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Health officials launch Toddler Immunization Month
Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif.The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health launched Toddler Immunization Month this month, according to a county news release. TIM is an annual observance which highlights the importance of fully immunizing toddlers ages 1-3 years old against...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Whooping Cough, Hepatitis B , Immunization
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Clinic quality details made public
The Wisconsin State JournalMore than 83 percent of patients at Dean Health System's Fish Hatchery Clinic are appropriately screened for colon cancer, compared with 71 percent of patients at Dean's clinic in Stoughton. Nearly 79 percent of middle-aged women at Meriter Health...Tags: Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Osteoporosis, Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance
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Angelina Jolie mastectomy: A closer look at DNA, breast cancer risk
By opting for surgery to remove her breasts while they were still healthy, Angelina Jolie joined a growing number of women who have used genetic testing to take control of their health. Here are answers to some common questions about how DNA...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Pancreatic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Chemical Industry
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Black Girls Run! adds color to a traditionally whitewashed sport
Austin American-StatesmanLook around the next time you line up for a race or log miles on a trail: Recreational running -- in Austin and around the country -- draws a predominantly white crowd. On a recent Saturday morning, though, one boisterous group was doing its best to...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Customs and Tradition, Heart Disease, University of Texas at Austin, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Plan B pill age change a big risk, official says
Alamogordo Daily News, N.M.The Director of the local Pregnancy Help Center spoke about the health and social risks she felt could be issues now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B One-Step over the counter to...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Walmart, Health Treatments, Abortion, Family
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Bemoaning bedbugs: Residents speak out on critters
The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.One man wakes in the dead of night, when the bugs are most active, to round them up by hand. Another spends hours on the phone every week, calling inspectors and lawyers and regulators and advocates. And yet another sprays insecticide directly onto his...Tags: Arthritis, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Asperger Syndrome, Osteoporosis, Health
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Terrorism
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Letters: Dying but not wanting to know
Re "Prescribing silence," Opinion, May 16 That Dr. Susan Partovi asked a patient if he wanted to know the details of his terminal illness is commendable. But relying on the old standby, "Do you want everything done?" — not so much. The medical...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Esophageal cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners, Medical Specialization
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The Seattle Times Nicole Brodeur column
Seattle TimesOne October night in 2007, a group of friends from Seattle traveled to New York City's Webster Hall to make a film about a benefit concert. The concert commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Huntington's Disease Society of America, which was founded...Tags: Entertainment, New York City, Music Industry, Film Festivals, Pneumonia
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Heart Walk draws hundreds to Prairie Lakes Park
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IowaCEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Connor Helgens has been counting down the days until the 2013 Cedar Valley Heart Walk. The Cedar Falls 5-year-old was too shy to express his excitement outwardly, but his mother, Laura Helgens, said the annual event is one of...Tags: Heart Disease, American Heart Association
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Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that
PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...
Tags: Elections, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Fluoride, Health Organizations, Water Supply
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Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise
The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities — until they caused serious declines...Tags: Germany, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Science, Ecosystems
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