Surgery Doctors in Barbourville, KY Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Velupillai Wignakumar, M.D, FRCS Surgery Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 80 Hospital Dr, Barbourville, KY 40906 Phone: 606-545-5539    Fax: 606-545-5591

Mr. Jerry L Woolum, MD Surgery Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 80 Hospital Dr Ste 2, Barbourville, KY 40906 Phone: 606-545-4460    Fax: 606-545-4469

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Kim Hames says case was not euthanasia

Western Australia has been debating euthanasia for a while and in a new development, Health Minister and Deputy Premier Kim Hames has admitted that as a GP he administered the painkiller morphine to hasten a cancer patient's death. He said in his statement that what he had done was legal and not euthanasia – which he opposed. His reasoning was that the pain relieving medication was intended to ease a patient's suffering rather than end their life.

Exchange of E. coli between humans and chimps in Uganda

Scientists from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have found that people employed in chimpanzee-focused research and tourism in a park in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria - specifically Escherichia coli - with local chimpanzee populations. And some of the E. coli strains migrating to chimps are resistant to antibiotics used by humans in Uganda.

Boosting immune response may cause cold-induced asthma flare-ups

People often talk about "boosting" their immunity to prevent and fight colds. Nutritional supplements, cold remedies and fortified foods claim to stave off colds by augmenting the immune system.

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