Retired Nurse Has DNR Tattooed On Chest - North Country Gazette
May 18, 2006

North Country Gazette

Retired Nurse Has DNR Tattooed On Chest North Country Gazette - 21 hours ago DECORAH, IOWA---If Mary Wohlford should become incapacitated, she doesn't want to be resuscitated and she's made her wishes known in an unusual manner----she's stated it with a tattoo on her chest. Woman Gets 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' Tattoo CBS News all 66 related

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Kaiser scolded over bungled hot line for kidney transplants San Jose Mercury News - 3 hours ago OAKLAND, Calif. - Kaiser Permanente must immediately improve a hot line for patients being transferred from its troubled Northern California kidney transplant center after callers were unable to reach a clinician ... Kaiser Told to Fix Problems With Kidney Patient Hotline Los Angeles Times Kaiser wraps up transplant unit UCSF, UC Davis preparing to accept ... San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento Business Journal - United Press International - CBS 5 - Phoenix Business Journal - all 18 related

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4 more tainted medicines linked to Qiqihar China Daily - 1 hour ago Authorities yesterday said four more drugs made by a Heilongjiang Province drugmaker in the center of a medical scandal are tainted with a poisonous industrial ingredient. Fake drug case handed over to Guangdong police Xinhua Harsh penalties needed to discourage counterfeit drug production ... Mainichi Daily News Shanghai Daily - TODAYonline - NewKerala.com - all 15 related

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Pravda

Brain surgery patient dies, others alerted Seattle Post Intelligencer - 8 hours ago LITTLETON, Colo. -- Officials at a suburban Denver hospital were alerting brain surgery patients after another patient died of a rare degenerative brain ailment called classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the hospital said Thursday. CJD confirmed in Denver patient Monsters and Critics.com Littleton Adventist: We exposed patients to brain disease Denver Business Journal KRDO - The Coloradoan - Rocky Mountain News - KTRE - all 122 related

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Are vitamins good for you? Jury's out, NIH panel says Chicago Tribune - 15 hours ago WASHINGTON -- More than half of US adults use multivitamins, mostly the pretty healthy people who also eat nutrient-fortified foods. Panel Finds Conflicting Data on Multivitamin Benefit Washington Post Panel neutral on multivitamins USA Today Daily Mail - UK - SeniorJournal.com - Medical News Today - Seattle Post Intelligencer - all 247 related

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FDA Urged to Approve Cervical Cancer Vaccine Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago A federal advisory panel Thursday unanimously recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve a vaccine that has been shown to prevent cervical cancer, the second leading cause of cancer among women worldwide. Panel Urges Approval of Vaccine for Cervical Cancer New York Times Cancer vaccine has risks, says FDA San Jose Mercury News Bloomberg - Bradenton Herald - Voice of America - Washington Post - all 715 related

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Voice of America

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UK Health Service Must Fund Care Abroad, Court Says (Update1) Bloomberg - May 16, 2006 UK citizens should be reimbursed for overseas operations when the treatment can't be carried out at home in a reasonable amount of time, the European Union's highest court ruled today. You can get quick surgery abroad - and charge the NHS, court rules Times Online State faces bill for patients who go abroad for surgery Irish Examiner The Herald - EUobserver.com - Medical News Today - RTE.ie - all 182 related

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Reuters

FDA Approves Parkinson’s Disease Drug WebMD - 3 hours ago May 18, 2006 -- The FDA has approved the drug Azilect (rasagiline) for the treatment of Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease. New drug to treat Parkinson's disease OK'd Seattle Post Intelligencer UPDATE 1-US FDA approves Teva drug for Parkinson's Reuters Wall Street Journal (subscription) - BusinessWeek - Reuters.uk - The State - all 201 related

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WHO Investigating Human Bird Flu Cases in Indonesia Washington Post - 12 hours ago JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 18 -- An international team of health investigators arrived on Indonesia's Sumatra island Thursday to determine whether an unusually large cluster of human bird flu cases indicates that the highly lethal virus has mutated into a ... Indonesian Bird Flu Cases Raise Transmission Fears (Update1) Bloomberg Sumatra pigs carry bird flu virus -minister Scotsman The Age - eTaiwan News - BBC News - Food Consumer - all 276 related

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Panel Urges Approval of Vaccine for Cervical Cancer New York Times - 37 minutes ago A vaccine that blocks viruses that cause most cervical cancer is safe and effective and should be approved, a federal panel recommended on Thursday. Cervical cancer vaccine seeks FDA approval Monsters and Critics.com US Gives Preliminary Approval to Vaccine Aimed at Preventing ... Voice of America Washington Post - Reuters - Reuters.uk - Forbes - all 684 related

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Voice of America

Gear up rural areas to fight bird flu -WHO Reuters AlertNet - 17 hours ago Health services are sorely lacking in rural areas of many countries and these must be beefed up should the H5N1 bird flu virus trigger a pandemic, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. WHO Official Says Lessons of SARS Can Prepare Countries for New ... Voice of America SARS: the inside story from WHO and the lessons Samoa.ws CBC.ca - United Press International - TODAYonline - MedIndia - all 17 related

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US urged to allow wider emergency contraception Reuters - 1 hour ago A leading international medical journal has called on the US Food and Drug Administration to dismiss political pressure and allow emergency contraception to be sold without a prescription. The Pill That Kills—Available at a Doctor Near You The Conservative Voice Doctors Tell Women to Take Emergency Contraception Sooner Rather ... Voice of America South Bend Tribune - New York Post - all 20 related

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Pravda

CJD confirmed in Denver patient Monsters and Critics.com - 1 hour ago A Denver hospital Thursday said a patient who underwent brain surgery in February had Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other patients might be at risk. Brain surgery patient dies, others alerted Seattle Post Intelligencer Fact Sheet: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease TheDenverChannel.com KRDO - Denver Business Journal - The Coloradoan - Rocky Mountain News - all 105 related

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North Country Gazette

Iowan spells out wishes for caregivers DesMoinesRegister.com - May 16, 2006 Decorah, Ia. - Eighty-year-old Mary Wohlford has informed family members of her wishes should she ever become incapacitated. She also has signed a living will that hangs on the side of her refrigerator. Retired Nurse Has DNR Tattooed On Chest North Country Gazette Granny gets DNR tattoo on her chest Sploid (satire) CBS News - all 66 related

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Questions on defibrillator reliability International Herald Tribune - May 17, 2006 A study based on Food and Drug Administration records from the past 10 years found that about 164,000 emergency defibrillators - or about one of every five units sold during the period - were subject to an agency recall or alert. Good News: Lots of Public Defibrillators, Bad News: Many Don't ... SeniorJournal.com Study Finds High Rate of Recalls of Heart Devices Used in ... New York Times Political Gateway - HealthCentral.com - all 19 related

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Voice of America

WHO book lashes China over SARS Taipei Times - May 15, 2006 A new book published by the WHO praises Singapore and Vietnam for swiftly tackling the SARS crisis in 2003, but slams China for threatening the rest of the world by withholding information and denying the disease outbreak in the critical early months. Gear up rural areas to fight bird flu -WHO Reuters AlertNet WHO Official Says Lessons of SARS Can Prepare Countries for New ... Voice of America CBC.ca - United Press International - TODAYonline - MedIndia - all 17 related