Can money buy a patient a faster transplant?

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is recovering from a liver transplant. One detail seems odd: The surgery took place at a hospital in Tennessee, some 2,000 miles from Jobs’ home in northern California. Why Tennessee?
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How to get help in a hurry in the ER

Emergency rooms have become more crowded since the recession. In this week’s Empowered Patient, ER doctors reveal the secrets of getting good service in the emergency room.
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Obama takes health care push to the airwaves

President Obama took his case for major health care reform to the airwaves Wednesday night in a nationally televised health care forum while congressional negotiators tackled numerous proposals relating to coverage and cost control.
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Weight-loss surgery cuts cancer risk in women

Weight-loss surgery can sometimes reverse type 2 diabetes and ease other obesity-related conditions. Now, new research suggests that obese women who undergo bariatric surgery experience a 42 percent drop in their cancer risk.
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Health care battle intensifies for Obama, Congress

The struggle to overhaul health care is expected to reach a fever pitch Wednesday.
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Kissing a cleft lip goodbye: Adnan heals

Adnan Saleh, a toddler from Egypt, is one of Operation Smile’s lucky young patients, chosen to get surgery to repair a cleft lip. Follow him on his journey.
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Girl Scout Meetings Provide An Opportunity To Increase Girls’ Physical Activity

A kinesiology researcher trained Girl Scout leaders to instruct exercise sessions and promote healthful eating among their troops. The girls in the intervention troops were less sedentary than those not in the interventions, and performed higher levels of exercise during troop meetings.
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Steve Jobs recovering after liver transplant

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is recovering after undergoing a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, Tennessee, the institute’s program director said Tuesday.
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Exercise Improves Functional And Psychological Ability And Reduces Steroid Need In Rheumatoid Arthritis

Undertaking a supervised exercise program can have beneficial effects on functional status and physical function, reduce the need for daily corticosteroid and anti-inflammatory intake and improve levels of depression and anxiety in people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new study.
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Doctor rescued from Antarctica in 1999 dies at 57

Nearly a decade after she was rescued from a remote Antarctic research station after diagnosing herself with breast cancer, Dr. Jerri Nielsen died early Tuesday, her brother said. She was 57.
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