Category Archives: Doctors

Giffords makes public appearance with husband

By doris | Published: June 28, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords made a public appearance Monday evening in Houston with her astronaut husband at a NASA function, a spokesman said. The Arizona congresswoman appeared alongside Mark Kelly, who received a Spaceflight Medal during an awards ceremony at Space Center Houston. “Personally, I was not surprised at [...]

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Report: Congressman urged to get psychiatric help

By doris | Published: February 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PORTLAND, Ore. — Senior staffers of U.S. Rep. David Wu were so alarmed over the Oregon Democrat’s erratic behavior just days before the November election that they demanded he enter a hospital for psychiatric treatment, a newspaper reported Friday evening. The Oregonian, citing interviews with a number of anonymous staff members, [...]

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Giffords arrives at Houston hospital

By doris | Published: January 21, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com HOUSTON — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords got a dramatic send-off from her hometown Friday as throngs of sign-carrying well-wishers lined the streets to wave at the ambulance taking the wounded congresswoman from the hospital to the airport, where she was flown to Houston just two weeks after she was shot. The trip [...]

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Horse-drawn wagon delivers White House Christmas tree

By doris | Published: November 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The White House shifted into Christmas mode on Friday as Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha accepted the gift of an 18½-foot Douglas fir from Pennsylvania as the official White House Christmas Tree. A military band played “Oh Christmas Tree” during the ceremony.Story: Obama needs 12 stitches after being hit [...]

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Carter checked at hospital after falling ill

By doris | Published: September 29, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com CLEVELAND — Former President Jimmy Carter, on a trip promoting his new book, developed an upset stomach on a flight to Cleveland on Tuesday and was staying at a hospital overnight at his doctor’s recommendation. Carter’s grandson, Georgia state Sen. Jason Carter, said his 85-year-old grandfather was doing fine. “He’s definitely [...]

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GOP divided on how to replace health overhaul law

By doris | Published: September 19, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Republicans are promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul if they win control of Congress. But with what? Not even they know. Some have proposed major changes to workplace coverage, even turning Medicare into a voucher plan. Many prefer small steps that tiptoe around political [...]

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Doctor: Bill Clinton’s prognosis excellent after stent procedure

By doris | Published: February 12, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton has shown “no evidence of heart attack or damage to his heart,” and his prognosis is excellent after undergoing a procedure Thursday to restore blood flow in one of his coronary arteries, according to his doctor. Clinton, 63, was hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian [...]

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Liberals see health care hero in freshman Florida lawmaker

By doris | Published: October 9, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com A little more than a week ago, few Americans had heard of Rep. Alan Grayson, who represents the Orlando area, and more than a handful of his congressional colleagues may not have been able to pick the 6-foot-4, 51-year-old out of a lineup. But that was before the combative Bronx-born congressman [...]

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Surgeon General Pick A Paid Adviser To Burger King

By doris | Published: August 15, 2009

Full Story at Blogs from CNN.com In the midst of perhaps the most contentious national debate since the Vietnam War, President Obama has nominated a paid consultant for Burger King to be the nation’s top doctor. Can you spell tone-deaf? Dr. Regina Benjamin has been paid 10-thousand dollars since last year to serve on a [...]

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False ‘death panel’ rumor has familiar roots

By doris | Published: August 14, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The stubborn yet false rumor that President Obama’s health care proposals would create government-sponsored “death panels” to decide which patients were worthy of living seemed to arise from nowhere in recent weeks. Advanced even this week by Republican stalwarts including the party’s last vice-presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, and Charles [...]

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White House open to new tax on health benefits

By doris | Published: June 29, 2009

Full Story At News.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The Obama White House left open the possibility Sunday that the president would break a campaign promise and raise taxes on people earning less than $250,000 to support his health care overhaul agenda. White House adviser David Axelrod said the administration wouldn’t rule out taxing some employees’ benefits to [...]

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Democrats fear Obama health care plan ‘on the rocks’

By doris | Published: June 22, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com One of the Democratic advisers told CNN there is fear within the party that the president’s signature issue is “on the rocks” because of dramatically high cost estimates for separate bills being drafted by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts and Max Baucus, D-Montana. The Congressional Budget Office’s estimate for the Kennedy bill [...]

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