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“Headache” Diagnosed

by Allan Appel | Jan 29, 2008 3:07 pm | Comments (0)

School officials said Heriberto Hernandez’s son was a “headache.”  It turned out the headache was a symptom of a school staffing & communication disorder involving school nurses and the administration of medicine. Full story here.

Hillary Questioned On Health Care

by Leonard J. Honeyman | Jan 28, 2008 3:02 pm | Comments (0)

During her Connecticut campaign stop. Full story here.

Docs Learn To Listen

by Melinda Tuhus | Jan 28, 2008 9:56 am | Comments (0)

Two Yale doctors learned to listen to their patients after Anna Deavere Smith (pictured) watched them and recreated their conversations.

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St. Raphe’s Fined $12,000

by Paul Bass | Jan 23, 2008 11:27 am | Comments (1)

After discovering two non-fatal overdoses of patients, the state’s public health chief has reprimanded the Hospital Of St. Raphael and ordered changes in how it handles patients’ pressure sores and administers medication.

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A Soft Focus On The Body

by Staff | Jan 18, 2008 1:12 pm | Comments (0)

The project started right here in New Haven, where Anna Deavere Smith collected the words of doctors and patients while serving as visiting professor at the Yale School of Medicine.  The project soon spilled beyond the walls of the Yale-New Haven Hospital, though, and by the time the project was completed, she had interviewed athletes and supermodels, healers and hospice-workers, human rights activists and war criminals. The result is a world premiere on the Long Wharf stage, exploring the health care system. Click here for Christopher Grobe’s review

Cancer Treatment Distinguishes Between Black & White

by Melinda Tuhus | Jan 14, 2008 2:22 pm | Comments (0)

Several years after the medical establishment identified racial disparities in cancer treatment, a new study from these researchers at Yale University shows little progress has been made in addressing the problem.

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City Employee Eyes Mountain Bike

by Allan Appel | Jan 14, 2008 9:11 am | Comments (3)

Joe Clerkin had his eye on winning a spiffy mountain bike as the city rolled out the second year of its Employee Wellness Program with a raffle for gym bags and other good health-related stuff.

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“Path To Wellness” Found

by Melinda Tuhus | Jan 14, 2008 8:47 am | Comments (0)

A crowd coming to Edge of the Woods seeking “wellness” found it upstairs, where they learned about alternative approaches to a healthy life from practitioners with expertise from around the world.

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D.C. Delegation Presses Rell On Tobacco $$$

by Paul Bass | Jan 9, 2008 5:22 pm | Comments (0)

Connecticut’s Congressmen—all seven senators and representatives (including Rosa DeLauro, pictured)—want answers from the governor about where all that tobacco settlement money is going.

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Firefighters’ Asbestos Exposure Probed

by Paul Bass | Jan 8, 2008 9:41 am | Comments (0)

Were firefighters exposed to asbestos when they battled the three-alarm blaze that destroyed half of a downtown block on Dec. 12? New Haven aldermen want to find out—and to get a handle on the city’s potential liability. Full story here.

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