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Alyne Payton, 1926-2013
Long before her famous son, Walter Payton, became known to millions as "Sweetness," Alyne Payton was known as the original version. "Just like every mother, she was proud of her kids, regardless of what they are doing or what they become," her son...Tags: Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, Football
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Listie man's legally blind journey testimony to God's glory
Daily American Staff WriterAfter spending decades working in the deep coal mines in Somerset County, Johnny Fritz began driving truck for Pile's Concrete Production Co. of Friedens in 2005. The Somerset County native had no way of anticipating that two years later he would drive...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Friedens, Metal and Mineral, St. Patrick's Day, Mining
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Veterans Administration Secretary Faults Delays In Processing Claims
The Hartford CourantKevin Burke walked into the veterans hospital about 18 months ago with advanced diabetes and kidney and liver disease. A subsequent mental health screening revealed that the 51-year-old Navy veteran is also an alcoholic and suffers from post-traumatic...Tags: Vietnam, Diseases and Illnesses, Eric Shinseki, Politics, Science and Technology
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International consortium releases hepatitis C data
Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform how doctors and patients...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Financial Aid, Anemia, Genentech Inc.
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Mary Agnes Lang, 1935-2013
After raising five children on her own, Mary Agnes Lang understood the challenges of parenting without a partner, especially the difficulty of taking on college costs. When one of her sons died at 32, she and her family established a foundation to...
Tags: Human Interest, Financial Aid, University of Chicago, Awards and Prizes, Colleges and Universities
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Retired Smithfield police officer cured of hepatitis C
The cure has taken 25 years for retired Smithfield police officer, Kurt Beach. In his first week on the job, in January 1988, Beach used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an attempt to save the life of a baby with a bloody breathing tube. He tears up as...
Tags: AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis C , Diseases and Illnesses, Politics
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Oklahoma dental patients diagnosed with hepatitis C, HIV
Dozens of Oklahoma dental patients have been diagnosed with hepatitis C and at least one case of HIV, state health officials said Thursday, four weeks after finding a multitude of health code violations, including rusty tools, at a dental practice in...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AIDS, Hepatitis C , Sports, Diseases and Illnesses
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Organ recipient grateful for donation
Andy Trosper, who received a liver transplant in 2010, told staff and donor families in a recent program at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital that the gift from a 16-year-old boy gave him new life and brought comfort to the boy's family. "Since...
Tags: Hepatitis C , Human Interest, Liver Transplants, Jesse White, Hospitals and Clinics
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We all need the sunshine vitamin
FARGO, N.D. - I chuckled as I read a Facebook friend's comments about her ongoing relationship with a shovel this winter. She described “him” (the shovel) as “pushy and stubborn.” One of her friends suggested that she “dump him.” We had a blizzard in...Tags: Onions, Osteoporosis, Breads, Garlic, Diseases and Illnesses
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Lactulose: A laxative that works at both ends
Dear Pharmacist: I heard you recommend a drug called Lactulose as a laxative, but you said it helped with brain fog too. How can it work at both ends? — J.C., Decatur, Ill. Dear J.C.: It's true. The prescription medication called Lactulose is...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Nursing Homes, Probiotics, Diabetes, Lyme Disease
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San Bernardino grandfather fatally shot while walking home
L.A. NOWFamily members Monday were mourning the death of a 57-year-old grandfather who was shot and killed in San Bernardino while walking home. Deputies were dispatched to the 7000 block of Garden Drive in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino around...... -
Alaska Joins Great American Spit Out
Channel 2 NewsThis week Alaskans joined the Great American Spit Out, a nationwide campaign committed to quitting smokeless tobacco. The Spit Out is part of Through With Chew Week, a smokeless tobacco-cessation effort running from Feb. 17-23. Tobacco users are...Tags: Cirrhosis
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