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News4’s Leon Harris talks to Joe Alexander, who has a special relationship with his daughter Julia, who was diagnosed with brain cancer four years ago. Joe said he always make sure to stay attentive, taking Julia to a park and putting notes in her lunch box. AMERICA Oct 8, 2018
Meghan McCain is back on “The View” for the first time since the August death of her father, Sen. John McCain. She made a tearful return Monday, thanking viewers and her colleagues for their support. She said the idealism for America that her father talked about didn’t die with him when the former presidential candidate succumbed to brain cancer Aug..
Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease, which threatens millions of Americans each year. New technology being used at MedStar Washington Hospital Center helps diagnose coronary artery disease so that doctors can make the best decisions for patients’ treatment.
Coronary artery disease – also known as CAD is the leading cause of death for both men and women and killed 365,914 people in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 18.2 million adults age 20 and older have it, the CDC said.
CAD develops when cholesterol builds up in the arteries and blocks blood flow, causing chest pain or heart attacks. CAD begins with damage or injury to the inner layer of a coronary artery, which can be caused by things like smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes or insulin resistance and a sedentary lifestyle.
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As the Wall Street Journal reported, the Trump Administration successfully battled with hospitals to get them to disclose previously secret pricing data, in the hopes that disclosing this key information will benefit the U.S. health care system, notably in curbing costs. Here’s why, as the newspaper reported:
“Those who pay for health-care premiums and medical bills employers, workers and patients were long in the dark about wide price differences among hospitals for the same service in the same city, according to research and efforts by large employer groups to compare prices. Hospital prices are under intense scrutiny as the sector consolidates and research points to price increases after mergers, but without the quality gains that hospitals often cite as rationale for the combinations.
“Now we are able to spread the vaccine to other high-risk healthcare workers,” said Dr. Ankoor Shah, of D.C.’s Department of Health.
In order to coordinate the vaccination of these groups, those who have been added to Group 1A will have to register online. That process will begin later this week.
District officials say 12,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine are arriving from the federal government and 8,000 doses will come from Maryland.
DC to get 12,600 doses of #Moderna this week from the feds and 8,000 from Maryland. 8,775 doses #Pfizer from Virginia and 4,875 from feds. @nbcwashingtonpic.twitter.com/aKeKhcJGCY Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) December 21, 2020
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As shipments of Moderna’s vaccine begin, local health officials are warning the public not to get complacent during the holiday season. My concern is that I don t want people to let their guard down thinking well there s a vaccine coming; I m not going to bother wearing a mask, I m not going to bother with social distancing, Dr. Fabian Sandoval, CEO and Research Director at the Emerson Clinical Research Center, said.
Sandoval is urging people not to travel for the holidays, even though things are looking up in terms of vaccine distribution.