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Road to motherhood takes an unexpected route
scollins@amnews.comThis Mother’s Day, Barbara Johnson is counting her blessings for the two beautiful children she thought she’d never have. The Perryville woman, 39, had given up hope of conceiving her own child after four years of trying. She and husband...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Republic of Ireland, Lotteries, Family, In Vitro Fertilization
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Kids at risk from tippy instant soup cups
On a typical June day last year, 3-year-old Jolan Jackson was sitting at the dining room table in his booster chair waiting for his meal. Having just boiled a cup of water in the microwave, Jolan's teenage sister poured the hot liquid into a Cup...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Colleges and Universities, Loyola University Chicago, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Consumers
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FEATURE-Money laundering distorts Colombia's economic comeback
Reuters* Laundering of drug cash permeates economy, inflates data * Illegal schemes more sophisticated than Pablo Escobar days * Government struggles to contain problem By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra PUERTO NUEVO, Colombia, May 28 (Reuters) - Rotting...Tags: Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Finance, Venezuela, Arts and Culture
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At Walters' Richard Caton Woodville exhibit, a 20th painting discovered
For the past 158 years, art historians thought that the painter Richard Caton Woodville, the James Dean of his generation, had completed just 19 paintings before he died of a morphine overdose in 1855 at age 30. Now, we know that there were 20. Joy...Tags: Arts, Painting, Museums, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists
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Want to Be a Better Person? Meditate on It.
HealthYou’re at a crowded doctor’s office. The doctor is running far behind schedule, and it’s standing room only. A patient hobbles in. He’s on crutches. You look around. Everyone else in the waiting room is checking their phones,... -
Seeking magic in a bottle
Special to the TribuneAlmost everywhere you look, you're bombarded with advertisements shilling products that promise "energy," "pep" and "vigor" — all with little to no side effects. You can buy the products at any convenience or grocery store or by mail order. With the...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Drugs and Medicines, Coca-Cola Co., Newspaper and Magazine, Dietary Supplements
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Lil Wayne seizure puts spotlight on rappers' use of 'sizzurp'
The powerful narcotic popped up on the cultural grid around the turn of the millennium. A Texas producer-remixer named DJ Screw paid homage to its woozy, heavy-lidded high by dramatically slowing down beats and vocals to replicate the drug's sleepwalker...Tags: Coughing, University of Texas at Austin, Genres, Promethazine (drug), T.I.
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'Poison': Bridget Zinn's bittersweet debut
No life should be reduced to a narrative. It's too tempting to tie up the loose ends. To miss the minutiae that make each of us human. To find reason where there is none. So the abrupt, far too early end of author Bridget Zinn's life doesn't need to...
Tags: Human Interest, Authors, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arts and Culture, Health Treatments
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A shortsighted 'cure' for prescription meds' abuse
An Orange County pain specialist already in the spotlight over deaths from prescription medications has racked up another patient overdose death. The coroner has ruled that Wayne Oviatt died in January of a mix of prescription drugs, including morphine,...
Tags: Physical Therapists, Arthritis, Health Treatments, Chemical Industry, Prescription Drugs
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Failure to register as sex offender leads to prison
A Groton man who failed to follow sex offender registration requirements has been sentenced to 60 days in prison. Charles E. Bogart, 28, pleaded guilty to failing to notify law enforcers of a termination of employment as is required of a sex...Tags: Labor Legislation, Prisons, Methamphetamine (drug), Fines, Trials
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Don't punish people who really need painkillers
It's not enough that medical insurance companies want to dictate how much and what kind of treatment our illnesses deserve. Now legislators and law enforcement agencies are butting in, trying to curtail the use of high-powered painkillers because too...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Substance Abuse, Vicodin (drug), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Food and Drug Administration
May 11, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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