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A little light reading for balance  Fred Eshelman reads extensively in his job as head of PPD, a Wilmington company doing research for pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices and related industries. That reading is highly technical, often loaded with data on new medical products. So his pleasure reading tends to the light side. The most recent choice was Richard North Patterson's political thriller “The Race.” The main ...

Head of Coral Gables Fire Department's medical program retires  It's hard to imagine a time when people had to wait until they were taken to a hospital to begin getting more than first-aid and hand-holding for medical emergencies.

Choice words on reading the dictionary  You think you like books and words? Consider writer and former furniture mover Ammon Shea, who devoted a year to reading the Oxford English Diction- ary. The result is the recently released "Reading the OED" Perigee, $21.95, 240 pages. Ammon Shea read every word of the Oxford English Dictionary – and then wrote a book about the experience.

Genetic Link Between Leukemia And Down's Syndrome  Researchers are closer to developing drugs to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia ALL after identifying mutations in the JAK2 gene involved in Down's syndrome, which is associated with this form of leukemia. Dr Shai Izraeli Sheba Medical Centre, Ramat Gan, Israel and colleagues explain their research in an article published early online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet.

Weigh options when deciding on health insurance if unemployed  If you’ve recently lost your job, or are soon to be unemployed, you’re going to want to know what your health insurance options are.

County picks new lobbyist for UMC  Some state lawmakers plan to push to end local governments’ hiring of lobbyists to represent them at the Legislature, but the Clark County Commission last week agreed to negotiate a contract with R&R Partners to lobby on behalf of University Medical Center.

DEBATE EVENTS  The university's Debate Week kickoff event includes a welcome to students from Associated Student Body President Graham Purcell and greetings from Chancellor Robert Khayat and Oxford Mayor Richard Howorth. The lottery drawing for student tickets to the presidential debate follows.

Health care charges cloaked in confusion  It began with a dizzy spell. Before long, though, what really had my head spinning was the inscrutable way that health-care providers and insurers put a dollar value on medical services -- and how that leaves patients unable to determine a fair price for any treatment.

Juggling life, learning  St. John's student Luke Szczech balances medical needs, socialization and education after a 2007 accident left him a quadriplegic

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