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Many worthy causes
A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows that Americans have mixed emotions about the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month. About 96 percent of the 1,004 people polled say the event has succeeded in making people aware of the disease. Most contribute to the...Tags: Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Medical Research
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EPA: Smoke from Waxahachie fire pose no public health hazard
charles.bassett@the33tv.comFire officials believe the fire at the Magnablend plant may have started from mixing chemicals. The thick plume of black smoke rose high into the air quickly moving toward Dallas and Tarrant Counties. "I saw all the smoke over near the school and I...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Regional Authority, Diseases and Illnesses, Asthma
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Gladys Rogers Whitley: Oct. 10, 2011
Gladys Rogers Whitley died Oct. 10 following a long illness with COPD. She was a native of Scott County and is survived by four children, Cheryl Malicote, Billie Malicote, Michael Whitley and Paula Whitley. She is also survived by one sister, Ruby and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Danica Patrick Race car driver Danica Patrick helping to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD. Her grandmother died from COPD at the age of 61. Find out more by visiting this website: http://drive4copd.com/ Sweet...Tags: Health, Danica Patrick, Diseases and Illnesses
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Richard Brace
Richard Brace Richard Frederick Brace died, Monday, July 4, 2011 in Littlerock, California at the age of 82, after a long illness. He was born in San Francisco on June 25, 1929, and grew up in Costa Mesa and Anaheim. He ran track and played football at...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Interest, Korean War (1950-1953), California
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Danica Patrick leads COPD drive
Sun SentinelRace car driver Danica Patrick is urging people 35 and older to be aware of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, also known as COPD. Wednesday is World COPD Day. Patrick, who's in South Florida this weekend for NASCAR's Homestead-Miami Speedway,...Tags: Health, Danica Patrick, Breast Cancer, NASCAR, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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NYC Cooling Centers Open For Hottest Day Of The Summer
From the Office of Emergency Management:
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for New York City through 9 PM Tuesday, July 12. While temperatures are expected to reach into the low 90s, the combination of heat and humidity will make it...Tags: Physical Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses, New York City, Fatigue, Symptoms
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Lighten up
A strange observation about our nation is reflected in a recent health department presentation to the Harford County Council, namely that our country is so wealthy that poor people are often overweight.
Maybe it's just a coincidence, but even as the...Tags: Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes
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Great American Smokeout gets early boost from local physician's office
Every day on her way home from work, Leia Begley used to make a stop. Living several miles out of town, Begley said she always made sure she had a pack of cigarettes to take home with her.
For the past five weeks, that routine has changed. After 26...Tags: Health, Quitting Smoking, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Health and Safety at School
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Stuart L. Buchwald
Stuart L. Buchwald, a former Baltimore professional prestidigitator who performed under the name of "Stuartini the Magnificent," died Oct. 21 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer at his home in Hollywood, Fla.
He was 67.
Mr. Buchwald...Tags: Health, Concerts, Harborplace, Music, Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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Halfway couple enriched by volunteer efforts
janeth@herald-mail.comMary Barbara "Mary B" and Aubrey Dagliano aren't Washington County natives, but they've lived here since August 1969 and consider it home. The Daglianos have lived in their Woodmoor development home in Halfway for 42 years. They've thrown themselves...Tags: Arts and Culture, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), United States Census Bureau
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Jo N. Booze, educator
Jo N. Booze, a retired private school educator who later worked for Episcopal Social Ministries, died June 13 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The Broadmead retirement community resident was 79.
The...Tags: Health, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Maryland, Teachers
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