Feb
07

Well: The 'Monday Morning' Medical Screaming Match

I did not think I would ever see another “morbidity and mortality” conference in which senior doctors publicly attacked their younger colleagues for making medical errors. These types of heated meetings were commonplace when I was a medical student but have largely been abandoned.Yet here they were again on “Monday Mornings,” a new medical drama on the TNT network, based on a novel by Dr. Sanjay Gupta,...
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EveryBlock shuts down

Hyper local news and social media site EveryBlock.com has shut down, the company said Thursday."Though EveryBlock has been able...
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Feb
06

Cops: Salon bandit was paying for cocaine habit

Jason Logsdon, 41, of Evanston has been charge with 11 counts of armed robbery. The man accused of holding up hair salons in...
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Dick Morris dropped by Fox News

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Dick Morris will no longer be serving as a contributor at Fox News, a spokesperson for the network told TheWrap.Morris’ contract had recently expired, and Fox will not be renewing it, the spokesperson said.Morris, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton who later turned into a harsh critic for the Clintons, had been a longtime contributor to Fox, but has not appeared...
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Personal Health: Effective Addiction Treatment

Countless people addicted to drugs, alcohol or both have managed to get clean and stay clean with the help of organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous or the thousands of residential and outpatient clinics devoted to treating addiction.But if you have failed one or more times to achieve lasting sobriety after rehab, perhaps after spending tens of thousands of dollars, you’re not alone. And chances...
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Chicago sees surge in foreclosure auctions

More than 35,000 homes and small multifamily buildings in the Chicago area completed the foreclosure process last year, the...
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Feb
05

Te'o, Cutler make top five in poll of most-disliked athletes

Manti Te'o listens to a question during an off-camera interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap. ...
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Well: Warning Too Late for Some Babies

Six weeks after Jack Mahoney was born prematurely on Feb. 3, 2011, the neonatal staff at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., noticed that his heart rate slowed slightly when he ate. They figured he was having difficulty feeding, and they added a thickener to help.When Jack was discharged, his parents were given the thickener, SimplyThick, to mix into his formula. Two weeks later, Jack was back in the...
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Deficit hits 5-year low, but cuts drag economy

WASHINGTON -- The federal deficit will drop to less than $1 trillion for the first time in five years, but massive spending...
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Feb
04

Super Bowl ratings down from a year ago

NEW ORLEANS— ...
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