Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Watch: Reality Star Lori Allen Fights Breast Cancer | Redux

Watch: Reality Star Lori Allen Fights Breast Cancer

Where the web was born
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Medical group warns that cheerleaders are in just as much danger as the athletes they root for. External links are provided for reference purposes. ABC News is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites. Copyright © 2012 ABC News Internet Ventures. Yahoo!

Watch: Reality Star Lori Allen Fights Breast Cancer

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Unemployment may trigger heart attacks, study suggests | Reduction

Unemployment may trigger heart attacks, study suggests

Have You Given Blood Lately?
Have You Given Blood Lately? by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
License (according to Flickr): United States Government Work
Excerpt:

A new study from Duke University researchers finds older American workers who lost a job may be about 20 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack, a percentage that climbs as job losses mount. The overall heart attack risk however remains small, but for some of those in the study who already were at risk because of an unhealthy lifestyle, it may be enough to push them over the edge. "Any significant additional risk is important," said study author Dr. Matthew Dupre, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in Raleigh-Durham. Researchers analyzed data on more than 13,000 U.S. men and women aged 51 to 75 who were part of an ongoing health and retirement survey partly sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. Participants were interviewed every two years from 1992 through 2010 about their employment and health.

People:

Dr. Matthew Dupre

Overall Sentiment: -0.0460225

Relevance: 0.212605

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-0.041023"job losses," but it's likely the greatest risks for heart attacks were from being fired or laid off, said Dupre.
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.041023
  • Mean: -0.041023
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Sarah Burgard

Overall Sentiment: 0.137213

Relevance: 0.203394

SentimentQuote
-0.159971"There probably are differences in consequences of job loss when it's voluntary or more or less expected" and when it comes as a sudden shock, said Burgard.
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.159971
  • Mean: -0.159971
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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HealthCondition: heart attack

Overall Sentiment: -0.359033

Relevance: 0.896309

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Doc Shortage Could Cause Healthcare Crash | Reduction

Doc Shortage Could Cause Healthcare Crash

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Bagging and intubation training by Ano Lobb. @healthyrx
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
Excerpt:

The United States will require at least 52,000 more family doctors in the year 2025 to keep up with the growing and increasingly older U.S. population, a new study found. The predictions also reflect the passage of the Affordable Care Act -- a change that will expand health insurance coverage to an additional 38 million Americans. "The health care consumer that values the relationship with a personal physician, particularly in areas already struggling with access to primary care physicians should be aware of potential access challenges that they may face in the future if the production of primary care physicians does not increase," said Dr. Andrew Bazemore, director of the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Primary Care and co-author of the study published Monday in the Annals of Family Medicine.

People:

Stephen Petterson

Overall Sentiment: 0.346092

Relevance: 0.775887

SentimentQuote
0.133328"There needs to be more primary care incentive programs that give a bonus to physicians who treat Medicaid patients in effort to reduce the compensation gap between specialists and primary care physicians," said Petterson, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.133328
  • Mean: 0.133328
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Dr. Andrew Bazemore

Overall Sentiment: 0.0462642

Relevance: 0.766896

SentimentQuote
0.0447802"The health care consumer that values the relationship with a personal physician, particularly in areas already struggling with access to primary care physicians should be aware of potential access challenges that they may face in the future if the production of primary care physicians does not increase," said Dr. Andrew Bazemore, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0447802
  • Mean: 0.0447802
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Dr. Lee Green

Overall Sentiment: 0.244429

Relevance: 0.718022

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-0.0987676"It's pretty tough to convince medical students to go into primary care," said Dr. Lee Green, ...
0"They have to think about their debt," he said. ...
0.124916"They have to think about their debt," he said. "There are also issues of how physicians are respected and how we portray primary care to medical students."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0261484
  • Mean: 0.0087161333333333
  • Standard Deviation: 1

Dr. Randy Wexler

Overall Sentiment: -0.181191

Relevance: 0.617763

SentimentQuote
0"Who is going to care for these people?" he said. ...
0.0574545"Who is going to care for these people?" he said. "We are going to have problems just like Massachusetts. [They] are struggling with access problems; it takes one year to get into a primary care physician. Coverage does not equal access."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0574545
  • Mean: 0.02872725
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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FieldTerminology: health insurance coverage

Overall Sentiment: 0.119988

Relevance: 0.672851

Country: United States

Overall Sentiment: -0.0108528

Relevance: 0.589625

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StateOrCounty: Massachusetts

Overall Sentiment: 0.30621

Relevance: 0.510106

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StateOrCounty: Massachusetts.

Overall Sentiment: -0.350978

Relevance: 0.415451

Organization: Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.603559

Organization: American Medical Association

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.51664

Organization: Robert Graham Center

Overall Sentiment: 0.463809

Relevance: 0.492473

Organization: University of Alberta

Overall Sentiment: 0.0436789

Relevance: 0.434177

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

3 kids seriously hurt, 6 others injured in Bronx blaze | Essentials

3 kids seriously hurt, 6 others injured in Bronx blaze

Housing + open space
Housing + open space by La Citta Vita
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License
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NEW YORK -- Nine people were injured when a fire ripped through a residential building in the Bronx on Thursday, officials said. The blaze started at around 7:30 p.m. ET in Longstreet Avenue in Throgs Neck.  Three children were among those hurt, according to authorities. All nine victims were taken to Jacobi Medical Center. The three kids were listed in serious but stable condition. More news from NBCNewYork. com The cause of the fire remained under investigation late Thursday.  More from nbcnewyork.

3 kids seriously hurt, 6 others injured in Bronx blaze

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Facility: Jacobi Medical Center

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.858867

City: Bronx

Overall Sentiment: -0.278194

Relevance: 0.690978

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City: NEW YORK

Overall Sentiment: -0.330109

Relevance: 0.594115

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Physician-assisted suicide up for vote in Mass. | Reduction

Physician-assisted suicide up for vote in Mass.

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Should physician-assisted suicide be legal? Massachusetts voters will get to weigh in Nov. 6 on a ballot question that would make Massachusetts the third state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for people with terminal illnesses. Oregon and Washington are currently the only states that allow it. The measure would allow patients whose doctors say they have six months or less to live to obtain lethal doses of medication. Thirty-four states prohibit assisted suicide outright, while Massachusetts and six others ban it through common law. Jack Kevorkian dies, but physician-assisted suicide lives on Peter Goodwin dies at 83, aided by Death With Dignity Act he championed Man with locked-in syndrome dies at home week after losing euthanasia court case A September Suffolk University/7 NEWS poll found 64 percent of likely Massachusetts voters support the initiative.

People:

Dr. Marcia Angell

Overall Sentiment: 0.234816

Relevance: 0.559288

SentimentQuote
0.384161"If it was something that was legal and accepted, I think he would have lived longer and I think it would have been much easier for the family," Angell told ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.384161
  • Mean: 0.384161
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

John Kelly

Overall Sentiment: -0.17045

Relevance: 0.504233

SentimentQuote
-0.164228"If you go see a doctor and that doctor starts talking about assisted suicide, that might feel like a radical betrayal," Kelly added. ...
-0.164228"If you go see a doctor and that doctor starts talking about assisted suicide, that might feel like a radical betrayal," Kelly added. "I know it would for me."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.328456
  • Mean: -0.164228
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Jack Kevorkian

Overall Sentiment: -0.535012

Relevance: 0.398537

Peter Goodwin

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.381347

Al Lipkind

Overall Sentiment: -0.607724

Relevance: 0.343136

Dr. Richard Aghababian

Overall Sentiment: -0.146464

Relevance: 0.331987

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

HealthCondition: stomach cancer

Overall Sentiment: -0.224228

Relevance: 0.358009

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HealthCondition: prostate cancer

Overall Sentiment: -0.495966

Relevance: 0.347297

HealthCondition: AIDS

Overall Sentiment: 0.0684549

Relevance: 0.32078

Disambiguation: Organization | DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | CauseOfDeath | DiseaseCause | RiskFactor | Disease | OrganizationSectorReferences:

PrintMedia: New England Journal of Medicine

Overall Sentiment: 0.23796

Relevance: 0.354973

PrintMedia: New England Journal

Overall Sentiment: -0.466339

Relevance: 0.335012

RadioStation: NPR

Overall Sentiment: 0.652578

Relevance: 0.309056

Organization: Massachusetts Medical Society

Overall Sentiment: -0.105708

Relevance: 0.493819

Organization: Harvard Medical School

Overall Sentiment: 0.183942

Relevance: 0.364131

Company: CBS

Overall Sentiment: -0.185092

Relevance: 0.421811

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