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Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Medical Research, Infertility, Birth Defects, Human Body
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Expert: Why is Michigan Humane Society's euthanasia rate 70 percent?
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Humane Society's board is bringing in an outside expert to evaluate how the organization decides which dogs go for adoption and which dogs are killed.
The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report the board voted...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Detroit, Health, Politics, Freedom of the Press
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Meet the candidates: South Bend Common Council 4th District
South Bend’s 4th District covers the city’s northeast side, including the East Bank and areas adjacent to the University of Notre Dame. Find a map of all the city’s districts at www.southbendtribune.com/elections. Independent: Kyle...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Politics, Facebook, Indiana University South Bend, Government
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More gym for kids means less chance of obesity, Cornell study says
More physical education in kindergarten through fifth grade means less chance of obesity, especially for boys, researchers say. The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity. It is to be published...
Tags: Health Organizations, Weight, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Schools
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Orlando's priciest community expands
Central Florida's most-expensive new residential development, Golden Oak at Walt Disney World, has nearly sold out its first four neighborhoods and is about to open its fifth. Starting prices are $1.6 million and midpoint prices are $3 million to $4...
Tags: Altamonte Springs, Orlando Real Estate, Realty, Veranda Park, Services and Shopping
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Dr. Joyce Brothers, famed TV psychologist, dies at 85
Dr. Joyce Brothers, a psychologist who became a pop-culture fixture after she turned to radio and television in the late 1950s to tend to the nation’s psyche, has died. She was 85. Brothers died Monday in New York City, publicist Sanford Brokaw...
Tags: Long Island, Obituaries, Science and Technology, Health and Medical Professionals, Joyce Brothers
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READER SUBMITTED: Bilingual Integrative Medical Practice Opens in Farmington
FarmingtonSald Primary Care & Integrative Medicine opened in May 1 with a treatment center in Farmington that offers patients access to a primary care physician, naturopathic physician, acupuncture and nutritional counseling. In addition, all support staff...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Herbal Medicines
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Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at 85; popular TV psychologist
Fame was never her intent, Dr. Joyce Brothers often said. She was not yet 30, new to stay-at-home motherhood and struggling to help her husband stretch his pay as a medical resident when she came up with an ambitious plan: Transform herself into a...
Tags: Long Island, Science and Technology, Health and Medical Professionals, The Washington Post, Radio
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Finger Lakes book a guide to good eating
What's not to like about upstate New York's Finger Lakes region? Consider the farmers markets, wine trails, rieslings, its Cornell chicken and grilled meat sandwiches called spiedies, its high-profile restaurants and an August weekend dedicated to...
Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salt, Recipes
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SOUTH BEND Bradley Co. announces the following additions: Rudy Yakym III is vice president. He will be responsible for building continuity of the brand and business culture strength among all current and future offices. Yakym received a bachelor's...Tags: Indiana University, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
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Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...
Tags: Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, U.S. Department of Labor, Ronald Reagan
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Eco-friendly green burials catching on in the U.S.
ReutersBy Steven P Johnson GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 11 (Reuters) - After a two-year battle with cancer, Joseph Fitzgerald was determined to leave his final resting place to Mother Nature. On a quiet February day in rural Florida, Fitzgerald's body was carried...Tags: The Neptune Society Incorporated
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