Large signs with flashing lights, clever electric signs with moving graphics and ads that identify a store by brand or content are important. But there were no electric signs before Edison invented the light bulb, so what did they use? The cigar store sign — a life-size, carved […]
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JFK Medical Building sold for $5.6 million
Mike Diamond | Special to the Post PALM SPRINGS — A Coral Gables-based company has bought the 37-year-old JFK Medical Building for $5.6 million, nearly double its assessed value. The sale, which was made through an online auction, underscores the high demand for distressed and medical office assets as inventory in the market remains […]
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Introducing SnapCab Care: Office pod manufacturer and Kingston medical community come together to develop mobile exam room for COVID-19 Assessment Centre | News
Video: Introducing SnapCab Care KINGSTON, ON, June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – SnapCab, a leader in developing workspace privacy solutions that are flexible, high quality and safe to use, has collaborated with a Kingston, Ontario medical expert to develop SnapCab Care, a new mobile medical exam room for the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) […]
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Minimum wage hike, Family and Medical Leave Act take effect Jan. 1; here’s what businesses and workers say it means to them
NORTHAMPTON — Jeremiah Micka has been dealing with a lot lately. Like many, the owner of the Union Station complex in Northampton — which includes the Tunnel Bar, the Roosevelt Room banquet facility, the Platform Sports Bar and a patio bar called The Deck — has struggled to keep his […]
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‘My Baby Had a Medical Emergency During COVID’
For any parent, leaving the hospital with the newest edition to your family is nerve-wracking. Figuring out how to manage life with a new baby can feel overwhelming and terrifying, and you try to calm your nerves by planning for just about anything that life may throw at you. But […]
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Medical ‘advances’ of 2020 could transform future healthcare, leading experts say
(AFP via Getty Images) The technology used to develop the Pfizer vaccine could be used to tackle illnesses such as cancer and other infectious diseases similar to Covid-19, leading health experts have said, raising hopes that humanity can take a major scientific “leap forward” in the wake of the coronavirus […]
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Medical ‘advances’ of 2020 could transform future health care, leading experts say
(AFP via Getty Images) The technology used to develop the Pfizer vaccine could be used to tackle illnesses such as cancer and other infectious diseases similar to Covid-19, leading health experts have said, raising hope that humanity can take a major scientific “leap forward” in the wake of the coronavirus […]
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Local medical interns share their experience working during the pandemic
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) – Health professionals are on the front lines of the pandemic, and the battle against COVID is giving health professionals of the future invaluable experiences. Garrett Donaldson and Kristin Heslep, both medical resident interns at Gundersen Health System, agreed that one of the hardest things they’ve […]
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Medical Experts Share Step-by-Step Instructions for How to Wear Masks Properly
From Good Housekeeping There’s a good chance you’ve never had to worry about properly covering your nose and mouth before now — unless you’ve been a patient in a hospital, or work in medicine or construction. However, surgical face masks as well as face cloth face coverings purchased online or […]
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A New Medical Van Wants To Connect People In Public Housing With Healthcare Providers : NPR
United Medical Center’s mobile medical van parked outside the Greenleaf public housing complex in Southwest D.C. Jenny Gathright/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Jenny Gathright/WAMU Carl Goggins feels like he can’t be careful enough when it comes to the coronavirus. Apart from the danger the virus poses to him as a […]
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Could Your Medical Bills Make You Sick?
Devin Barrington-Ward was doubled over with stomach pain. His chest hurt, too. Though his family urged him to call an ambulance and he was terrified that his condition was serious, Barrington-Ward had another concern on his mind: the expense. Uninsured, he knew he couldn’t afford the ambulance ride. So his […]
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Medical Algorithms Have a Race Problem
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. When Vanessa Grubbs first met Eli about a decade ago, he was a muscular man in his 50s. Grubbs, a doctor at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, was treating him for membranous nephropathy, a kidney condition that can lead […]