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Steinberg: Athletes Speak might help find solution to concussion problem
A new health epidemic looms on the horizon like a ticking time bomb. It is the spectre of cumulative brain damage suffered from repetitive sub-concussive hits to the head in football and other sports. A concussion does not necessitate being knocked...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Alzheimer's Disease
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Osprey Lodge assisted-living facility produces video 'The Faces of Parkinson's'
TAVARES — A sobering poem written by a man reflecting on his Parkinson's diagnosis is at the heart of a new music video entered in a world-wide competition about the progressive disease. "The Faces of Parkinson's," shot at Osprey Lodge, an...Tags: Entertainment, Medical Specialization, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Medical Professionals, Poetry
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Upfronts Wrap: 5 Things We Know About Next Season
ReutersMay 17 (TheWrap.com) - Networks have made their big pitches to advertisers for the new season, and when you look past the bright lights, veneered smiles and massaged viewership data, here's what they all said: We know ratings are down, and we're going to...Tags: Person of Interest (tv program), NCIS (tv program), Stephen King, American Idol (tv program), Eddie Murphy
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Lemonade Day coming to Modesto on Saturday
The Modesto BeeIf you're out and about Saturday and find yourself craving a nice cold, summery drink, the children of Modesto will have you covered. That's because Saturday is Lemonade Day, the second annual event that simultaneously teaches youngsters how to become...Tags: Marketing
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Harris Bank to pay $400K to settle 2012 suit by disabled workers
Tribune reporterBMO Harris Bank will pay $400,000 to 14 former workers to resolve a disability lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC, which enforces federal laws against job discrimination, had alleged in a lawsuit filed in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Laws, Colon Cancer, Labor Legislation
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Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...
Tags: Castle (tv program), Blackbeard, Crime, Law and Justice, Margo Martindale, Dancing With the Stars (tv program)
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Former Michigan player Rick Volk recounts two concussions in Super Bowl III, is glad symptoms weren't worse
Detroit Free PressRick Volk played in two Super Bowls, but the former All-America at Michigan doesn't remember much of the first. Volk, one of 11 players being inducted into the Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame tonight in Novi, suffered two concussions in the Baltimore...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Politics, Concussion, Canadian Football, National Football League
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Beverly Jeanne Badham Anderson
Beverly Jeanne Badham Anderson, a radiant all-round Southern California bombshell, successful musical theater light opera singer and actress, and exceptional wife and mother of five children died April 28, at home. She was 81. Anderson was born June...
Tags: Camelot (tv program), Music, John Raitt, Arts and Culture, Music Theater
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Struggling with math? Plug in to improve
ReutersApplying painless but targeted electrical stimulation to parts of the brain that play a role in number manipulation may in future be a way to help people who struggle with math, scientists said on Thursday. Researchers who experimented with a type of...Tags: Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Oxford, Alzheimer's Disease, Science and Technology
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Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming U.S. TV season
ReutersBy Liana B. Baker NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - The big four U.S. broadcast networks, in need of new TV hits to turn around slumping ratings, are betting espionage programs and old comedy stars will convince advertisers to spend about $9 billion during...Tags: Television Industry, NCIS (tv program), Homeland (tv program), Netflix Inc., Primetime Emmy Awards
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Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming TV season
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The big four U.S. broadcast networks, in need of new TV hits to turn around slumping ratings, are betting espionage programs and old comedy stars will convince advertisers to spend about $9 billion during the so-called upfront selling...Tags: Television Industry, NCIS (tv program), Homeland (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, Netflix Inc.
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Senior briefs
Calendar These activities will be offered at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center, 119 S. Villa Ave. Information: 410-222-1818: Concert Charles Sullivan performs Broadway tunes, American Songbook standards, gospel and more at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May...Tags: Physical Conditions, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Weight Loss, Nursing
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