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Chambersburg, Middletown schools among first-ever Green Ribbon Schools
Schools in Chambersburg, Pa., and Middletown, Md., are among 78 schools nationwide that have been designated Green Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Area schools honored were Thaddeus Stevens Elementary School in Chambersburg and Lucy...Tags: Students, Middletown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Thaddeus Stevens
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Letters to the Editor - July 25
One-hundred percent proficiency no laughing matter To the editor: This letter is not about Tim Rowland saying, "Schools are chasing results that are flatly unobtainable." Nor is it about the editorial pronouncing some children "incapable of...Tags: Social Security, Maryland, Unemployment Benefits, Democratic Party, Physical Conditions
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Vidas named Health Department's Employee of the Quarter
Bobbi Vidas has been named the Washington County Health Department's Employee of the Quarter for the second quarter of 2011. Vidas has been employed at the health department since 2004, initially working with the Maryland Children's Health program...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Washington County (Maryland), Nursing, Washington (U.S. state), Health
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LETTER: Shield Daughters From Hazardous Contraceptives
Regarding the May 19 letter "Be An Advocate For Your Life": Parents need to advocate for their daughters as well. Health care providers do not routinely inform both parents of minors and patients that oral contraceptives are classifed as Group I...Tags: Heart Attack, Breast Cancer, Medical Research, Family, Family Planning
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It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?
By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...
Tags: Vyvanse (drug), University of Michigan, Lifestyle and Leisure, Culture, Family
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Grants available for children's health care treatments
Grant applications from families that need funds for children's health services are being sought by the UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation. Families that need to pay for services or equipment that is not completely covered by a health insurance...Tags: Health Insurance
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Sampling ongoing at Charlevoix Superfund site
Back in 1981, the city of Charlevoix received a notice from the Michigan Department of Public Health: its municipal well system was contaminated. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the well system was connected to a wedge of contaminated...
Tags: Liver Cancer, Environmental Politics, Water, Environmental Cleanup, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Heart Association's "Go Red For Women" luncheon could be a life-saver
Kim Strong was 41 and seemed like the picture of health. She had a muscular and athletic build, low blood pressure, low cholesterol and a healthy diet. In her first four decades of life, she'd never had any serious medical issues. Then, one day last...
Tags: Symptoms, American Heart Association, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure
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Nan Rich, long shot for governor, says she's undeterred
In her dark-horse campaign to become Florida's next governor, former state Sen. Nan Rich likes to recall the stories of Democratic political legends Reubin Askew, Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham. Each was a little-known state senator when he launched his...
Tags: Polk County, Regional Authority, Interior Policy, Jeb Bush, Rick Scott
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Got diet milk?
In the face of troubling childhood obesity rates and what it sees as low milk consumption rates, the dairy industry says it has a solution: Offer kids flavored milk that uses low-calorie artificial sweeteners. The only problem, industry...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Consumers, New York City, Chicago Public Schools, Consumer Goods Industries
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Children's hospitals come together, finally
Memo to the skeptics: Orlando appears to be supporting three children's hospitals just fine, thank you very much. Ask Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas. Or Ashley Greene of "Twilight" fame. Jameer Nelson or Johnny Damon could tell you. Shaq even made a...
Tags: Johnny Damon, Jameer Nelson, Health, Family, Neiman Marcus
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May 8, 2013
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