Jan 27, 2013
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Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer
It’s been years since Graciela Hernandez had health insurance and although she has diabetes, the last time she saw a doctor was two years ago.
The Brawley resident does qualify for Medi-Cal, but her share of cost came out to be almost $1,000 a...
Jan 5, 2012
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The lack of physicians, both in general practice and in specialties around Imperial County is a problem that doesn’t seem to be getting much better. That fact has been long established, as local hospitals and physicians’ groups do what they...
Jan 22, 2012
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Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer/Copy Editor
Dr. Steve Bowen, DVM, Valley Veterinary Clinic
485 Broadway, Suite F, El Centro, CA 92243
760-352-1279
Tell us how you ended up in this line of wor k.
A job experience in college working with dairy cattle and sheep in a research project gave me my first...
Jan 8, 2011
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Experienced
Medical Asst.
Front/back office experience for Internal Medicine office. F/T position. Temp. 2mo. Excellent benefits.
Bring resume to:
528 G St.
Brawley, CA
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
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Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get an older and less costly form of radiation after their cancerous prostates are removed fare just as well as men who get a new and expensive type of radiation, according to a new study.
"What we demonstrate is...
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
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Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate.
She played the role of a "salty tongue," a Cambodian expression that paints...
May 20, 2013
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Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study.
"If you'...
May 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
May 16, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
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Nittany Lines
As his nearly 30-minute session Wednesday with reporters dragged on, Bill O'Brien went from angry to impatient. "How many more questions?" he asked the conference call's moderator. "Six," was the response. "Six?' O'Brien asked. "How about three." That was...
May 18, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
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The Hartford Courant
Until it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis.
That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...
May 18, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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Mental-health medicines
This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....
May 15, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
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Farmington Valley
Sald Primary Care & Integrative Medicine opened in May 1 with a treatment center in Farmington that offers patients access to a primary care physician, naturopathic physician, acupuncture and nutritional counseling. In addition, all support staff...