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Department Of Public Health Issues Subpoena To Charter Oak Health Center

HARTFORD The financial and daily operations of the Charter Oak Health Center have come under scrutiny by state public health officials, who subpoenaed the Hartford facility for financial and other records and have ordered operational changes by next week.

The state Department of Public Health’s actions follow reports and concerns about the management of an active case of tuberculosis at the center earlier this month specifically, conflicting statements about when the case was reported.

“As part of our regulatory role, we have issued a subpoena for records, and we have staff on site,” said William Gerrish, a spokesman for the health department.

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Dads Are Capable of Being Parents Too

I woke up this morning and could have sworn it was 2012. Yet, after reading this guy’s fearful article about his wife leaving town for a few days , I’m thinking some people might still be blissfully unaware of this new thing called “equality.” A fresh reminder that not everyone believes men and women are both capable of taking care of the children hit me again as I dropped off my kids at school. For some reason it’s surprising when people see my husband — the father of our children — dropping off the kids on occasion. You know, because he’s a man and must have much more important things to do than I.

I don’t get it.

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Lawsuit Charges That Tolland Boy Lost His Eyesight After Doctor Failed To Diagnose Meningitis

A Tolland boy’s family has sued his pediatrician, charging that she failed to diagnose his bacterial meningitis, resulting in his losing his eyesight.

The boy, Adam Mlodzinski, and his mother, Katherine Mlodzinski, say the then-7-year-old’s complaints went nowhere when presented to Healthwise Medical Associates, doing business as Vernon Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, and Dr. Judy Huang-Bulger, who has a Manchester office, according to the four-page complaint filed Jan. 9 at Superior Court in Hartford.

Instead of recognizing that Adam had life-threatening bacterial meningitis — an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord as a result of a bacterial infection — Huang-Bulger first diagnosed Adam with an ear infection, the suit charges.

“The doctor blew off basically the severe headache that Adam had,” said Joel Faxon, the family’s lawyer. “Th

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Could A Nicotine Patch Slow Dementia?

It’s hard to escape the warnings of the dangers of smoking, but one component of cigarettes – nicotine – might actually have a therapeutic use, preliminary research suggests.

A small study, published Monday in the journal Neurology, finds that using a nicotine patch may help symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, a condition characterized by a noticeable memory problem. Many, but not all, patients with mild cognitive impairment will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease; scientists are still working on predicting who is most at risk.

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Unbelievable New Baby Formula Law Will Shock You

What the heck is going on in California? As of January 1, a whole slew of new laws went into effect that moms should be checking out. You can no longer try to ban male circumcision in your community, health insurance must cover autism related treatments, schools can suspend students for cyber bullying, booster seats are required until age 8 or 4′ 9″, and stores can no longer sell expired baby formula or baby food.

Ummm, what? This wasn’t already a “thing” before this law? You could actually sell expired formula and baby food? For babies to eat?

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