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Too much too soon for some females
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.Pink is one of my favorite colors. My phone is pink, so is a lot of my clothing, jewelry, running shoes and more. It is the defining color of womanhood, Barbie's favorite shade and the signature look for hundreds of companies, publications and...Tags: Miley Cyrus, Entertainment, Britney Spears, Victoria's Secret, Fashion Shows
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Pollen count apps for smartphones are nothing to sneeze at
Star TribuneKate O'Reilly's spring allergy survival kit includes the usual stuff -- nasal sprays, allergy pills and a box of tissues. This season, she's added a new weapon to her line of defense: an app on her smartphone. After waking up one recent morning with a...Tags: Sneezing, Zyrtec (drug), Physical Conditions, Apple iPhone, Allergies
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Cleveland tragedy reminds us of importance of knowing neighbors
Americans were at once thrilled and horrified with the news this week out of Cleveland. Three long-missing women ... found alive after all these years. With details still trickling out, we've only scratched the surface of the nightmare lived by Amanda...
Tags: Michelle Knight, The Wall Street Journal, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Ariel Castro
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Giants draftee Cooper Taylor fulfills tall order after heart troubles
NewsdayEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Cooper Taylor has the height of a quarterback and the build of a tight end, but the agility -- and the playbook -- of a safety. He also has the heart of a champion . . . and not in the overused cliche sense. While at Georgia...Tags: New York Giants, Michael Palmer, Robert Griffin III, Levy Adcock, National Football League
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WebMD top management steps down
ReutersMay 7 (Reuters) - WebMD Health Corp said Chief Executive Cavan Redmond, appointed last June, will be leaving as the health information provider reported a narrower quarterly loss. Shares of the company were up about 10 percent at $27.94 in after-hours...Tags: Advertising, WebMD Health Corporation, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Pharmaceuticals
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Complementing end-of-life care
Of the countless painful decisions surrounding a loved one's end-of-life care, among the trickiest is how to provide physical comfort in a way that also provides a dignified ending. "For end of life, the opioids are very important for pain management,...
Tags: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Nausea, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Herbal Medicines
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One for the record books
HealthThere are all sorts of stories lurking in the piles of data compiled by government and scientific researchers, but you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to see some major implications in the birth data reported recently in the journal Pediatrics. According... -
Barbara Walters, a.k.a. Benjamin Button, has chicken pox
Barbara Walters has chicken pox. Not shingles, which comes from the same virus and is something one might more likely expect in a woman who's 83 years old. No, Babs has good old-fashioned chicken pox. "She'd never had it as a child," Whoopi...Tags: Flu, Chickenpox, Shingles, Whoopi Goldberg, Google Inc.
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How to stick to your new year's resolution fitness plan
It's a new year and once again some of you have made the ubiquitious goal to get in shape and lose weight. Most of you will fail. By the end of the month the crowds at the gym will thin out and all that will be left are the die- hard exercisers. But...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Mayo Clinic
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Fight against cancer is a fact of life for Manchester girl, 11, and her family
Like all parents, John and Tammy Carver face daily challenges in trying to raise a large brood. But for the Manchester couple, who have adopted six youngsters from orphanages in Russia and Belarus between 1997 and 2004, those challenges also include...
Tags: Arthur Jones, American Red Cross, YouTube, Science and Technology, Washington Redskins
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Column: No easy fix for school violence
After the unspeakable tragedy of school shootings in Connecticut, a number of ideas have been brought forth regarding how to prevent a similar event from ever happening again. From banning guns to hiring armed security guards in every school, the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Fighting mental illness
Maybe something good will come from the Shakespearean tragedy that is the Jesse Jackson Jr. saga: A deeper understanding of mental illness and more empathy for those afflicted with it. Or maybe not. The level of cynicism in these parts is so high that...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Washington, DC, Dan Webb, U.S. Department of Justice, Mike Royko
May 19, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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Nov 27, 2012
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