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Westchester Surgeon From Netflix Show Rids Grandmother Of Massive Tumor Westchester Surgeon From Netflix Show Rids Grandmother Of Massive Tumor
Westchester Surgeon From Netflix Show Rids Grandmother Of Massive Tumor A Westchester County neurosurgeon from popular Netflix docu-series "Lenox Hill," has saved yet another life. This one, an 89-year-old grandmother from Northern New Jersey, turned away by countless doctors refusing to operate on a football-sized tumor that took over her skull -- and her life. For 25 years, Lorenza De La Villa of Teaneck, in Bergen County, barely noticed the small tumor in the back of her head. She found it in 1995, when she was 64 years old.  It was benign. It didn't hurt. It never grew. "She did what doctors told her to do," said one of De La Villa's 22 grandchi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: CVS Health To Provide Bonuses, Add Benefits, Hire 50K In Response To Pandemic COVID-19: CVS Health To Provide Bonuses, Add Benefits, Hire 50K In Response To Pandemic
Covid-19: CVS Health To Provide Bonuses, Add Benefits, Hire 50K In Response To Pandemic CVS Health is offering incentives to current employees and plans to bolster its workforce by 50,000 to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. Employees at CVS locations across the country will receive bonuses between $150 and $500 for those who assist patients and customers “in this time of unprecedented need.” The bonuses have been earmarked for pharmacists and certain other health care professionals on the frontlines, store associates and managers, and other site-based hourly employees. Additionally, CVS announced it is “embarking on the most ambitious hiring drive in the company's…

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by Zak Failla