Tag: local updates
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Penrose-St. Francis announces January drives
The Blood Bank at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services has set its January schedule. People can donate at the Blood Bank itself, at Penrose Hospital at 2222 N. Nevada Ave., or attend one of the community blood drives, the hospital system said in a news release. Blood Bank hours: -Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. -Tuesday…
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Milk, eggs, bread … and a medical exam?
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels Photo by MARK REIS, THE GAZETTE MARK REIS
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Brazil toddler stuck with dozens of needles in ritual, police say
BRASILIA, Brazil — The stepfather of a 2-year-old boy found with 42 needles in his body confessed to jabbing them into the toddler during weeks of rituals with a woman he claimed received instructions through trances, Brazilian police said Thursday. Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, a 30-year-old bricklayer, told detectives that the woman went into a trance…
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Researchers search for ways to save wounded soldiers
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A soldier wounded in the Iraqi desert or the rugged mountains of Afghanistan is much more likely to die there than if he suffered the same wounds in the United States. Matthew Miller and his team of researchers at Texas A&M University want to change that, but it’s going to take…
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200 recalled swine flu vaccine doses in El Paso County
A small fraction of H1N1 vaccine in El Paso County is subject to a nationwide recall announced on Tuesday, and health care providers that may have received those doses are being notified by health officials. The recall is not over a safety issue, but comes because the affected doses are slightly less potent than the standard requirements. Children who…
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Baker’s dozen gets kidney transplants
WASHINGTON — Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation’s capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. “A whole new doorway of hope opened,” says Tom Otten, a suburban St. Louis police officer who…
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Health officials warn that ‘third wave’ of H1N1 could be coming
Cases of H1N1 flu have fallen sharply. Seasonal flu has not yet surfaced. Vaccinations for each are available across town. After a fall marked by doom-and-gloom flu news, El Paso County health officials indicated Monday that things are looking up. They are quick to point out, though, that the quiet may not last. Dr. Bernadette…
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Hep-C victims ask to sit in on scrub tech’s polygraph, medical tests
Twelve people who say former Rose Medical Center scrub tech Kristen Parker infected them with hepatitis C asked a federal judge Wednesday to allow them to attend her upcoming blood test, polygraph test and debriefing with prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is opposed to the victims’ attendance at the debriefing and testing. Prosecutor Jaime Peña…
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Bryant Gumbel says he has lung cancer
NEW YORK — Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he’s recovering from lung cancer surgery and treatment. The former “Today” show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago. He revealed his condition to Kelly Ripa while subbing for Regis Philbin on Tuesday’s…
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Low state funding could imperil CU med school’s accreditation
State funding for the University of Colorado’s medical school is so low that college officials are concerned the institution could lose its accreditation, CU president Bruce Benson told lawmakers Wednesday. While the School of Medicine, housed at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, is still fully accredited, its level of state funding has been listed…