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Ind. unlikely to make cold meds prescription-only
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The leaders of Indiana communities hit hard by methamphetamine are arguing for a state law requiring prescriptions to buy cold and allergy pills that contain the key meth ingredient of pseudoephedrine. But opponents of the...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Justice System, Social Services, Ephedrine (drug), Local Government
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Cold medicines could face tighter Ind. limits
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate committee has backed tougher limits on quantities consumers may buy of cold medications that can be used to make methamphetamine. The Senate's Criminal Law Committee voted 10-0 Tuesday in favor of the bill...
Tags: Ephedrine (drug), Politics, Middlebury, Allergies, Crime, Law and Justice
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It's Lyme season [Editorial]
With some exceptions, any illness can strike anyone at any time. One of the more dangerous to emerge in recent decades is Lyme disease. Harford County, as many of us know either first-hand or because of someone we know, is not immune from the tick-borne...Tags: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lyme, Arthritis
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Recipes, Prilosec (drug), Asthma, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Minnesota moves to bar farmer from selling raw milk, other foods
A Minnesota farmer who beat charges of illegally distributing raw milk has again become a target of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, which is trying to forbid him from selling food without a license. An administrative law judge said recently...Tags: Trials, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Allergies, Laws
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Review: 'The Host' limps along as alien tale fails to generate heat
"Twilight's" creator Stephenie Meyer clearly has a few obsessions she can't quite shake: interspecies romance, love triangles and color-coded eyes — red-rimmed if vampires are involved, silver for the sci-fi aliens of "The Host." All those...Tags: Movies, Andrew Niccol, Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones (movie), Chandler Canterbury
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National Museum of American History to preserve ag heritage
WASHINGTON - On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture-stories about...Tags: Productivity, Agricultural Research and Technology, Consumers, Science and Technology, Invention and Innovation
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Child's tiredness could signal underlying problem
Q: My 8-year-old is tired all the time even though she gets 11 to 12 hours of sleep a night. Is this part of growing up, or should I address it with her pediatrician? I wondered if she might be anemic, but I have read this is rare in children. A: It's...
Tags: Epstein-Barr Virus Infectious Mononucleosis, Fatigue, Viral Diseases and Infections, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Tuberculosis
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Flu 411: What everyone needs to know
It's flu season in Baltimore. A few days after Christmas, Baltimore resident Kathleen Dudley began experiencing telltale signs of the flu — fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, cough and overall exhaustion. "The worst part — the fever...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Vaccines, Fatigue, Preventative Medicine, Chemical Industry
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Lisa Jackson has been a courageous EPA administrator
Kudos to Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency who is stepping down from her cabinet-level position after the president's State of the Union address in January ("Chief of EPA to leave post," Dec. 28). Ms. Jackson has performed...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Republican Party, Lisa P. Jackson
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Senior Circles: Winter Growth is Marge Burba's legacy to Howard County
The holidays are a time to share, remember and reminisce. So, I would like to share with you the story of Marge Burba, to reminisce with friends about her remarkable career serving older and disabled adults and to highlight the legacy, Winter Growth,...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Early Learning, Career and Workplace, Howard County, Education
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The gut and its bacteria a growing focus of research
The yards of dank tubing in our midsections form a complex, amazing and absolutely pivotal foundation for human health. And the more that scientists come to appreciate this, the more they anticipate that future medical discoveries will come from the lowly...
Tags: Obesity, Colleges and Universities, Education, Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School
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