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Jailed, Mentally Ill Rape Victim Sues Houston

HOUSTON —The 25-year-old rape victim, frightened and long-suffering from mental illness, agreed in December to testify against the Houston man who brutally assaulted her in 2013. She hoped to put him behind bars for life. But that decision to testify landed her in the Harris County jail for more than a month over the Christmas […]

July 26, 2016

Ohio Institutions Get $4.8M for Training

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Eighteen universities, medical schools and hospitals in Ohio have been awarded almost $4.8 million in federal funds as part of an effort to boost access to primary care. The workforce grants were recently announced by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.Agency officials say the money will help fund education and training […]

July 26, 2016

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Legislators Knew Pot Law Had Flaws, Senator Says

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some apparently unconstitutional portions of Ohio’s medical marijuana law, which set aside a percentage of the state’s pot licenses for minorities, were spotted during legislative debate but left in the bill to gain needed votes, a key lawmaker says. State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, said legally prickly provisions exposed by […]

July 26, 2016

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Can super-sizing start with baby bottles?

As a country, we have a weight problem. A stunning two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, putting them at risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer and all the other health problems obesity brings. While there are myriad reasons we are getting fatter as a nation, one very real and simple one is that […]

July 21, 2016

Meet the Colorado doctor helping Hispanic families with Type 1 diabetes

The roads that led Dr. Andrea Gerard-Gonzalez to the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora weren’t all eight-lane expressways. A few of them weren’t even covered in asphalt. But each can be seen as a metaphor in the journey that brought her to Colorado, where she is making an […]

July 21, 2016

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Apathy of gov’t, a reason for high record of disease

The absence of funding and commitment on the part of government have been cited as one of the contributory factors to the increasing cases of sickle cell disease in Ghana. It is estimated that about a quarter of Ghanaians live with the condition unknowingly. According to the Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana, government has shown […]

July 21, 2016

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Charlize Theron: HIV spread through sexism, racism, homophobia

Durban (CNN) — Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron was born and raised in South Africa, where she grew up around HIV and experienced people dying from AIDS. Now 40, she blames society — not the infection — for why the virus still persists. On Monday, Theron took the stage before 18,000 doctors, researchers, activists, policymakers and […]

July 21, 2016

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Nevada Bomber Had Lost Nursing License

LAS VEGAS — A former nurse who authorities say killed himself shortly before exploding two powerful bombs targeting his former boss in a rural Nevada town had previously been investigated for unaccounted morphine at the hospital where he worked, state documents indicate. The state said it investigated Glenn Franklin Jones for two incidents in 2015 […]

July 21, 2016

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Gift to College Includes Memoir of Civil War Nurse

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. Confederate currency, bone dice and a memoir from a nurse who also was a Union spy are among a 3,000-piece Civil War collection that the University of St. Mary in Leavenworth is adding to its library. The Bobby D. Lawrence collection was a gift from the Lawrence family of Leavenworth, The Kansas City […]

July 21, 2016

Family Sues Over Death Outside Hospital

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —The family of a Florida woman who died outside a hospital after she was forcibly removed by police has filed a federal lawsuit against those who forced her exit. Frances Scott, who is the personal representative of the estate of Barbara Dawson, filed it against Calhoun Liberty Hospital, including two of its former […]

July 21, 2016

Congressman dies after cancer battle

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rep. Mark Takai of Hawaii has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his office announced Wednesday. He was 49. “The Takai family thanks the people of Hawaii for their support during this difficult time,” said an official statement issued by the congressman’s office, which noted Takai was surrounded by his family. […]

July 21, 2016

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Op-Ed: Data ignores health care challenges for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Six years later, more than 20 million people have gained health coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While this is an achievement worth celebrating, millions continue to go without health insurance and finding them can be difficult due to lacking data from previous enrollment periods. Are all communities and groups being counted in […]

July 19, 2016

Recent Police Shootings Draw Attention to Veterans’ Mental Health

CHARLOTTE — In the past two weeks eight law enforcement officers have lost their lives at the hand of a shooter. The most recent killings happened on Sunday when Gavin Long killed two Baton Rouge officers and a sheriff’s deputy. In Dallas, five officers were killed by shooter Micah Johnson. Both of the shooters had […]

July 19, 2016

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Roof’s mental state emerging as key issue in Charleston church killings

CHARLESTON- The mental state of Dylann Roof of Columbia, an avowed white supremacist, has emerged as a key issue in his upcoming federal death penalty trial for killing nine African-American church members. Prosecutors and defense lawyers discussed procedural issues connected to Roof’s state of mind at a hearing Monday before U.S. Judge Richard Gergel without […]

July 19, 2016

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Hawaii Nurses Can Approve Medical Marijuana

HONOLULU — Hawaii patients have more options to gain access to medical marijuana now that nurses can certify people for use of the drug, a change advocates say was needed because there’s a shortage of doctors willing to do the certifications. Gov. David Ige signed a bill July 11 updating the state’s medical marijuana dispensary […]

July 19, 2016

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Black Doctors Ignore Distrust to Save Police Lives

DALLAS — When officers who’d been shot by a sniper in downtown Dallas started showing up at Parkland Memorial Hospital, trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams went to work, pushing aside the inner conflict he faces every day as a black man who’s fearful when encountering police. He sees the news about black men dying […]

July 19, 2016

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UMass Gets Nursing Grant for Addiction, Mental Health

AMHERST, Mass. —— The University of Massachusetts-Amherst nursing school has received a nearly $900,000 federal grant to help student nurses recognize and help patients suffering from substance abuse and mental illness. The program is called SBIRT, which stands for screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment. It’s an approach for delivering early intervention and treatment […]

July 19, 2016

E.R. on S.D. Reservation Reopening

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A shuttered emergency room at a government-run hospital on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation is reopening after seven months. Chris Buchanan, acting Great Plains area director for the Indian Health Service, told tribal officials in an email that the facility was reopening July 15, the Argus Leader newspaper reported. It’s been […]

July 19, 2016

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