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Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, HIV, AIDS?
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.Highlands County reported 31 HIV cases from 2009-11. That's 10.5 per 100,000. If there's good news in that report, it's that the Florida rate is 27.7. "Those are newly reported cases," said Barbara Moore, an RN with Highlands County Health Department....Tags: Palm Beach County, Viral Diseases and Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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Toulouse-Lautrec works on display this summer in Allentown
To Paul Firos, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was more than just the most significant of the French Post-Impressionist artists. Through his posters that were splashed across Parisian buildings in the late 1800s heralding upcoming events, he was the first...
Tags: Allentown, Fine Artists, New Britain, Arts and Culture, Allentown Art Museum
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STI havens within galloping distance of Preakness
The Baltimore SunIf indecent exposure laws aren't enough to give adventurous Pimlico infield visitors pause, here's another disincentive: The famous race course lies inside of one of Baltimore's statistical hot spots for gonorrhea. Just in time for the end of national...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Pimlico, Equestrian, Diseases and Illnesses
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10 things you might not know about poison
This month has been one big hazmat spill. An Elvis impersonator from Mississippi was arrested and later released after letters containing the deadly poison ricin were mailed to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a judge. On the other side of the...
Tags: Nate Burleson, National Football League, Netflix Inc., Sports, Wars and Interventions
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Arkansas Senate aims to cut off state funds to abortion providers
ReutersLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The Republican-led Arkansas Senate, in the latest statehouse swipe at abortion providers around the country, approved a bill on Tuesday that sponsors said was aimed at cutting off the last vestiges of state funding to...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, HIV, Social Issues, Washington, DC
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The Wadsworth Examines Caravaggio and His Legacy
Burst of Light: Caravaggio and His Legacy Ends June 16, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, Hartford, thewadsworth.org It is nearly impossible to look at a painting by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi, 1572-1610) without pondering...
Tags: Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rome (Italy), Bars and Clubs
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Excerpt: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja
From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, Abusive Behavior
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Forgetfulness can have multiple causes
Premium Health News ServiceWorried that you're getting more forgetful as you age? Ironically, worry itself can trigger memory slips. It might take a conversation with your doctor to pinpoint the cause of your memory lapses--especially if the change is sudden or uncharacteristic....Tags: Memory Loss, Sleep Disorders, Men's Health, Migraine, Headaches
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Fate of same-sex marriage cases likely to influence public health
Los Angeles TimesAdvocates for and against same-sex marriage will make legal arguments to the Supreme Court this week about whether laws such as the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 run afoul of the Constitution. Meanwhile, in...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice, University of California, Los Angeles, Gays and Lesbians
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Marylander who died of rabies contracted disease from kidney transplant
The first Marylander to succumb to rabies since 1976 developed the virus through a kidney transplant that took place more than a year before the Army veteran died of the disease in February, national health and defense officials said Friday. Tests...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Defense, Viral Diseases and Infections, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Md. author explores fascinating, fatal arsenic
For such a long time, arsenic was the perfect poison. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless, so it's difficult to detect when slipped into a food or beverage. Its effects are gradual and cumulative — deflecting suspicion from the killer. The...
Tags: Murder, Abusive Behavior, Diseases and Illnesses, Reisterstown Road, Malaria
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2012 Citizens of the Year: Charlie Hill and Golden Bethune-Hill
They trip over the ends of each other's sentences as they vie to tout their individual projects and recognize each other's work. They can barely wait to add an encomium or anecdote about their shared passions for health and education. They're determined...
Tags: Old Dominion University, Cardiologists, Mark Clark, Hampton Roads, High Blood Pressure
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