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  • Dr. Heimlich, 96, saves choking woman with namesake maneuver

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    Heimlich, who in multiple national television appearances had demonstrated the technique commonly known as the “Heimlich Maneuver” to dislodge food from an airway, had never employed it in an emergency, said spokesman Ken Paley. “After three compressions, this piece of meat came out, and she just started breathing, her whole face changed,” Heimlich said in…

  • Healthcare costs nosedive when smokers quit

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    By Ronnie Cohen (Reuters Health) – When cigarette smokers quit, societal healthcare costs immediately plunge, a new study shows. If 10 percent of American smokers gave up cigarettes and the rest cut back by 10 percent, the U.S. could shave $63 billion off medical costs the next year, the analysis found. “You start to see…