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LETTER: Trophy Lawns Can Be Toxic
David Polochanin's op-ed "Fertilizing The Lawn Is A Fool's Game" [May 12] calls attention to the "excessive misuse of time" spent on promoting green, weedless and mole-free lawns. What he fails to note is the fact that many of the products used to bring...Tags: Allergies
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It's Lyme season [Editorial]
With some exceptions, any illness can strike anyone at any time. One of the more dangerous to emerge in recent decades is Lyme disease. Harford County, as many of us know either first-hand or because of someone we know, is not immune from the tick-borne...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Symptoms
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LETTER: Pass GMO Labeling Law
I am appalled at the op-ed by Dr. Ronald Kleinman regarding GMO foods [May 7, "Don't Label Genetically Engineered Food"]. As a parent, I have made every effort to feed my family organic, local and unprocessed foods because of my suspicion that there are...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Allergies
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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. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Health Organizations, Early Learning, Dermatology, Medical Research, Psychotherapy
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Minnesota moves to bar farmer from selling raw milk, other foods
A Minnesota farmer who beat charges of illegally distributing raw milk has again become a target of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, which is trying to forbid him from selling food without a license. An administrative law judge said recently...Tags: Crimes, Diseases and Illnesses, Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Review: 'The Host' limps along as alien tale fails to generate heat
"Twilight's" creator Stephenie Meyer clearly has a few obsessions she can't quite shake: interspecies romance, love triangles and color-coded eyes — red-rimmed if vampires are involved, silver for the sci-fi aliens of "The Host." All those...Tags: Stephenie Meyer, Atonement (movie), Entertainment, Hanna (movie), William Hurt
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National Museum of American History to preserve ag heritage
WASHINGTON - On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture-stories about...Tags: Museums, Productivity, Consumers, Monsanto Company, Invention and Innovation
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Child's tiredness could signal underlying problem
Q: My 8-year-old is tired all the time even though she gets 11 to 12 hours of sleep a night. Is this part of growing up, or should I address it with her pediatrician? I wondered if she might be anemic, but I have read this is rare in children. A: It's...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, Epstein-Barr Virus Infectious Mononucleosis, Asthma, Healthy Diet
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Flu 411: What everyone needs to know
It's flu season in Baltimore. A few days after Christmas, Baltimore resident Kathleen Dudley began experiencing telltale signs of the flu — fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, cough and overall exhaustion. "The worst part — the fever...
Tags: Fever, Medical Procedures and Tests, Internal Medicine, Symptoms, Internists
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Lisa Jackson has been a courageous EPA administrator
Kudos to Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency who is stepping down from her cabinet-level position after the president's State of the Union address in January ("Chief of EPA to leave post," Dec. 28). Ms. Jackson has performed...Tags: Republican Party, Lisa P. Jackson, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Hope amid frustration as World AIDS Day approaches
Thirty-four million people live with HIV today, and 1.7 million became newly infected in 2011. But on the eve of World AIDS Day, many experts see room for some optimism. Studies now show that identifying -- and effectively treating -- people who are...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hillary Clinton, HIV Treatment, Genetic Engineering, Chemical Industry
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Senior Circles: Winter Growth is Marge Burba's legacy to Howard County
The holidays are a time to share, remember and reminisce. So, I would like to share with you the story of Marge Burba, to reminisce with friends about her remarkable career serving older and disabled adults and to highlight the legacy, Winter Growth,...Tags: Howard County, Early Learning, William Donald Schaefer, Career and Workplace, Retirement
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