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City Of Fort Smith Shores Up Budget With Savings From Wellness Program
ReporterThe City of Fort Smith's Wellness Program may deserve credit for the surplus that is shoring up the municipal budget. Directors voted to take 1.5 million from the account to keep from cutting employee pay. Fort Smith has given employees incentives to get...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Health, Heart Problems, Employees
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Military treats mentally distressed soldiers at combat site rather than returning them to US
Associated Press WriterFORWARD OPERATING BASE BOSTICK, Afghanistan (AP) — Sgt. Thomas Riordan didn't want to return to Afghanistan after home leave. He had just fought through a battle that killed eight soldiers, and when he arrived home his wife said she was leaving....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Defense, Disasters and Accidents, Colorado, Transportation Accidents
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Flu shots: Novartis ships flu vaccine early this year
Sentinel Staff WriterAfter many Americans were caught flat-footed during last flu season -- and vaccine makers had to rush to try to supply enough swine flu vaccine -- Novartis Vaccines has started shipping seasonal influenza vaccine to U.S. customers for the coming flu...Tags: Physical Therapists, Asthma, Diabetes, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Seasonal influenza vaccines approved and shipping
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has approved seasonal influenza vaccines produced by six manufacturers and at least two of the companies said they have already begun or will soon begin shipping the vaccines to U.S. customers. The...Tags: Vaccines, Flu, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Preventative Medicine
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Severe Hypotension or Stiff Arteries May Cause Extremely Low Diastolic Blood Pressure
Medical Edge from Mayo ClinicDEAR MAYO CLINIC: What are the causes of an extremely low diastolic blood pressure? ANSWER: Two circumstances typically can result in extremely low diastolic blood pressure. The condition may be associated with severe hypotension, or it could be caused...Tags: Allergies, Heart Failure, Plastic Surgeons, John Graves, High Blood Pressure
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The delicate balance of hand transplants
A successful hand transplant has a long list of ingredients: a motivated patient; a team of plastic surgeons, orthopedists, neurosurgeons and others to reattach bone, ligaments, nerves and blood vessels; and a suitable donor hand that matches the patient'...Tags: Physical Therapists, Nobel Prize Awards, Science, Surgery, Plastic Surgeons
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Local Doctors Train on New Laser for Prostate Surgery
AnchorDoctors at a local hospital are training on a new laser for prostate surgery that would give River Valley men a new option; surgery without the side effects. We were allowed inside the operating room to follow one of those men, who is getting the new...Tags: Chiropractors, Medical Procedures and Tests, Arkansas, Moody's Corporation, Surgery
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Prosecutor makes surprise claim in case against doctors, boyfriend-lawyer of Anna Nicole
AP Special CorrespondentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A prosecutor sprang a surprise claim Friday that Anna Nicole Smith was a co-conspirator in the actions that have brought her two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend to trial for over-prescribing and obtaining massive amounts of...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Chiropractors, Prosecution, Khristine Eroshevich, Plastic Surgeons
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Dynavax reports 2nd-quarter loss, hurt by higher operating expenses, costs of stock offering
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Drug developer Dynavax Technologies Corp. said Friday that higher operating expenses, weak revenue and costs linked to a stock offering drove it to a second-quarter loss, reversing a year-ago profit. Shares fell 14 cents, or...Tags: Hepatitis, Dynavax Technologies Corporation, Vaccines, Companies and Corporations, Financing and Stock Offerings
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Aetna, Caremark Agree To 12-Year Deal
Aetna and CVS Caremark have entered into a 12-year contract to administer the Hartford health insurer's pharmacy drug program. The deal will mean lower-prices for Aetna's corporate customers, which could then lower the cost of coverage. Aetna retains...Tags: Prices, Insurance, Social Issues, Aetna Inc., Career and Workplace
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Judge Bars Link To Anna Nicole Smith's Death
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Evidence linking Anna Nicole Smith's longtime companion Howard K. Stern and two doctors to her death will not be allowed by the judge presiding over their trial. Superior Court Judge Robert Perry said during a pretrial hearing Friday...Tags: Death, Khristine Eroshevich, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles
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Community Health Centers Flourish
On his first day in the new digs, Dr. Robert Dudley had already named the exam rooms and offices "the new luxury suite." "You're the third person to be in this room, ever," he told his patient, a 12-year-old girl in for her physical. She had been...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Social Issues, Jodi Rell, Family, Career and Workplace
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