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Syrian Hospitals Torturing Protesters: Amnesty
Wounded Syrian protesters would be well-advised to avoid state-run hospitals—because security forces and medical staff are torturing people within them, Amnesty International alleges in a new report....
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Garth Brooks Wins $1M From Hospital in Donation Flap
An Oklahoma hospital in Garth Brooks' hometown must pay $1 million to the country singer because it failed to build a women's health center in honor of his late mother, jurors ruled this evening....
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Physician Assistant Wins Harassment Award ... of $168M
A former physician assistant in the cardiac unit of a Sacramento hospital apparently made a very convincing case that the surgeons there were a bunch of jerks and leches: A jury awarded her $168...
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'Psychopathic' Doctor Accused of Killing Patients
An allegedly psychopathic doctor who tried to kill his own patients may finally lose his job in Australia after four years of complaints, the Courier & Mail reports. The doctor, whose name hasn't...
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After Hospital Shooting, Buffalo Cops Hunt Surgeon
Police in Buffalo are hunting a trauma surgeon and former military weapons expert they believe has gone from lifesaver to murderer. Timothy Jorden, 49, is suspected of luring his ex-girlfriend into a...
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Egypt: Mubarak Must Return to Prison
Hosni Mubarak is healthy enough to leave the military hospital where he's been staying and return to prison, Egypt's public prosecutor says. Mubarak had moved to the hospital last month amid mixed...
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Ohio Man Shoots Wife of 45 Years in Hospital
An Ohio man is facing a charge of attempted murder for what police believe was an attempted mercy killing. John Wise, 66, shot his wife of 45 years while she was in a hospital intensive care unit on...
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Billy Graham Hospitalized With Infection
Evangelist Billy Graham was admitted to a North Carolina hospital last night with an infection in his lungs, the AP reports. Doctors say he is receiving antibiotics for what is probably bronchitis, and...
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Willie Nelson Hospitalized, Misses Show
Willie Nelson never showed up at a fundraiser he was supposed to appear at in Denver Saturday—because he went to the hospital instead. "I was told Willie woke up and had trouble breathing, so he was...
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Transplant Patient Stuns Doctors When Heart Heals
Michael Crowe's near-miraculous story began with a mundane case of stomach flu. But when he went frozen on the family couch a couple of days later—staring and sweating while his mother tried to slap...
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Banker Chooses Life Despite Winning Right to Die
She won the right to die, but now she apparently wants to live. Grace Sun Eun Lee, a Manhattan banker with an inoperable brain tumor, won a court ruling to die despite the wishes of her highly devout...
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Reform Ties Hospital Payments to Patient Satisfaction
In a shift that is causing a lot of grumbling among health care professionals, payments to hospitals treating Medicare patients are being tied to patient happiness for the first time, the Wall Street...
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UN Group Seeks Ban on 'Baby Boxes'
Mothers across Europe can abandon newborn babies in a so-called "baby box"—incubators located discreetly outside some hospitals. But one UN committee is lobbying to overturn the practice, saying the...
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Girl Sought After Mom Sneaks Her Out of Hospital
Authorities are looking for an 11-year-old girl with leukemia and a heart catheter who they say could die in a matter of days if she isn't brought back to the hospital from which her parents removed...
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Nelson Mandela Hospitalized, 'Comfortable'
South Africans prayed today for the health of former President Nelson Mandela and anxiously awaited further word about the anti-apartheid leader after he was admitted to a military hospital. President...
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Girl Pulled From Hospital Safe in Mexico: Parents
A girl whose mom whisked her out of a Phoenix hospital against the advice of those treating the 11-year-old for leukemia is now receiving medical care in Mexico, her parents say. Doctors remain worried...
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Gunman Wounds 3 at Alabama Hospital
Authorities in Alabama say a man opened fire in a hospital this morning, wounding an officer and two employees before he was fatally shot by police. The officer and employees suffered injuries that are...
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Elder Bush in Intensive Care
A spokesman says former President George HW Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital. Bush's spokesman, Jim McGrath, said this evening that the former president has been in the ICU at...
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Mandela Leaves the Hospital
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released today from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said. The 94-year-old...
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Delhi Gang-Rape Victim May Need Organ Transplant
The woman who was gang-raped on a New Delhi bus has been flown to Singapore for treatment. The 23-year-old remains in 'extremely critical condition,' says a hospital rep, and she may need an organ...
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