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Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000. This summer, the virus has been surprisingly tenacious in the U.S., refusing to fade away as flu viruses usually do. And health officials predict ...

MIAMI - A Vietnamese girl with a 16-pound facial tumor is in Miami awaiting surgery to restore her ability to eat and speak. Fifteen-year-old Lai Thi Dao suffers from a Schwannoma tumor that has been growing since she was 3. The tumor has severely disfigured her face and kept her from ever attending school. Doctors at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial ...

New breast cancer-detecting bra may go on sale within a couple years Two seemingly divergent, but both rapidly growing fields are cancer diagnosis/treatment and wearable electronics. The two, however, may soon be combining, thanks to new cancer-detecting garments. Leading the trend is the cancer-detecting bra invented by Professor Elias Siores, director of the Centre for Research and Innovation at the University ...

Doctors in Oxford, England, say they kept a woman's body alive for two days after her death to allow her to give birth. The Daily Mail said Monday despite the fact professional ice skater Jayne Soliman was declared brain dead last week, doctors were able to keep her body alive long enough to deliver her unborn child via Cesarean section. David ...

"I feel fantastic," he said. "I cannot wait to see my baby's face." In a tender and intimate moment, Thomas shares a cuddle with wife Nancy—before telling the News of the World of his secret hopes for the future. With four weeks to go, he sensationally reveals the couple are ready to have more babies after the birth of their daughter. ...

A heart-felt gift doesn't have to cost a fortune. Everyone is tightening their belts, but fantastic gifts are still available for the healthcare professional in your life. Check these great items: [page] Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, Atul Gawande [photo:29963] A follow-up to his first book, Complications, Better is a collection of twelve essays surrounding Gawande's life as a surgeon ...

CLEVELAND - Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman. Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the results of the nation's first face transplant, and her new look was a far cry from the puckered, noseless sight ...

NEW YORK — Drugstore operator Walgreen will offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year, providing tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics - though patients will still pay for precriptions. Walgreen said patients who lose their job and health insurance after March 31 will be able to get free ...

President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation's health care system without adding "one dime" to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars. The president's speech to Congress contained a variety of oversimplifications and omissions in laying out what he wants to do about health ...

LONDON - Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported Friday that their techniques were surprisingly effective, though complications exist and more work is still needed. "There is no reason to think these face transplants would not be ...

New mini robots soon to be injected into humans Modern medicine has yielded wonderful advances in cardiovascular surgery, which have saved many lives. Where blood clots or plaque on arteries too delicate for cut and sew operations were once untreatable and ultimately fatal, surgeons can now use catheters to reach many of these locations. Unfortunately, though catheters have their shortcomings. When ...

Because of its size and cost, Medicaid has been called the "workhorse" of the U.S. health system. Now it's front and center in the debate on overhauling the U.S health system and expanding coverage to the uninsured. With 60 million enrollees, Medicaid dwarfs other insurance programs, including its cousin, Medicare, which covers 44 million elderly and disabled people. Do you ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two University of New Mexico Hospital employees have been fired for using their cell phone cameras to take photos of patients receiving treatment and then posting the images to a social networking Web site. Director of Public Affairs Sam Giammo said Sunday the photos — mainly close-ups of injuries being treated in the Albuquerque hospital's emergency room over ...

Doctors who carried out surgery on a Japanese man to remove a "tumour" had good news and bad news for him. He did not have cancer -- but the "growth" that had been causing him pain was in fact a 25-year-old surgical towel. The patient had been carrying the cloth since 1983, when surgeons at the Asahi General Hospital in Chiba ...

Dr. Alexander Kalk, a family physician from Creve Coeur, Mo., has closed his practice and left the state as he faces charges of trashing patient records, sending threatening e-mails, not paying his staff and violating drug laws, among others. The Missouri Board of Healing Arts, which licenses and disciplines doctors, will hold a hearing Wednesday to address Kalk's "repeated negligence" and ...

Looking to spend a little more on gifts? These 10 gifts are all under $100 and perfect for a variety of healthcare professionals. [page] Medical Professional Teddy Bear [photo:30005] This teddy bear, wearing scrubs, is a fantastic gift for an adult or child. Say "Happy Holidays" or "Thanks!" with this great gift. Cost: $42.00 Good For: Nurses, Medical Assistants, Doctors, Physician ...

A Dean Health System manager removed a nurse from a minor surgical procedure last week -- in violation of medical protocol -- in order to lay her off, a spokesman for the company confirmed Monday. The abrupt removal, which spokesman Paul Pitas said posed no danger to the patient, came after the Madison-based health-care provider announced Wednesday that it planned to ...

Crisp white dresses and starched caps were required wear for nurses during much of Hazel Witte's 43-year career. But it was the tender touch of the human hand that attracted her to the profession and kept her there for most of her adult life. "It was the personal touch," said Witte, who turns 86 this month. "I felt like I was ...

When dermatologist Anthony Gaspari first saw photos of Dede, the Indonesian fisherman who has come to be known worldwide as "the Treeman," he figured they must be a hoax. The photos are all over the Internet. They show a man in his mid-30s whose skin is covered with bark-like lesions. And instead of fingers or toes, he appears to have roots ...

June 10, 2009 By HANA KIM 6 News Reporter PIGEON FORGE (WATE) -- An investigation into a Pigeon Forge nursing home has revealed disturbing allegations of employees taking dozens of nude and partially nude pictures and videos of residents. A 55-page document has been released by the state Department of Health outlining those incidents and others at the Pigeon Forge Care and Rehabilitation Center. The report ...