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Hydrate Medical introduces ketamine therapy in Asheville to aid mental health recovery

Hydrate Medical introduces ketamine therapy in Asheville to aid mental health recovery

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Hydrate Medical is expanding its services to offer ketamine therapy one day a week, according to a news release. Ketamine therapy will be administered by Keith Parris, an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, every Tuesday. “Hurricane anniversaries often bring a resurgence of emotional distress, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms. In areas like Asheville and the surrounding mountain communities, …

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THE TOXIC AVENGER To Wipe Out Medical Debt With Non-Profit Partnership

THE TOXIC AVENGER To Wipe Out Medical Debt With Non-Profit Partnership

An out-there marketing campaign can do wonders for a horror movie, but Cineverse is forgoing anymore stunts to advertise The Toxic Avenger in favor of spending the rest of their budget on something more important, and closer to home, than radioactive justice.  In Macon Blair’s long-awaited Troma reboot The Toxic Avenger, Peter Dinklage stars as Winston Gooze, a downtrodden janitor …

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UC Davis Medical Center to become special pathogen treatment center

UC Davis Medical Center to become special pathogen treatment center

UC Davis Medical Center will soon become the first special pathogen treatment center in Northern California. The new classification, known as National Special Pathogens System (NSPS) Level 2, means the hospital will be able to treat patients infected with contagious infectious diseases like Ebola and the Marburg virus. UC Davis said the new classification is thanks to $1.2 million in …

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MetroHealth System shutting down 6 Cleveland-area medical offices

MetroHealth System shutting down 6 Cleveland-area medical offices

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As part of its ongoing effort to stabilize finances, MetroHealth will close six Cleveland-area outpatient centers, the system announced Monday. Effective Friday, Oct. 3, MetroHealth System will close the following sites: Broadview Heights Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy The dental clinic at Old Brooklyn Medical Center Medina Health Center Rocky River Medical Offices State Road Family Practice …

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Surgeons transplant pig lung into brain dead human recipient for first time | Medical research

Surgeons transplant pig lung into brain dead human recipient for first time | Medical research

Surgeons have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain dead human recipient for the first time and found it functioned for nine days, researchers have revealed. The work is the latest development in a technique called xenotransplantation that is aimed at solving the organ shortage crisis: according to the World Health Organization, only up to 10% …

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Glamorous lawyer, 22, dies after getting an allergic reaction during routine medical procedure

Glamorous lawyer, 22, dies after getting an allergic reaction during routine medical procedure

By MELISSA KOENIG, US REPORTER Published: 00:56, 25 August 2025 | Updated: 01:01, 25 August 2025 A glamorous law student died after suffering a severe allergic reaction while undergoing a routine medical procedure. Leticia Paul, 22, was getting a contrast-enhanced CT scan at the Alto Valle Regional Hospital in Rio du Sul, Brazil on Wednesday when she went into anaphylactic shock, …

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