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Canine blood donors can save the lives of more than 40 dogs
marieg@herald-mail.comThere's a golden retriever, an English springer spaniel, a Doberman and a handful of mixed breeds. But several times a year, they all become blood hounds. The dogs are part of a program that gives the gift of life to an injured or sick animal. They are...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, Health, Chemicals, Human Body, Dog (animal)
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Shippensburg students can get 'morning-after' pill from vending machine
Associated PressStudents at Shippensburg University can get the “morning-after” pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government. The Etter Health Center at Shippensburg, a public school of 8,300 students in...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Birth Control, Teaching and Learning, Health, Plan B (drug)
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Expert: Workplace wellness, prevention programs key to better health
dona@herald-mail.comWashington County residents have, on average, higher rates of cancer, heart attacks and strokes than the rest of Maryland, and one place to begin improving those statistics is in the workplace, a state disease expert said Friday. Maryland has...Tags: Business, Weight, Health and Safety at Work, Heart Attack, Health
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Vaccine reduces risk of shingles
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comDusty Graham and Ruth Thompson sat in the waiting area of Home Care Pharmacy at Hager Park on a recent Thursday morning while the area filled and emptied with people. Graham, 60, and Thompson, 65, both of Hagerstown, met for the first time that morning...Tags: Zoster Vaccine, Hospitals and Clinics, Preventative Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals, Health
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W.Va. Legislature passes 'cracker' plant tax break
Associated PressSpurred by the prospect of thousands of jobs, West Virginia would slash property taxes for 25 years in exchange for the construction of a chemical plant tied to the region’s Marcellus shale industry, under fast-tracked legislation passed Wednesday...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Energy Resources, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Chemicals, Netherlands
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Washington County Sheriff's Office reports incident
The following incidents were reported Monday by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office: • At 2:41 a.m., a phone, medication and cash were stolen in the first block of Hopewell Road in Williamsport. • At 8:38 a.m., a burglary in the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Theft, Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia)
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Shelter seeks foster parents for sick cats
The Humane Society of Washington County is looking for Washington County residents who are willing and able to foster cats with upper respiratory infections, young litters and/or mother cats with a litter. During the foster period, if the animal...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Cat (animal), Chemicals
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Juvenile court sees a range of problems, misdeeds
dona@herald-mail.comMom shrugged. "No comment," the woman said when asked by Assistant Public Defender Brian Hutchison in Washington County juvenile court if she agreed that her son would be better off remaining in foster care. Her 13-year-old son, one of hundreds who find...Tags: Theft, Trials, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Trials
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Pharmacies roll with the changes
marieg@herald-mail.comBehind the pharmacy counter, the familiar bags of medications are tagged and labeled alphabetically in plastic containers. Customers come and go —but not everyone is there to drop off or pick up a prescription. Some have come for an influenza or...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Zoster Vaccine, Acetaminophen (drug), Colleges and Universities, Advil (drug)
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Five seek four seats on Washington County Board of Education
dona@herald-mail.comFive candidates, three of them incumbents, filed to run for four open seats on the Washington County Board of Education as Wednesday’s 9 p.m. deadline approached, according to the county Board of Elections. Incumbents Wayne D. Ridenour, Donna L....Tags: Business, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Biotechnology Industry, Chemicals
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Early detection is the best key to fight glaucoma
marieg@herald-mail.comAnetta Jackson begins most days as she ends them — reading. Fiction, nonfiction, magazines, newspapers. It doesn't matter. She always has had a love of the written word, the Hagerstown woman said. Now retired, Jackson, 68, has even more time to...Tags: Eyes and Vision, Health, Glaucoma, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemicals
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Health and Safety at School, American Medical Association, Synthroid (drug), Disease Prevention, Dining and Drinking
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