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How many York County firefighters have died in line of duty? Complete list is elusive
York Daily Record, Pa.After Loganville Fire Chief Rodney Miller died April 27 while directing traffic off Interstate 83, his name joined those of two other fallen firefighters on a database run by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management office in Harrisburg. That database is...Tags: Heart Attack, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Fires, Museums, Arts and Culture
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The Fayetteville Observer, N.C., Bill Kirby Jr. column
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Susan Sparks, you might say, has led a unique career, first as a trial lawyer and now as Baptist minister ... and stand-up comedian. She'll be the guest speaker Tuesday, May 14 at the American Heart Association Go Red for Women luncheon, which is...Tags: Cardiologists, Corporate Officers, Lung Transplants, American Heart Association
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EDITORIAL: Dementia exacts huge toll
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.It's an insidious disease. It hollows out its victims from the inside out, moving with agonizing slowness as it erodes bit by bit the desire to live. Dementia exacts its toll not only on victims, but on family and caregivers who are painfully aware as...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Nursing Homes
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Go Red for Women luncheon draws attention to danger of heart disease
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.Alisa Debnam has a dramatic, but accurate, method of bringing home the danger of heart disease for women. "I take three women and sit them together," Debnam said. "Then I tell them that statistically, one of them will be affected by heart disease. It...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses
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Aerobic exercise as breast cancer prevention: Evidence mounts
There's a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that regular exercise reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. But contradictory findings, and lingering questions as to how physical activity would work to ward off breast cancer, have clouded...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Breast Cancer, Medical Research, Physiology
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Annual Mount Airy March for Babies set Saturday in Veterans Park
The Mount Airy News, N.C.The 2013 Mount Airy March for Babies event Saturday will mark 75 years nationally of the March of Dimes mission of advocacy and research on behalf of premature babies and infants born with birth defects. Northern Hospital of Surry County Volunteer and...Tags: Phenylketonuria, Medical Procedures and Tests, Vaccines, American Heart Association, March of Dimes Foundation
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Strong arguments for weight training
As they get older, many adults grow more susceptible to a number of health conditions. These can include weight gain, muscle and bone loss, hypertension, generalized inflammation, loss of stability and coordination, lower back pain, type 2 diabetes,...
Tags: Lower Back Pain, Arthritis, Diabetes, Education, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Changing the future of Yuma's health
The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.In view of escalating health-care costs and other challenges, how can the community improve its health? More than 100 of Yuma County's leaders, health providers and elected officials gathered Thursday to engage in dialogue and try to come up with...Tags: Death, Health and Medical Professionals, Auto Trends, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Cancer doctor Otis Brawley urges MCG graduates to focus on disease prevention
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Even with a distinguished career and a top position at the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley conceded he was envious of the new crop of physicians emerging from the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University that will benefit from...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance Cost
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Paths align for Orangeburg twins, USC seniors
The StateThey are too compassionate to be robots. But according to the people who know Purva and Pooja Choudhari -- aspiring doctors, committed volunteers, science whizzes and soon-to-be University of South Carolina graduates -- the 20-year-old twin sisters...Tags: Heart Attack, Teaching and Learning, New York City, American Red Cross, Science and Technology
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READER SUBMITTED: The National EMS Memorial Bike Ride Honors EMS Workers Involved With Newtown
StatewideThe National EMS Memorial Bike Ride 2013 East Coast Event EMT's and Paramedics bicycle 500 Miles for Fallen EMS Providers The National EMS Memorial Bike Ride is proud to announce their 2013 East Coast Ride from Rockland, ME to Collingdale, PA. The...Tags: Human Interest, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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On A Trip Abroad, Finding A Bridge Back
The Hartford CourantA letter to the Irish Times Wednesday was headlined "Name for the new Liffey bridge" The body of the letter consists of "Sir — The suspension is killing me. — Yours, etc. Tom Gilsenan." Bravo, Tom. You've done your duty as an Irishman. You'...Tags: Google Inc., Heart Attack, Dublin (Ireland), Bram Stoker, George Bernard Shaw
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