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Serena pulls out of Swedish Open, citing right elbow injury (Yahoo Sports)

Wimbledon champion Serena Williams said a right elbow injury forced her to pull out of the Swedish Open on Thursday. Williams said she felt pain in the elbow in the first game of her first-round match on Wednesday, four days after winning her sixth Wimbledon championship and fourth successive Grand Slam title, but went on to roll Belgian qualifier Yasline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-1. Williams told spectators on court that she

Who killed Heald College?

Heald College, owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., abruptly closed this spring after a staggering $30 million fine levied by the Department of Education. Yahoo Finance explores the downfall of a 150-year-old institution.

Fulfilling 'three wishes' helps ICU staff honor dying patients

By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) – Doctors and nurses in a Canadian intensive care unit found that asking dying patients – or their families – to make three simple wishes, and then fulfilling those wishes, helped bring peace to the end-of-life process and ease grief. “It’s giving a face to a faceless process,” Cullinan, who was not involved in the study, told Reuters Health.

Fulfilling 'three wishes' helps ICU staff honor dying patients

By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) – Doctors and nurses in a Canadian intensive care unit found that asking dying patients – or their families – to make three simple wishes, and then fulfilling those wishes, helped bring peace to the end-of-life process and ease grief. “It’s giving a face to a faceless process,” Cullinan, who was not involved in the study, told Reuters Health.