Maggot Therapy Returns as Wound Healing Aid
FDA approved maggots as a medical device for cleaning wounds. California physician Dr. Ronald Sherman leads a revival in wound care using maggots to remove dead tissue and release substances that kill bacteria and promote healing, with patients and hospitals gradually embracing the method amid broader interest in leeches and parasite-based therapies.
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FDA
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University of California, Irvine
Robert Kirsner
University of Minin
University of Iowa
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Pamela Mitchell
Akron
Ohio
Overweight activists protest obesity rap
Overweight activists rally against the medical campaign on obesity. NAAFA leaders from San Francisco and Madison defend self acceptance and fat liberation. They counter federal portraying obesity as a disease while Medicare changes blur lines to cover treatment.
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Marilyn Wann
San Francisco
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NAAFA
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N.J
Mary Ray Worley
Madison
Wis
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American Dietetic Association
Sacramento
Calif
Medicare
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the hospital Conference Room Kelly McDermott will present a marketing plan The agenda includes remodel updates home health annual report and performance improvement program West Nile Virus was found in Butler Douglas and Wyandotte counties bringing the total to 18 with Franklin also showing evidence of the virus Birds carry the virus and mosquitoes transmit it to horses and people
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Kelly McDermott
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Seniors Back Foreign Drug Imports and Price Talks
A Kaiser poll shows 80 percent of Medicare recipients support both importing prescription drugs from abroad and government negotiations to lower prices. Voters view last year’s GOP drug law unfavorably by about half, citing inadequate discounts, complexity, and benefits to makers and insurers. Democrats may gain edge in key states like Florida and Ohio.
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Ohio
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