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When weight is disabling
Lisa Harrison weighed 527 pounds on the day she was fired from her job at a Louisiana drug addiction treatment center. The 5-foot-2-inch Harrison, who believed her employer considered her "disabled" due to her weight, filed a discrimination charge with...
Tags: Social Issues, Health Organizations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses
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Patients often biased against fat doctors, too
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People are less likely to trust and follow the advice of an overweight doctor, according to a new online survey that suggests "weight bias" may go both ways in the doctor-patient relationship. "There's lots of work which shows...Tags: Health, Weight, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Obesity, Medical Research
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Henry Gift: Doctor Was Champion Of Underserved, In Connecticut And Around The World
The Hartford CourantAfter Henry Gift's mother died in Guyana from lack of access to medical treatment, he pledged to become a physician and bring healing to people with no access to doctors. Gift fulfilled that childhood pledge — he became an internist who provided...Tags: U.S. Army, Internists, Family, Heart Attack, Medical Specialization
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Paul Giamatti's Hamlet and Douglas Sills' JFK Both Have Issues With Their Fathers
Hamlet Ends April 13, Yale University Theatre, New Haven. Produced by the Yale Repertory Theatre. (203) 432-1234, yalrep.org Ride the Tiger Ends April 21, Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, (203) 787-4282, longwharf.org Greed...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Music, Entertainment
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Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors
Reuters(Reuters) - About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs. Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand. The criticism was voiced by a number of leading heart doctors who...Tags: Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Failure, Trials, Health and Safety at School
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Jefferson Mays' fractured personality
While Jefferson Mays was performing in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" in the fall of 2012 at Hartford Stage, he recalls, his wife kept overhearing variations on the same remark at intermission: "Isn't it wonderful how they got actors who all...
Tags: Kind Hearts and Coronets (movie), Murder, Theater, Entertainment, Alec Guinness
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Joyful voices in heavenly choir
South Bend TribuneCindy Robinett, the choir director at the Sanctuary at St. Paul’s in South Bend, had to pass out Kleenex instead of sheet music at a recent rehearsal. She and her St. Paul’s choir found out in a span of a few minutes that they had lost two...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Music, Entertainment
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Business people - March 10
International Association of Administrative Professionals The International Association of Administrative Professionals, or IAAP, recently announced that Donnell Householder of Cumberland, Md., earned certified administrative professional certification....
Tags: Recipes, Financial and Business Services, Medical Specialization, Long Term Care, Ophthalmology
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Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore
Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fiction, University of Oxford, Jhumpa Lahiri
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Too much salt may trigger autoimmune diseases: studies
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Increased salt consumption may be a key culprit behind rising rates of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, researchers reported on Wednesday in a trio of papers looking at the role of a specific class of cells linked with...Tags: Salt, Inflammation, Diabetes, Genetic Engineering, Vitamin D
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Lawsuit Over Regional Trash Agency Contract Provides Glimpse Into Capitol Communications
The Hartford CourantA bitter lawsuit that charges favoritism and illegal lobbying provides a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes communications and inner workings of government at the state Capitol. The pitched battle between two high-profile Hartford Democrats has been...Tags: Government, Ethics, U.S. House of Representatives, Old Saybrook, Legal Service
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Something old, new for Columbia Pro Cantare
Columbia Pro Cantare offers something old and something new for its next concert on Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. There's a religious link of sorts between the old and new pieces, so having this concert take place in an...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Religion and Belief, Music, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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