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Volunteers are the greatest!
Editor: The Annual AMC Holiday House Tour held recently showcasing eight stops across Harford County was a roaring success due to the ambitious and unselfish volunteers who made it happen. The homeowners decorated their lovely homes in an array of finery...Tags: Christmas, Holidays, Travel, Holiday Vacations, Health
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Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Autism, Crimes, Sex Crimes, Behavioral Conditions
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Former H.B. officer files claim against city
A former Huntington Beach police officer has filed a claim for more than half a million dollars against the city, saying officials terminated him wrongfully, released information about an internal investigation unlawfully and denied him a medical...Tags: Heart Problems, Health, Physical Disabilities, Telecommunication Service, Medical Research
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U.S. obesity epidemic shows no hint of retreating
CHICAGO (AP) — America’s obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing...Tags: University of Chicago, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Overweight, Symptoms, Health Organizations
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Increase in deaths and injury for pedestrians on headphones
Pedestrians listening to headphones beware. A new study by University of Maryland researchers released Monday evening found a nearly threefold increase in deaths or injuries in accidents involving pedestrians wearing headphones. Dr. Richard Lichenstein,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at School, Health
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Apodaca: UCI MIND shining light on brain degeneration
During the last years of my father's life, he slowly, agonizingly slipped away from me. A proud and stoic man who had survived a heartbreakingly unhappy childhood, economic depression and a world war fell at last to the ravages of dementia. Helpless...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Symptoms, Brain, Symptoms, Alzheimer's Disease
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Dr. Constance A. "Connie" Griffin
Dr. Constance A. "Connie" Griffin, an internationally known pancreatic cancer researcher who led the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center's Cytogenetics Core and was director of the Pathology Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, died Jan. 8 of pancreatic...Tags: Internists, Medical Specialization, Johns Hopkins University, Pathology, Internal Medicine
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News Briefs: Republicans brace for South Carolina; Alaska town under 15 feet of snow runs short of shovels
GOP race shifts to SC as Romney eyes a rare sweep of early primaries; rivals in blocking mode
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Next up, South Carolina. And it's shaping up to be a dogfight.
The Republican presidential race turns to this state Wednesday as Mitt...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Behavioral Conditions, Kim Jong Un, Snow Storms, U.S. Department of Defense
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Sex imbalance holding back Bay crabs' rebound?
It's a great time to be a jimmy in the Chesapeake Bay - if you're a blue crab looking for a good time. There are nearly three times as many female crabs as there are males now, thanks to catch limits imposed by Maryland and Virginia to protect more...Tags: Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Medical Research
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Study: Occasional marijuana smoking not shown to damage lungs
LOS ANGELES TIMESSmoking marijuana on an occasional basis does not appear to significantly damage the lungs, according to a new study. The paper, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, adds to some previous research that has also failed...Tags: Marijuana Use, Human Body, Lungs and Airways, American Medical Association, Lung Cancer
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Genetic mutation shown in some men with prostate cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan have discovered an inherited mutation linked to significantly higher risk of prostate cancer development at a younger age. The discovery, after two decades of looking, provides insight into...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines, Internists, Internal Medicine, Ovarian Cancer
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