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Lessons from Aurora, Colo., shooting: Lehigh Valley EMS workers told to be prepared but flexible
Minutes after a madman began shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., last July, police and emergency medical workers, trained regularly in disaster response, sprang into action. They converged on the theater complex, set up a safety perimeter and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Electronics, Science and Technology
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Allentown police identify last 'hero' in boy's creek rescue
Allentown police have identified the man who helped save a 3-year-old boy's life last week by pulling the boy from the Jordan Creek after he was swept into a pipe under the Jordan Park dam. Edwin Aponte allowed another man to hold onto his feet...Tags: Catasauqua, Pneumonia, Allentown
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Elizabeth Vega Casey: Women with breast cancer gene have treatment choices
The Morning Call may not be The New York Times, but I have to acknowledge that I am not Angelina Jolie either. But there are similarities. Let me explain. Firstly, I want to take a moment to sincerely applaud her decision to reveal through The New York...Tags: The New York Times, Tamoxifen (drug), Medical Procedures and Tests, MRI (imaging), Breast Cancer
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Recipe Exchange: Seeking Bluebery Yogurt Cake, chocolate cake roll, Hungarian cookies, more
LOOKING FOR Deb Behie is looking for a recipe for a Blueberry Yogurt Cake similar to the cake at the cafe at Lehigh Valley Hospital. "I recently was visiting my daughter and had a delicious blueberry yogurt cake in the cafe at Lehigh Valley Hospital,...Tags: Chocolate Cake, Foods and Beverages, Hospitals and Clinics, Walnutport, Allentown
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Boy, 3, falls into Jordan Creek, nearly drowns; Allentown police praise 'heroic' rescuers
A 3-year-old boy fell into the water at the Jordan Park dam in Allentown on Thursday evening and was under as long as 10 minutes as his distraught mother screamed and bystanders pulled him out, witnesses said. On the Jordan Creek bank, the boy was blue...
Tags: Catasauqua, Prosecution, Allentown, Witnesses, Heroism
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My wife faced Angelina Jolie's dilemma 11 years ago
The revelation that actress Angelina Jolie had her breasts removed because of gene testing results may have seemed shocking and extreme to many of you. My family knew better. We've been there. My wife, a breast cancer survivor who underwent a...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer
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Schnecksville motorcyclist dies, passenger 'critical' after crash
A Schnecksville motorcyclist was killed and a woman riding with him injured seriously Friday afternoon when a sport utility vehicle hit the motorcycle in Washington Township, police said. Timothy E. Reichard, 52, was motorcycling west on Park Avenue with...Tags: Schnecksville, Hospitals and Clinics, Whitehall
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Allentown boy returns home a day after near-drowning in Jordan Creek
For nearly 5 minutes after the 3-year-old boy's limp body was pulled from Allentown's Jordan Creek on Thursday evening, city officer Chad Mertz pumped the child's chest and saw no sign of life. Then he thought he saw the boy's face move. "There was...
Tags: Catasauqua, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Allentown, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Woman hurt as tractor-trailer, car collide on Rt. 29 near Emmaus
A woman was injured on Route 29 south of Emmaus early Wednesday when her station wagon collided with a tractor-trailer, police said. Tifanie A. Scott, 30, of Pottstown was taken by Macungie Ambulance to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest after the 12:30...
Tags: Fogelsville, Hospitals and Clinics, Macungie, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Former Whitehall athlete victorious over horrific injury
The football rivalry between Parkland and Whitehall is one of the most special in Lehigh Valley sports. Mix in a pair of 7-2 teams and a District 11 playoff berth on the line, and Friday night, Nov. 4, 2011, in Orefield was set to be one of the most...
Tags: Physical Therapists, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Kevin Ware, Satellite and Cable Service
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Northwestern Lehigh graduate part of Sports Illustrated story critical of Penn State's football medical operations
A Northwestern Lehigh High School graduate who told Sports Illustrated that he suffered leg burns while being treated as a Penn State football player said he was surprised and upset that his statements were used in a story critical of the football team'...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Hospitals and Clinics, New Tripoli, High School Sports
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Easton Hospital now offering 3-D breast exams
The hottest new technique in breast imaging has come to Easton Hospital. The hospital now is offering 3-D mammography, called breast tomosynthesis, for breast cancer screening. The procedure produces a three-dimensional view of the breast tissue that...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, Forks Township
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