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Inmate death ruled natural
A 58-year-old male inmate from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles who died Tuesday while getting medical treatment in Burbank was identified as Thomas Chu of Rosemead, officials said Friday. Coroners officials so far have ruled it a...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Seminole Ridge captures flag football title again
It was the perfect ending for seniors Madison Harding, Megan O'Hara and Michelle Valero. They were an important part of a second consecutive state championship team who finished off a dominating undefeated season in style as the Seminole Ridge High...Tags: Valero LP, Sports, High School Sports, Football
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Man sentenced for stealing money meant to pay for his wife's dialysis
Authorities say a Berks County man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $530,000 in health insurance payments intended for his late wife's kidney dialysis. Darwin D. Dieter, 53, of Kempton, was sentenced to serve 18...Tags: Kutztown, Prisons, Punishment, Theft
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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...Tags: National Football League, NFL Pro Bowl, Terry Bradshaw, Authors, Champ Bailey
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LVH honors 34 at its Friends of Nursing celebration
HealthThirty four clinicians and seven care teams recently received awards at Lehigh Valley Health Network's Friends of Nursing Celebration. The program was attended by more than 725 colleagues and community members at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. The awards are... -
Restaurateur's death shrouded in mystery
Seven months after Giacomo Ruggirello died in a spectacular fire at his Highland Park home, his shuttered Italian restaurant a few miles away remains frozen in time. The white tablecloths at Trattoria Giacomo are still set for dinner service, napkins...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lawyers, Judges, Prosecution, Recipes
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Woman gives kidney to stranger
After more than a year of suffering from Stage 5 kidney failure, Eddie Beatrice decided to look online for a kidney donor. "It was Jan. 1 [2013] and I said, 'Today is the day I'm going to take back control of my life,' " said Beatrice, 51, of North...
Tags: Sepsis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Human Interest, Renal Failure
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Michigan firefighters seek workers' comp for cancer
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In May 2009, then 36-year-old Sterling Heights firefighter Chris Slezak, went to his doctor on a Monday because he felt out of shape and worn out. By that Friday, Slezak, who was active and healthy his entire life, got his...
Tags: Politics, Leukemia, Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses, Crime, Law and Justice
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New Kidney Center helps those at risk
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Nephrologists traditionally are brought in to care for patients who are suffering from chronic or end-stage kidney disease and approaching the need for dialysis. But two doctors at the Memorial Kidney & Hypertension Center want to intervene...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance, High Blood Pressure, Parent Organizations, Health and Medical Professionals
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Organs needed: You could save a life
PETOSKEY — It's a hard subject for Tina Stead to talk about -- how her family's life changed in what seemed like an instant. Tina, 32, and her husband Mike, 31, have been together for 12 years. The Boyne City couple has three children -- sons,...
Tags: Cardiologists, Stroke, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Letters: Medicare and Amgen
Re "Remove Medicare's straitjacket," Opinion, March 29 Art Kellerman misunderstands why Congress delayed inclusion of oral-only drugs in the Medicare payment bundle for dialysis services. It wasn't to give Amgen and other drug makers a major windfall;...Tags: Medicare, Amgen Inc., Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Congress, Government Health Care
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Should seniors qualify as living donors?
Robert Brown was healthy, willing and a good match: So why not give a kidney to his wife, who otherwise would need dialysis? There was just one potential obstacle: Brown was 74, an age once unthinkable for a kidney donor. For this retired psychologist...
Tags: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Hospitals and Clinics, Mayo Clinic, General Practitioners, Johns Hopkins University
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