Miracle Transplant Gives Syracuse Woman New Life
After a year of waiting Sue Sprague undergoes a kidney pancreas transplant at University Hospital during Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week. The 35 year old diabetic faced surgery after a heart defect found last December was repaired. Her recovery includes lifelong medication costs and a June 22 benefit event to raise funds.
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Sprague
Sprague University Hospital
Syracuse
Cathy Byrne
Sue
Most Holy Rosary Parish
Roberts Ve
Bellevue Avenue
Doug
Ryan
Kristi
Rochester
Elizabeth Squiers
University Hospital
Byrne
Squires
Baenitot
Health Professions college renames and program expansions
The Health Science Center's College of Health Professions drops the word related from its title and outlines degree programs in cytotechnology vascular perfusion clinical laboratory science physical therapy radiation therapy technology medical radiography and cardiorespiratory sciences. It adds Jefferson Community College as a partner in the Guaranteed Opportunity for Leadership Development transfer program with senior year admission and required prerequisites. St Joseph's Healthcare Network offers a Worksite Wellness program including on site health assessments, screenings, flu shots and smoking cessation with pricing by participant count. Dennis Casey announces Dr Jasminder Luthra as director of emergency medical services at A L Lee Memorial Hospital Fulton. Luthra trained at Howard University and SMS Medical College and has been at the hospital since 1996.
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The
Health Science Center
College of Health Related Professions
College of Health Professions
Jefferson Community College
Jefferson
St. Joseph's
St. Joseph’s
Dennis Casey
A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital
Fulton
Jasminder Luthra
Luthra
Howard University
Washington, D.C
SMS Medical College
India
Three nurses join staff of Home Aides of CNY
Three nurses join Home Aides of CNY at the Syracuse and Central Square offices. Amy Thibault from Manlius becomes nursing manager for field staff overseeing paraprofessionals. Pam Wilson from Liverpool serves as nursing manager for quality assurance guiding quality improvement and private pay clients. Denise Maas from LaFayette is admissions nurse opening and monitoring the agency’s private pay caseload.
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CNY
Syracuse
Central Square
Amy Thibault
Manlius
Pam Wilson
Liverpool
Denise Maas
LaFayette
Doctor joins Health Science Center as family medicine professor
Dr. Lynn-Beth Satterly joins Health Science Center as assistant professor of family medicine with offices in the Madison Irving Building and admitting privileges at University Hospital. She earned her MD in 1992 from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed residencies at MCP and Somerset Family Practice. Her expertise includes women’s health child abuse and surgery.
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Lynn-Beth Satterly
The
Health Science Center
Madison Irving
Irving Avenue
University Hospital
Satterly
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Jersey
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Somerset Family Practice
High cholesterol gaps in treated women with heart disease
A Journal of the American Medical Association study of 2,800 women with heart disease finds that even among nearly 1,300 on lipid lowering drugs, about 40 percent fail to reach LDL goals set in 1993 and 63 percent miss the stricter 1988 targets. Researchers warn women may not receive aggressive cholesterol management equal to men.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Helmut Schrott
University of Iowa
Thomas Pearson
Merle Myerson
Pearson
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Myerson
Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute
Cooperstown
Schrott
Wyeth-Ayerst
Research
Couple guilty in teen death tied to faith healing
The Nixon parents were convicted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment for relying on prayer over medical care in their 16-year-old daughter Shannon Nixon’s death from untreated diabetes in Altoona Pennsylvania. The trial highlighted religious beliefs as a defense not valid under state law.
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Hollidaysburg
Ponvantiga
Lorie Nixon
Dennis
Shannon Nixon
Nixons
Faith Tabernacle Congregation
Shannon
Nixon
Charles Nixon
Faith Tabernacle
William Haberstroh
Clayton
Haberstroh
Blair County
Pennsylvania
California marijuana club raids spur legal clash
Federal agents raided the Flower Therapy Club in San Francisco’s Mission District at about 6 am seizing 331 marijuana plants 15 grow lights and other paraphernalia no arrests were made The club opened last September ahead of Proposition 215 which legalized medical marijuana for seriously ill patients Moore said authorities followed rules but think the operation violated law
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San Francisco
Mission District
Moore
Flower Therapy Club
Flower Therapy Club Run Aground Over Federal Marijuana Rules
Beth Moore and her Flower Therapy Club co-owners assert they followed all rules and secured a business license yet federal authorities raided the facility. DEA spokesman Stan Vegar states the club violated federal marijuana cultivation laws despite state propositions.
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Beth Moore
Flower Therapy Club
Moore
Sateen
Ranlh
Onedana Heath
Drug Enforcement Administration
Stan Vegar
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Sue Sprague
Health Science Center College
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Scripps Howard News Service
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Legal’ Marijuana Club
California
DEA
McCue
County Health Department
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