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Rumors Raise Concerns About Mandela's Health

Don't worry about 91-year-old's reduced schedule: grandson

Oct 30, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nelson Mandela is increasingly out of the public eye, raising questions about his health. The first black president of South Africa “recently decided to cut back his engagements even further and spend more time with his family,” the head of his... More »

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South Africa • president • death • hospital • Nelson Mandela • health problem • seclusion

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien is home from the hospital after whacking his head during a Tonight Show stunt. "Conan is resting comfortably," said an NBC statement. "He is expected to return to work on Monday." Guest Teri Hatcher spilled details on the accident, which reportedly happened while the... More »

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NBC • late night host • Conan O'Brien • hospital • concussions • Tonight Show

Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized After Faint Spell at Court

76-year-old has been battling pancreatic cancer

Sep 24, 09 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has been battling pancreatic cancer, is in a Washington hospital tonight after feeling ill at work. In a statement, the court said that Ginsburg, 76, felt faint after a routine infusion, and that though subsequent tests and monitoring showed her “in stable... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • hospital • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • fainting • infusion

Flu Plan Directs Docs to Take Sickest Off Life Support 

Plan could grant legal exemption to extreme rationing in case of disaster pandemic

Sep 24, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities planning for a severe flu outbreak are drawing up rules for life-saving ventilators that instruct doctors to take severely ill patients off life support and give the equipment to those with a better chance of survival. The plan, to be used in an outbreak comparable to the pandemic that... More »

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doctor • hospital • rationing • outbreak • influenza • flu • 1918 pandemic • death panel

 Fall Sends Byrd to Hospital 

Spokesman says Democratic senator will likely not be admitted

Sep 22, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Robert Byrd is at the hospital after a fall at his Northern Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat has been scarce at the Capitol recently after a previous hospitalization that ended in June. The longest-serving US senator ever “apparently stood up too... More »

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Congress • elderly • Senate • hospital • West Virginia • Democratic Party • hospitalization • Robert Byrd • fall

 'Drunk' Hasselhoff 
 Rushed to Hospital 

Scared teen daughter calls her mom

Sep 21, 09 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An apparently drunken David Hasselhoff was rushed to a California hospital by ambulance last night after his worried daughter called her mom, reports TMZ. Haley Hasselhoff, 17, was staying with her dad at his Encino home. Her mom, Pamela Bach, arranged for paramedics to collect the inebriated actor. The former... More »

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alcoholism • David Hasselhoff • hospital • substance abuse • Knight Rider • Baywatch • ambulance • paramedics

OPINION

 Keillor Faces 
 Mortality 
 as 'Nice  
 67 y.o. Man' 

Author Garrison Keillor's stroke leads to realization that it's time for change

Sep 16, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor got “bitten in the butt” by mortality when he suffered a stroke earlier this month, realizing that he is now—as one doctor wrote in her report—a “nice 67 y.o. male,” he writes for Salon. “I never wanted to be a nice... More »

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health care • hospital • stroke • health care reform • Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor Hospitalized After Stroke

But expects to be
back on 'Prairie' in two weeks, as planned

Sep 10, 09 12:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor is in the hospital following a minor stroke, but he is in good condition and expects to start the new season of “A Prairie Home Companion” on time, the AP reports. “He is up and moving around, speaking sensibly, working on a laptop,” says a... More »

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hospital • stroke • Garrison Keillor

 US Troops Stormed  
 Afghan Hospital: Charity 

Civilian deaths, intrusive searches prompt rising resentment

Sep 7, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(AP) - A Swedish charity today accused American troops of storming through a hospital in central Afghanistan, breaking down doors and tying up staff in a search for militants. Soldiers were said to have forced their way into the charity's hospital without permission, violating the neutrality of a medical facility. The allegation... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • charity • US Army • hospital • Sweden • search • militant

(Newser) - San Francisco’s Lombard Street, “the crookedest street in the world,” will tomorrow be shut to traffic and set up as a giant Candy Land game board for sick kids, the Appeal reports. The event, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the kids’ board game, is being hailed... More »

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San Francisco • children • Hasbro • hospital • anniversary • board games • Candy Land • Lombard Street • crooked

OPINION

 Reform? 
 We Need a Revolution 


Aug 12, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Diane McWhorter’s experience with a doctor caring for her elderly mother has her hoping for more than health care reform. “Socialized medicine, hell,” she writes on DoubleX. “How about a cultural revolution?” Her mom’s doctor, due for a vacation, dumped her on a “hospitalist”... More »

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physician • patients • illness • doctor • hospital • health care reform • medical care • Obama administration

(AP) - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler was taken to a hospital after falling from stage during a concert at a motorcycle rally in western South Dakota, the AP reports. A concertgoer told local journalists that Tyler, 61, fell while dancing around on a catwalk after the sound system failed during the song... More »

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South Dakota • hospital • rock and roll • concert • rock bands • Aerosmith • Steven Tyler

 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

 Rep. Waxman Hospitalized 

But House Democrat reportedly 'feeling much better now'

Jul 1, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(AP) - A powerful House committee chairman with a central role in President Obama's global warming and health care legislation has been hospitalized. Democrat Henry Waxman was not feeling well yesterday and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in his native Los Angeles for "routine testing," a spokeswoman said today. More »

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climate change • health care • global warming • Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • Democrat • hospital • House Energy and Commerce Committee • President Obama • Waxman-Markey

Thatcher Leaves Hospital After
2+ Weeks

Former British PM suffered broken shoulder after fall

Jun 29, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher was released from the hospital today after undergoing surgery for a broken arm, the Telegraph reports. Although the former British PM was originally expected to return home sooner, she spent 17 days recuperating after she fell in her house in London. Thatcher, now 83, has abandoned most public... More »

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London • United Kingdom • hospital • Margaret Thatcher • prime minister • broken bone

 Farrah Hospitalized Again 

Actress is not doing well, a source says

Jun 23, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett has been back in the hospital for at least two weeks, and is not doing well, a source tells People. “There was a moment last week when she was supposed to be released and was going home but things changed,” the source says, while Fawcett’s... More »

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cancer • entertainment • celebrity • hospital • hospitalization • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal • anal cancer

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is back at work on the Long Island set of Salt after bumping her head and being rushed to the hospital this morning, People reports. "As a precautionary measure, Ms. Jolie will be taken to the hospital and examined," Columbia Pictures said in a statement. Jolie,... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • film • hospital • Long Island • head injuries • actress • movie star • Salt

 50 Die in Shelling 
 of Sri Lanka Hospital 

Doctor says aid workers flee as artillery hits makeshift wards

May 13, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The hospital in Sri Lanka's war zone was shelled again today, killing more than 50 people and making it harder than ever for the remaining doctors to treat the wounded, the AP reports. The government has pledged not to fire on the land occupied by thousands of refugees, but this... More »

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civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • hospital • Sri Lankan Army

 Sri Lanka Hospital 
 Attack Kills 49: Doctor 

Shell strikes only working facility in war zone

May 12, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(AP) - A mortar shell struck the only functioning medical facility in Sri Lanka's northern war zone this morning, killing 49 patients and bystanders and wounding more than 50 others, a government health official said. It was the second time this month that the facility has been hit. Shells were still hitting... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • hospital • rebels • war zone

Women, 56, Discover They Were Switched at Birth

'Swisters' become friends after Oregon hospital's mix-up revealed

May 12, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two women's lives have been turned upside down since they discovered they were switched at birth 56 years ago, the East Oregonian reports. Kay Qualls and DeeAnn Shafer—whose parents are now deceased—decided to go for DNA testing last summer after an elderly former neighbor contacted one of the... More »

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DNA • baby • Washington state • birth • hospital

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