.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/322561660-12081956.jpg "<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";\">Danville senior citizen Jean Lloyd doesn't mind working up a good sweat to stay healthy. She walks and exercises at least four days a week and eats properly everyday.</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";\"> </span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";\"> Her run and moves aren't as quick as they once were, but it doesn't matter.</span>")
ReporterDanville senior citizen Jean Lloyd doesn't mind working up a good sweat to stay healthy. She walks and exercises at least four days a week and eats properly everyday. Her run and moves aren't as quick as they once were, but it doesn't matter. "I have...Tags: Heart Disease, Health and Medical Professionals, Cancer, Internists, Diabetes
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Pricey radiation no better post prostatectomy: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get an older and less costly form of radiation after their cancerous prostates are removed fare just as well as men who get a new and expensive type of radiation, according to a new study. "What we demonstrate is...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Research, Internists, Prostate Cancer
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Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate. She played the role of a "salty tongue," a Cambodian expression that paints...Tags: Gynecology, Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Culture, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study. "If you'...Tags: Stroke, Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Death, Diabetes
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Heart Failure, Malpractice, Breast Cancer, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health and Medical Professionals, Malpractice, Religion and Belief, Chemical Industry
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READER SUBMITTED: Bilingual Integrative Medical Practice Opens in Farmington
FarmingtonSald Primary Care & Integrative Medicine opened in May 1 with a treatment center in Farmington that offers patients access to a primary care physician, naturopathic physician, acupuncture and nutritional counseling. In addition, all support staff...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Conditions, Women's Health, Internists, Cornell University
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