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School Sports Make In-Car First-Aid Kit a Must
KickingTiresThe school sports season is back in swing with baseball diamonds and soccer and football fields once again full of colorful but small uniforms. Along with the season comes many scrapes, bumps, bruises and other more severe injuries that we......Tags: AAA, Allergies, Lacrosse, Ibuprofen (drug), Injuries and Wounds
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Low cost rabies shots for your pet
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelBroward County Animal Care and Adoption will host a rabies clinic??Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Mary Saunders Park, 4750 S.W. 21 St. in West Park.?? Dogs and cats can be vaccinated for a $15, cash only??fee, and the animals will get a...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Rabies, Fort Lauderdale, Dog (animal), Hospitals and Clinics
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County taking swine flu vaccination message to Boca Raton school
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsPalm Beach County officials on Tuesday plan to go to Boca Raton Elementary School to draw attention to their call for students to get vaccinated for the swine flu virus. Health Department Director Dr. Alina Alonso and County Commissioner Steven......Tags: Swine Flu, Preventative Medicine, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Schools
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Tick-borne disease threat is growing
My Pet WorldWhere there are ticks, there's bound to be tick disease. According to veterinary parasitologist Dr. Michael Dryden, the tick population in America has exploded in recent years. Curiously, dogs enjoy more benefits than people when it comes to...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Steve Dale, Arthritis
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Disease Prevention, Lung Cancer, Meningitis, Media Industry
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Trice: A more holistic approach to health care for LGBT community
Keith Green knows that physicians read books and take classes on how to provide the best health care for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. But Green, chairman of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, also knows that too many...
Tags: HIV, Asthma, Minority Groups, Mental Health, Health and Safety at School
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Juggling act? Parenting is more feat of strength
Nadine Warner was hunkered down in a St. Louis hotel room, absorbing that singular type of heat that radiates from a feverish kid on your lap, in this case her 3-year-old son, Gabe, while the rest of the family was outside exploring the city. I've never...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Rogers Park, Gays and Lesbians, Judges
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Pa. wild deer with CWD necessitate a second DMA
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has established a second Disease Management Area (DMA) to monitor confirmed cases of Chronic Waste Disease (CWD) in wild deer in south-central Pennsylvania. The new four-county DMA includes parts of Bedford, Blair,...Tags: Ceremonies, Awards and Prizes, Lymphoma, Fishing, American Cancer Society
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Flu myths: Know your bug
The latest flu epidemic has many people in a near-panic. But it's important to know the difference between fact and fiction when it comes to fighting the influenza virus. "This is one of the worst flu seasons we've seen in Illinois in about a decade,"...
Tags: Symptoms, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pharmaceuticals
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Doctor whose work saved millions reflects on career
The publication of Alfred Sommer's new memoir, "10 Lessons in Public Health," comes precisely 30 years after the publication of the most important thing he's ever written: "Increased mortality in children with mild vitamin A deficiency," a report of a...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Viral Diseases and Infections, Dietary Supplements, Family
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Lollapalooza on way to sellout; day-by-day lineups set
Lollapalooza will put 60,000 single-day tickets on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. central for the festival Aug. 2-4 in Grant Park. The only question remaining is how fast they’ll sell out. The festival’s entire lineup leaked weeks early last...
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Pet news briefs: Dog attack stats ranked by city
My Pet WorldThe U.S. Postal Service has released dog attack rankings for 2012 by city. Last year, nearly 5,900 letter carriers were attacked by dogs. Overall, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were thought to be about 4.7 million...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Symptoms, American Kennel Club, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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