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• Nacogdoches Medical Center Health Network names new CEO - KTRE

  26-02-2020 23:41
  
  Nacogdoches Medical Center Health Network names new CEO  KTRE
  
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• Detroit Medical Center Prepares for Coronavirus Cases - WDET

  26-02-2020 23:36
  
  Detroit Medical Center Prepares for Coronavirus Cases  WDET
  
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• Legislature advances bill allowing nursing homes to administer medical cannabis - WHSV

  26-02-2020 23:32
  
  Legislature advances bill allowing nursing homes to administer medical cannabis  WHSV
  
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• Medical supplies used to treat Coronavirus shipped to Anniston, county leaders didn’t know about it - WAFF

  26-02-2020 23:30
  
  Medical supplies used to treat Coronavirus shipped to Anniston, county leaders didn’t know about it  WAFF
  
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• ACTIVE AGE | One strategy against surprise medical bills: Set your own terms - Texarkana Gazette

  26-02-2020 23:27
  ACTIVE AGE | One strategy against surprise medical bills: Set your own terms  Texarkana Gazette
  
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• American students attend medical school in Mexico to save money - 10News

  26-02-2020 23:15
  
  American students attend medical school in Mexico to save money  10News
  
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• UT Medical receives $10,000 to support breast cancer - WATE 6 On Your Side

  26-02-2020 23:08
  UT Medical receives $10,000 to support breast cancer  WATE 6 On Your Side
  
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• How Maine doctors determine medical exemptions from childhood vaccines - WMTW Portland

  26-02-2020 23:01
  How Maine doctors determine medical exemptions from childhood vaccines  WMTW Portland
  
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• One in Four — The Importance of Comprehensive Fertility Benefits for the Medical Workforce - nejm.org

  26-02-2020 23:00
  One in Four — The Importance of Comprehensive Fertility Benefits for the Medical Workforce  nejm.org
  
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• Ohio Church Pays Off Medical Debt For 45,000 Families - KTAB - BigCountryHomepage.com

  26-02-2020 22:38
  Ohio Church Pays Off Medical Debt For 45,000 Families  KTAB - BigCountryHomepage.com
  
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• Id Be Dead If Not For Medical Cannabis: HdG Sophomore - Havre de Grace, MD Patch

  26-02-2020 21:58
  
  Id Be Dead If Not For Medical Cannabis: HdG Sophomore  Havre de Grace, MD Patch
  
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• Global Medical Supply Could Be Impacted By Coronavirus - 9&10 News

  26-02-2020 21:54
  
  Global Medical Supply Could Be Impacted By Coronavirus  9&10 News
  
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• Tybee Island Police investigating medical call on the beach - WTOC

  26-02-2020 21:51
  
  Tybee Island Police investigating medical call on the beach  WTOC
  
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• Medical research class and other things to do in Greenwich - Greenwich Time

  26-02-2020 21:48
  
  Medical research class and other things to do in Greenwich  Greenwich Time
  
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• Stryker extends cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Wright Medical - OrthoSpineNews

  26-02-2020 21:25
  
  Stryker extends cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Wright Medical  OrthoSpineNews
  
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• American Medical Association, hospitals to spend $6M to close ‘life expectancy gap’ on Chicago’s West Side - Chicago Sun-Times

  26-02-2020 21:10
  
  American Medical Association, hospitals to spend $6M to close ‘life expectancy gap’ on Chicago’s West Side  Chicago Sun-Times
  
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• Healthcare costs for girl's rare medical condition exceed $37,000 per year - CBS News

  26-02-2020 21:06
  
  Healthcare costs for girl's rare medical condition exceed $37,000 per year  CBS News
  
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• #RSAC: How Medical Device Cybersecurity Could Improve - Infosecurity Magazine

  26-02-2020 21:04
  #RSAC: How Medical Device Cybersecurity Could Improve  Infosecurity Magazine
  
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• Wexner Medical Center Board provides updates on vaping research, James progress - OSU - The Lantern

  26-02-2020 20:33
  Wexner Medical Center Board provides updates on vaping research, James progress  OSU - The Lantern
  
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• Duval County Medical Examiner’s office expanding due to population growth, opioid epidemic - ActionNewsJax.com

  26-02-2020 20:19
  
  Duval County Medical Examiner’s office expanding due to population growth, opioid epidemic  ActionNewsJax.com
  
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• St. Paul Medical Device Developer Closes on $31M Fundraising Round - Twin Cities Business Magazine

  26-02-2020 20:09
  
  St. Paul Medical Device Developer Closes on $31M Fundraising Round  Twin Cities Business Magazine
  
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• Lebanon VA Medical Center unveils cancer facility | Berks and Beyond - Reading Eagle

  26-02-2020 19:56
  Lebanon VA Medical Center unveils cancer facility | Berks and Beyond  Reading Eagle
  
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• 2020 Airway Management Devices: Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Yahoo Finance

  26-02-2020 19:55
  
  2020 Airway Management Devices: Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment - ResearchAndMarkets.com  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Grand Rapids Penguins line up for annual medical exams at John Ball Zoo Michael Martin 1 - Fox17

  26-02-2020 19:35
  
  Grand Rapids Penguins line up for annual medical exams at John Ball Zoo Michael Martin 1  Fox17
  
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• LDL Equation May Be Due for Accuracy Upgrade

  26-02-2020 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- A way to calculate LDL cholesterol levels that gives more accurate results than standard equations for people with hypertriglyceridemia or very low LDL has been reported.The equation, which relies on β-quantification of...
  
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• Breaking: Car crashes into medical office in Holmdel - TAPinto.net

  26-02-2020 19:22
  
  Breaking: Car crashes into medical office in Holmdel  TAPinto.net
  
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• COVID-19 Requires 'An Entire Village' of Professionals

  26-02-2020 19:15 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Diagnostic testing, medical supply shortages and how to handle potentially infected travelers were on the minds of clinicians at the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting in Atlanta, who got a unique opportunity...
  
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• Wearable Medical Device Industry to Cross $93 Billion by 2027 - Data Security & Privacy Issues and Non-Availability of Reimbursement are the Key Challenges - Yahoo Finance

  26-02-2020 19:00
  
  Wearable Medical Device Industry to Cross $93 Billion by 2027 - Data Security & Privacy Issues and Non-Availability of Reimbursement are the Key Challenges  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Antipsychotic Shown to Change Brain in Psychotic Depression

  26-02-2020 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Antipsychotic use was associated with changes in certain brain structures among patients with psychotic depression, according to a secondary analysis of a multicenter randomized control trial.In a group of 72 patients in remission...
  
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• Advantech Next-level Medical Technology at HIMSS 2020 - Yahoo Finance

  26-02-2020 18:49
  
  Advantech Next-level Medical Technology at HIMSS 2020  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Poor Mental Health Support for Coronavirus Patients; Harms of Teens' Smartphone Use

  26-02-2020 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Mental health services for Chinese patients, family members, and healthcare professionals affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus are severely lacking, argue two commentators in The Lancet Psychiatry.Good news for bariatric surgery...
  
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• Artificial Lung Medical Devices - 2020 Pipeline Assessments - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Business Wire

  26-02-2020 18:15
  
  Artificial Lung Medical Devices - 2020 Pipeline Assessments - ResearchAndMarkets.com  Business Wire
  
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• Medical marijuana is third in revenue in Maine - NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ

  26-02-2020 18:06
  Medical marijuana is third in revenue in Maine  NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ
  
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• HHS officials warn of medical supply shortages amid coronavirus outbreak - MedTech Dive

  26-02-2020 18:02
  
  HHS officials warn of medical supply shortages amid coronavirus outbreak  MedTech Dive
  
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• Gut Diversity Before HCT Predicts Survival in Blood Cancers

  26-02-2020 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Microbiota composition--specifically the abundance of bacterial taxa before engraftment--may be prognostic of survival for patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation...
  
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• Poor cleaning can jeopardize sterilization of medical tools: Low temperature sterilization methods can create a path for transmission of bacteria - Science Daily

  26-02-2020 17:59
  Poor cleaning can jeopardize sterilization of medical tools: Low temperature sterilization methods can create a path for transmission of bacteria  Science Daily
  
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• First-Year WWAMI Medical Students Meet with State Leaders | News - University of Wyoming News

  26-02-2020 17:41
  First-Year WWAMI Medical Students Meet with State Leaders | News  University of Wyoming News
  
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• Medical examiner can't determine cause of death for Hampden woman - Bangor Daily News

  26-02-2020 17:36
  
  Medical examiner can't determine cause of death for Hampden woman  Bangor Daily News
  
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• ACIP: Offer Ebola Vax to Healthcare Workers With Exposure Risk

  26-02-2020 17:33 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA--The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend vaccination against Ebola for certain healthcare personnel and laboratory workers, including but not limited to those responding...
  
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• Pharmacological Cardioversion for Afib Effective in EDs

  26-02-2020 17:30 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Ian G. Stiell, Marco L.A. Sivilotti, et al.; Giorgio Costantino, Monica SolbiatiTarget Audience and Goal Statement: Cardiologists, emergency department physicians, anesthesiologistsThe goal of this study was...
  
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• Is DexCom (DXCM) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year? - Yahoo Finance

  26-02-2020 17:30
  
  Is DexCom (DXCM) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year?  Yahoo Finance
  
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• No coronavirus detected at White-Wilson Medical Center - The Northwest Florida Daily News

  26-02-2020 17:11
  No coronavirus detected at White-Wilson Medical Center  The Northwest Florida Daily News
  
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• Medical marijuana dispensaries targeted by dumpster divers - KFOR Oklahoma City

  26-02-2020 17:03
  Medical marijuana dispensaries targeted by dumpster divers  KFOR Oklahoma City
  
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• Vegetarian Diet Tied to Lower Stroke Risk

  26-02-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- Members of the Tzu Chi Buddhist communities in Taiwan who ate vegetarian diets showed markedly lower stroke risk than nonvegetarian members, researchers found.In one cohort, vegetarians had lower ischemic stroke risk (HR 0...
  
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• Other Shoe Drops for Novel LDL Drug

  26-02-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--FDA approved the bempedoic acid/ezetimibe (Nexlizet) combination drug for LDL reduction just days after the initial approval of the bempedoic acid-only formulation (Nexletol), the agency announced.The once-daily...
  
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• Community Care of West Virginia Chief Medical Officer serves on CMS technical expert panel on Opioid Management for Ambulatory Care Settings - WV News

  26-02-2020 17:00
  Community Care of West Virginia Chief Medical Officer serves on CMS technical expert panel on Opioid Management for Ambulatory Care Settings  WV News
  
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• Where top VCs are investing in medical and surgical robotics - TechCrunch

  26-02-2020 16:59
  Where top VCs are investing in medical and surgical robotics  TechCrunch
  
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• Medical examiner identifies homicide victim found near railroad tracks in Cleveland - WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland

  26-02-2020 16:40
  Medical examiner identifies homicide victim found near railroad tracks in Cleveland  WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
  
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• COVID-19 Therapies: Following a 'Blueprint' From Other Viruses

  26-02-2020 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  ]]>(MedPage Today) -- How do you treat an illness like COVID-19 for which there are no FDA-approved treatments? Capitalize on research on other viruses, experts told MedPage Today.Unlike influenza and other viruses, nothing is approved specifically...
  
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• To Help Seniors, Baltimore Program Pairs Medical Care With Home Repair - U.S. News & World Report

  26-02-2020 16:28
  To Help Seniors, Baltimore Program Pairs Medical Care With Home Repair  U.S. News & World Report
  
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