WECT NBC Wilmington - After 52 years as a public hospital, New Hanover Regional Medical Center could be headed for new ownership.
County to consider sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center
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Police: Man dead after north Lincoln crash likely caused by medical episode
Lincoln Journal Star - The driver of a car who appeared to suffer a medical episode and crashed near 14th and Irving streets on Tuesday morning has died, police said.
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Medical Malpractice
WTVF CBS Nashville - Did you know the statute of limitations for medical malpractice cases is one year from the moment you find you about your injury?
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9 former guests of Atlanta hotel now have Legionnaires' disease
CNN - Nine former guests at a prominent Atlanta hotel have now been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, but medical investigators have not yet found the exact source of the bacterial infection,...
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UPDATED: Hubbard County K-9 officer, police officer hurt responding to suicide call
Detroit Lakes Online - Hubbard County's K-9 officer suffered a broken hand trying to apprehend a suspect Tuesday night, but his dog made the collar on his own. Park Rapids police officer Justin Frette was bitten during the scuffle and required medical attention to clea...
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Bicyclist struck and seriously injured on Clove Rd. in West Brighton
Staten Island Advance - One person was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in serious condition, says FDNY.
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2 charged with murder in fatal shooting of Oklahoma man
AP - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - First-degree murder charges have been filed against two people in the shooting death of the manager of an Oklahoma medical marijuana dispensary.
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LMU DCOM student receives minority scholarship
Morristown Citizen Tribune - Andrew Villaseñor, a fourth-year osteopathic medical student at Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine has been awarded a 2019 Sherry R. Arnstein Minority Scholarship in the amount of $5,000.
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Brain Scans Find Differences But No Injury In U.S. Diplomats Who Fell Ill In Cuba
NPR - A close look at the brains of 40 U.S. government employees who developed mysterious symptoms in Cuba has found no evidence of injury. The State Department has said the embassy workers were hurt by some sort of attack, in what became known as "Havana syndrome." Advanced brain imaging techniques did reveal some subtle differences in the workers' brains, says Ragini Verma, a professor of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania and an author of the study published in this week's JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. But those differences "do not reflect the imaging differences that we see in [traumatic brain injury] or concussion," Verma says. "All you can say is something happened, which caused their brain to change," she says. And even that conclusion was challenged by brain scientists who have been skeptical that any diplomat was attacked or injured. The differences could have been random or simply the result of different life experiences that can change the br
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Clarkson professor named National Science Foundation program director
- POTSDAM ? A Clarkson professor was recently been named program director of the biomechanics & mechanobiology program within the division of civil, mechanical and manufacturing innovation, directorate for engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Laurel Kuxhaus, an associate professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University, comes to the position directly from serving as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Congressional Fellow in Bioengineering. She has been working on Capitol Hill this year in the office of Congressman Lipinski, learning about how Congress works and crafting science and technology policy. Key accomplishments include the drafting of the Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act, and the Medical Device Sterilization Challenges Act of 2019. "It's been an incredible experience to work on Capitol Hill for the year and see how policy is created at the top," said Kuxhaus, "I look forward to servi
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Rochester man dies in Wyoming County jail
WIVB CBS Buffalo - An autopsy will be performed by the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office.
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Textured breast implants tied to rare cancer recalled
AP - WASHINGTON (AP) - Medical device maker Allergan Inc. is recalling a type of breast implant linked to a rare form of cancer.
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Recall Alert: Textured Breast Implant Tied To Rare Cancer Taken Off U.S. Market
WCBS CBS New York City - Medical device maker Allergan Inc. is recalling a type of breast implant linked to a rare form of cancer.
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MDHHS: No significant increase in cancers near Viant Medical Facility
WZZM ABC Grand Rapids - The review was conducted to determine if there were more cases than expected in the area after elevated levels of ethylene oxide were discovered in January 2017.
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James McCurry (Died: July 21, 2019)
Greeneville Sun - JONESBOROUGH ? James McCurry, 93, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday at Johnson City Medical Center.
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Allentown depletes reserve fund to provide cushion for health care budget
Lehigh Valley Morning Call - Allentown has emptied its risk fund reserve to shore up its ever-expanding health care budget. City Council voted unanimously last week to transfer the remaining $1.5 million in the risk management fund's unappropriated balance to the line item for medical, dental, vision, drug, life insurance and other benefits offered to the city's roughly 800 employees and retirees under age 65.
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Dr. Ross Markello, 88, retired head of anesthesiology at Erie County Medical Center
Buffalo News - June 7, 1931 ? July 18, 2019 Dr. Ross Markello was so enthusiastic about his studies at the University of Buffalo Medical School that he convinced two of his?
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'Nawaz Sharif held captive by enemies toying with his life,' says Maryam Nawaz
DAWN - The PML-N leader decries "criminal negligence" at the hands of the government who "were sitting on his medical report".
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UPDATE 3-Health insurer Anthem's medical costs overshadow earnings beat; shares sink
Reuters - Anthem Inc on Wednesday said medical costs were higher than expected in its Medicaid business that sells health plans for low-income customers, and the health insurer's shares fell nearly 5%.
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ICMR launches forum to improve data collection and use
The Hindu - The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)'s National Institute for Medical Statistics (ICMR-NIMS), in partnership with Population Council, launched the National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) here on W
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