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Top 10 women's health threats
Many of the leading threats to women's health can be prevented - if you know the facts and measures to take to prevent illnesses.
Take a look at this top 10 list of women's health threats compiled from statistics provided by the Centers for Disease...Tags: Cancer, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Disease Prevention, Stroke, Lungs and Airways
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Medical marijuana inspires strong opinions, but what does science say?
Depending on whom you ask, marijuana is a dangerous drug that should be kept illegal alongside heroin and PCP, or it's a miracle herb with a trove of medical benefits that the government is seeking to deny the public -- or something in between: a plant...Tags: Cancer, California, Benadryl (drug), Medical Procedures and Tests, Muscle Cramps and Spasms
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Tags: Inflammation, Lungs and Airways, Spiriva (drug), Health, Environmental Issues
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Unnecessary hospitalizations drop in California
SACRAMENTO — There has been a drop in unnecessary hospitalizations in California, but state officials say a lack of regular health care shows blacks are being hospitalized too often. Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development director...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Gastroenteritis, California, Hospitals and Clinics, Los Angeles Times
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Poems penned over a lifetime chronicle man's experiences
msimpson@amnews.comW.L. “Bill” Crabtree scribbled his first poem at the bottom of a letter, while writing home from Vietnam. It came to him in an instant, the image of his wife, Betty Jane, peering over her half-covered shoulder, those Elizabeth Taylor lashes,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Vietnam, Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Poetry
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Detention ditch causing dissension on city's east side
Fox59An east side sewer separation project has residents saying the whole idea stinks. The project is designed to improve water quality at Pogues Run by reducing the volume and frequency of raw sewage overflows and improve drainage. "The project is...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Punishment, Elections, West Nile Virus, Lungs and Airways
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Blondie on Pet Stories
Blondie is a yellow Labrador Retriever, approximately 8 years old.
She has been at the Roanoke Valley SPCA since August 2010.
Blondie has a Lab's passion for food and life, but has a lung condition similar to COPD that makes her exercise intolerant....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Pharmaceuticals, Lungs and Airways, Health, Human Body
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Dr. Thomas L. Petty dies at 76; pioneering lung specialist
Dr. Thomas L. Petty, the Colorado lung specialist who pioneered the use of continuous oxygen therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other lung disorders, died at his home in Denver on Dec. 12 from pulmonary hypertension. He...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Lungs and Airways, Colleges and Universities, Social Sciences, Health
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Smoking ban will not choke individual rights
Journal columnistIt’s time to clear the air. The possibility that Jessamine County may enact a smoking ban has clouded some thinking, and not with cigarette smoke. “We have no rights whatsoever anymore,” groused Rick Turner in a WKYT interview...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Human Rights, Laws, Physical Conditions, Health
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Cold Weather & Health: Fact, Fiction
The 33 NewsLast week's icy blast should a good measuring stick--if cold weather makes people sick then everyone should be hacking and coughing. Zane Wright and his friends aren't exactly bundled up on the eve of the next winter storm. His mom always warns him that...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Carrollton, Frostbite, Lungs and Airways, Hyperthermia
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Anne Arundel teacher retires after 44 years
Linda Flaherty has been teaching at Mayo Elementary School in Edgewater for so long that she says her first students are now approaching their mid-50s. She was hired out of college in 1967, when Lyndon B. Johnson was president and the first Super Bowl was...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Lungs and Airways, Lyndon B. Johnson
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