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Patty Duke Died Of The Most Common Condition You’ve Never Heard Of0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- April 1, 2016
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says sepsis affects more than 1 million Americans each year–over 258,000 die from it. Yet many of us don’t even know what sepsis is, no less how to prevent it. The death this week of Academy award-winning actress, Patty Duke, put a spotlight on this all too common condition. The cause was listed as an intestinal infection that led to sepsis.
READ MOREPatriots’ Tom Brady Helps Mentor Find Kidney Donor0
- Health & Healing
- January 30, 2012
New England Patriots' Quarterback Tom Brady distributed this flyer online to help find a kidney donor for retired football coach Tom Martinez through MatchingDonor.com, a nonprofit organization that helps interested living donors communicate their options. Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are awaiting a kidney transplant, and nearly 3,000 people are added to the United
READ MOREPatients’ Tremors Stopped After New Non-Invasive, Pain-Free Brain Surgery0
- Health & Healing
- January 25, 2012
A procedure called MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery, a non-invasive, pain-free brain surgery, was recently used successfully to treat debilitating essential tremors in two women. Dr. Jeff Elias, associate professor of neurology at the University of Virginia, used ultrasound waves, focused to a specific point located by using an MRI machine, to treat the part of
READ MOREPatients, too, turn to the Internet for fund-raising0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- November 22, 2011
With a few keystrokes, friends and strangers can help defray treatment costs for patients who have started fund-raising campaigns on web sites like IndieGoGo, which is becoming increasingly popular. The New York Times, 11/21/2011
READ MOREPatients rarely told about medication errors0
- Health & Healing
- January 16, 2013
Patients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes with their medicines, according to a new study. Reuters, 1/11/2013
READ MOREPatients in the Dark on Medical Costs, Study Finds0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 25, 2012
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco found that medical costs vary wildly from hospital to hospital. People often fail to ask ahead of time what a procedure is going to cost, and then they suffer from sticker shock when they get the bill, especially if insurance isn't picking
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