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NEWS ABOUT: Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic stories: 12 news summaries

 Johns Hopkins Tops 
 Hospital Rankings 

Mayo Clinic, UCLA follow in US News rankings

Jul 16, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Johns Hopkins has been named America’s best hospital for the 19th year in a row, the Baltimore Sun reports. The closely followed US News & World Report rankings placed Hopkins first in rheumatology, urology, and ear, nose and throat; it was second in neurology and neurosurgery, geriatrics, gynecology, ophthalmology,... More »

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list • hospital • Johns Hopkins University • University of Pennsylvania • Mayo Clinic • UCLA Medical Center • Cleveland Clinic • Duke University Medical Center. • US News & World Report • Brigham and Women's Hospital • Barnes-Jewish Hospital • UCSF Medical Center • New York-Presbyterian

(Newser) - The nation's first face-transplant recipient met the public for the first time since her December operation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Connie Culp, who had been shot by her husband in 2004 and essentially lost the middle of her face, has "progressed tremendously," said one of her doctors... More »

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surgery • Cleveland • face transplant • Cleveland Clinic

(Newser) - Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman nearly mauled to death by a friend’s pet chimp, has been making dramatic progress in recent weeks and is now talking, moving, and asking for her daughter, the New York Daily News reports. Doctors had feared Nash would never recover. “For a... More »

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chimpanzees • animal attack • Cleveland Clinic • Charla Nash

Recovery in Doubt for
Chimp Victim

Woman lost face and hands in attack, may have brain damage

Mar 5, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Doctors are doubtful about any significant recovery for a woman attacked by a pet chimpanzee last month, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Charla Nash lost her hands, lips, eyelids, nose and part of the bone structure of her face in the vicious attack, and has been in critical condition since.... More »

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chimpanzees • animal attack • Cleveland Clinic • Charla Nash

 Chimp Victim 
 Moved to Face 
 Transplant Clinic 

Facial reconstruction experts to aid woman suffering horrific injuries

Feb 20, 09 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The woman whose face was horrifically injured by a crazed chimpanzee has been transferred to the clinic that performed America's first face transplant, the Stamford Times reports. The woman was in surgery for 7 hours after the attack on Monday and was still in critical condition when she was transferred... More »

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chimpanzees • animal attack • face transplant • reconstructive surgery • Cleveland Clinic

Face Transplant Patient Leaves Cleveland Hospital

Subject of experimental surgery released after a 2-month recovery

Feb 6, 09 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The subject of the first face transplant performed in America was released from the hospital yesterday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The patient left after 2 months of recovery from the experimental, 23-hour procedure. She enjoys being able to once again drink from a cup and taste a hamburger, the... More »

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surgery • Cleveland • patient • face transplant • Cleveland Clinic

OPINION

Face Transplant Risks Life in Pursuit of Social Approval

Why change the face when we could change our behaviors?

Dec 19, 08 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A face transplant completed at a Cleveland clinic may be a medical triumph, but, William Saletan wonders on Slate, does the social necessity outweigh the physical risk? Severe facial damage affected the woman’s physical functions, but surgeons also argue that “social functions” such as communication are equally essential.... More »

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cosmetic surgery • face transplant • Cleveland Clinic • medical ethics

 Docs Detail 
 Near-Total 
 Face Transplant 



Unnamed patient now has 'face to face the world:' surgeon

Dec 17, 08 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Cleveland Clinic officials say the woman who underwent the most comprehensive face transplant yet exhausted conventional options before agreeing to the risky 22-hour procedure in which 80% of her face was replaced with a cadaver’s. The unnamed patient lacked a nose or palate and couldn’t eat or breathe... More »

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medical breakthrough • organ donor • face transplant • reconstructive surgery • Cleveland Clinic • organ donation

 Cleveland Clinic 
 First to Divulge 
 Docs' Drug Ties 

Research center strives for complete disclosure on potential conflicts of interest

Dec 3, 08 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - One of America's leading medical research centers will reveal all links its doctors and scientists have to drug companies and makers of medical devices, the New York Times reports. The move by the Cleveland Clinic—stung by conflict-of-interest accusations when cozy relationships between staff and suppliers have been discovered—is... More »

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drug companies • health care industry • medical research • doctor • Cleveland Clinic • conflict of interest

Google Launches Online Health Records Service

Early tests show enthusiasm from consumers and doctors

May 20, 08 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has launched google.com/health, the latest in a field of online personal health services that allow consumers to send records to doctors and clinics and to schedule their care. Early tests indicate that patients are excited to use the portal—and unconcerned about putting personal information in the hands... More »

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Microsoft • Cleveland Clinic • Google Health • health records

 Old Blood Is Bad Blood: Study 

Heart patients whose transfusions sat around have worse survival rates

Mar 20, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donated blood may have a much shorter shelf life than previously thought, finds a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Transfusions using blood at least two weeks old increased heart-surgery patients' post-operative death risk by 30%, researchers discovered, though the current expiration date for blood is... More »

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New England Journal of Medicine • American Red Cross • heart surgery • Cleveland Clinic • blood transfusions • donated blood • expiration date • medical study • cardiac surgery

Google Tests Web Med Records

The company will post health info for
up to 10,000 Cleveland volunteers

Feb 21, 08 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - In a test of a long-anticipated medical-records program, Google will offer up to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic the chance to create an online medical profile, making it easier for them to share information with doctors or pharmacies, the Wall Street Journal reports today. In the pilot program,... More »

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health care • Google • Microsoft • Internet security • Cleveland Clinic • medical records • online medical records • HealthVault

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