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The North Platte Telegraph Healthcare education just got bumped up a notch at Mid-Plains Community College. On Thursday, nursing faculty along with staff from Great Plains Regional Medical Center and the North Platte Fire Department gathered at North Platte Community College's north campus, where they were introduced to "Stan."

Tawam Hospital Doctors perform 360 Degree Surgery

Al Ain, August 30, 2010: Tawam Hospital, in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, today announced the success of a recent addition to its operating theatre - a specially designed operating table that allows for 360 degree surgery.

Children may be vulnerable in $5 billion youth-sports industry

The youth-sports world today is one where a 10-year-old boy travels from state to state to pitch as a hired gun against the best baseball teams across the country. 'We're in the business of preparing kids for the next level of life, but parents are in the business of preparing their kids for the next level of sport,' said Dan Ross, executive director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association ...

More companies offering financial aid to help families with adoption costs

On a Monday night in spring 2009, Cal and Jennifer Fullmer finally received the message they'd been waiting to hear for 18 months. They could take home their newborn girl from a Michigan hospital in 36 hours -- on Wednesday morning.

'An invisible loss': Gays and lesbians find comfort hard to come by after partner's death

Janet Park wanted to be cremated after her death. All the papers were in order. But the funeral home just assumed that Park's elderly aunt would make the decision about the disposal of her remains — not Ann Caldwell, her partner of 22 years.