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    Jun 14, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. U-M: 6 new stem cell lines available for research

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Six new human embryonic stem cell lines derived at the University of Michigan are available for federal research. University of Michigan Health System officials say in a release Thursday that researchers can begin using...

    Tags: Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Agricultural Research and Technology, University of Michigan, Genes and Chromosomes

    2. Jan 12, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  2. Girl, 9, who faced online taunts in 2010 dies

    WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A 9-year-old Detroit-area girl whose battle with Huntington's disease drew attention after she was taunted online by a neighbor has died. Michigan Memorial Funeral Home in Flat Rock, which is handling arrangements, says...

    Tags: Mount Hope, Diseases and Illnesses, Facebook, Health, Diseases and Illnesses

    3. Feb 2, 2011 |Story| WSBT-TV

  3. Woman who taunted ill girl, 7, ordered to move

    TRENTON, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area woman who used the Internet to taunt a 7-year-old girl with Huntington's disease has been ordered to move out of her home after pleading guilty to assault and battery for trying to run over a neighbor. Jennifer...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Wayne County, Brain, Judges

    4. Jun 18, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  4. Check out wellness events to stay healthy

    Upcoming Virtual Dementia Tour: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. June 22. Grand Villa of Altamonte Springs. Free interactive tour. Natural Solutions to Pain: 7:00-8:30 p.m. June 24. Oviedo YMCA, 7900 Red Bug Rd., Oviedo. 407-359-3606 Kidney Smart: 9-11 a.m. June 27....

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Casselberry, New Smyrna Beach, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics

    5. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  5. Third annual Hope Walk to fight Huntington's disease

    South Bend Tribune
    GRANGER -- The Northern Indiana Committee for the Huntington's Disease Society of America will host the third annual Hope Walk at Discovery Middle School in Granger on Saturday. The local iteration of this national event was inspired by 1987 Penn High...

    Tags: Auction Service, Indiana University, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses

    6. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Arlo Guthrie is performing to honor dad Woody Guthrie's legacy

    When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened to his father, Woody, teach him "This Land Is Your Land." The verses decrying hunger and espousing equality didn't strike Arlo as political...

    Tags: The Kid (movie), Hurricane Katrina (2005), Entertainment Events, Symptoms, Woodstock Festival (1969)

    7. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  7. Honoring his father's mission

    He still performs the original words.
    He still performs the original words. When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened as his father taught him the end of "This Land Is Your Land" — the lyrics, cut in many...

    Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Entertainment Events, Symptoms, Woodstock Festival (1969), Natural Disasters

    8. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Blowing smoke on workplace health

    The best way to hire productive employees is to look for people with qualifications, talent, honesty and commitment. Now, however, a small but growing number of employers are looking for something else as well: job applicants who don't smoke. As much as we despair of the death and damage caused by tobacco, this new employment criterion strikes us as a lamentable and unwarranted intrusion into applicants' private lives — and one that should worry anyone in this country who has an elevated risk for any sort of injury or illness. In other words, most of us.
    The best way to hire productive employees is to look for people with qualifications, talent, honesty and commitment. Now, however, a small but growing number of employers are looking for something else as well: job applicants who don't smoke. As much as...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Colleges and Universities, Heart Disease, Health and Safety at Work

    9. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Margaret H. Abbott, genetics researcher

    Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in Ruxton.
    Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatry, Christianity

    10. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Dr. William J. Weiner, UM chairman of neurology

    Dr. William J. Weiner, a professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who was nationally known for his work with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma at his Guilford home. He was 67.
    Dr. William J. Weiner, a professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who was nationally known for his work with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma...

    Tags: Berkeley (Cook, Illinois), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland)

    11. Sep 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Gene patent case could impact patients, research

    Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah.
    Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah. That's because Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc. owns the patents to the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Trials, Lawyers, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Cystic Fibrosis

    12. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| WXMI

  12. Lawn Mower Races To Tear Up Sparta This Weekend

    They can power through the thickest lawsn and the toughest grass, but this weekend lawn mowers are being put to a more eventful use.
    They can power through the thickest lawsn and the toughest grass, but this weekend lawn mowers are being put to a more eventful use. The annual lawn mower races are back and running this Saturday and Sunday at the Sparta Airport track. Seven classes...
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