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CNBC - The FDA said it's not sure how many or even which specific medical devices, like insulin pumps or pacemakers, are vulnerable to getting hacked.

Houston Chronicle - RENO, Nev. (AP) ? Authorities have identified the pedestrian who was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the edge of downtown Reno over the weekend as 38-year-old Travis Stratton. Witnesses told police Stratton laid down in the middle of Fourth Street near Evans Avenue at about 10:50 p.m. Saturday before he was hit by a full-sized pickup truck that fled the scene. Police are still looking for a suspect in a light-colored pickup similar to a Dodge Ram. The Washoe County medical examiner's office says Stratton was pronounced dead at the scene. His city of residence is unknown. Anyone with information should call Reno police at 775-334-2141.

WTNH ABC New Haven - Hartford HealthCare added St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport its list of facilities on Tuesday.

AP - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ? A hospital system that serves a large part of rural west Alabama temporarily quit accepting new patients after a ransomware attack crippled some of its computer systems Tuesday. Brad Fisher, a spokesman for DCH Health System, said its hospitals in Tuscaloosa, Northport and Fayette began diverting most new patients to Birmingham and elsewhere after the attack became apparent in the pre-dawn hours. The most critically ill new patients were still being treated, he said, and officials didn't anticipate having to discharge patients because of the attack. Ransomware software made it impossible for some computer systems to communicate with each other, but no patient data was believed to be lost, Fisher said. Medical staff members had to use paper copies in place of digitized records. "Your nurse can chart on you and that information is still there," he said. "But things like being able to take images and making them available to be read, that sort of thing ... ha

Japan Times - The proposals from the agency include improving counseling to persuade hunger strikers to eat, forced medical treatment and information sharing and monitoring by detention workers.

Jerusalem Post - The Jerusalem Post has learned that already on Thursday, at a detention hearing before the IDF West Bank courts, he complained of various pains from his interrogation by the Shin Bet.

KOMU NBC Columbia - Housing authority seeks to enforce no drug policy.

Reuters - In the first few days of the four-month ban on all vaping products in Massachusetts, Laura Lee Medeiros, a medical marijuana patient, began to worry.

Seattle Times - A remote-operated vehicle, akin to an underwater drone, located the bodies in 110 feet of water, south of where James Le's unanchored boat was found Sept. 2. The King County Medical Examiner's Office will identify the bodies and determine cause and manner of death.

Cincinnati Enquirer - Two coonhounds will tie the knot this Sunday at Braxton Brewery Company. Proceeds go towards medical, training and food expenses for rescue dogs.

KFVS CBS Cape Giradeau - The VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff is hosting a walk-in flu shot clinic the week of Oct. 16 and at other community VA clinics on Oct. 25.

India Times - New Delhi, Oct 2 () The Delhi High Court has directed the government to provide clean drinking water and regular medical examination to the Delhi Traf

FOX News - She said she didn't tell anyone her makeup was fake because she assumed that they would know.

Connecticut Post - Be afraid. Be very afraid, even if you're not easily spooked. Because today's Halloween attractions won't rest until they make you scream like a schoolgirl. Or a grown man opening his medical bill. Wayne Barneschi of Scare Crew Productions, Inc., which runs Trail of Terror in Wallingford, said the scare business is pretty good these days. "I believe Haunted Attractions are becoming a huge part of autumn activities and they have come a long way in the last few years," he said. "Connecticut has some good quality haunts." Barneschi saidTrail of Terror upwards of 30 scenes and 150 actors that "try to immerse our customers into a place where they have never been before.

WATE ABC Knoxville - (ABC NEWS) ? Sen. Bernie Sanders, 78, was hospitalized in Las Vegas, Nevada, ABC News has learned. "During a campaign event yesterday evening, Sen. Sanders experienced some chest discomfort. Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted. Sen. Sanders is conversing and

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WMAQ NBC Chicago - R. Kelly on Wednesday was denied bail during a status hearing in New York after the singer's attorneys filed a motion stating Kelly is suffering from multiple medical issues while in jail and asking to...

Irish Times - Author of CervicalCheck report says patients forced into long legal proceedings

Irish Times - Doctors trained outside Ireland account for almost 43 per cent of those on the medical register

Indianapolis Star - Hamilton County prosecutors on Monday charged Steven C Bauer, 50, with two counts of felony theft and two counts of felony forgery.

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