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Health officials: More patients linked to fungal meningitis infections
Article Highlights: - 35 people in six states now meet the criteria for a non-contagious, fungal form of meningitis - That's up from 26 just a day ago - All 35 patients were injected with a steroid - The plant where the steroid was manufactured...
Tags: CNN (tv network), Disease Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Food and Drug Administration, Fever
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Germ warfare at work
Have you heard about the highly contagious Koala flu that turns people into horrifying, albeit adorable, zombie marsupials who subsist only on human thigh meat and eucalyptus leaves?
No, you haven't, because it hasn't happened — yet. When it does,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Diseases and Illnesses, Allergies, Employees, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Tips for a pleasant Take Your Dog to Work Day
Animal Crazy - Orlando SentinelIf you're planning to participate in Take Your Dog to Work Day on Friday, June 24, or if you plan to take your pet to work any other time, you might want to consider some suggestions from the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters. “The... -
Caterpillar Inc. to pay $2.55 million penality [Updated]
Greenspace"The enforcement of vehicle emissions standards, labeling and reporting requirements is critical to protecting the air we breathe and ensuring that companies play by the rules,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of... -
LETTER: Trophy Lawns Can Be Toxic
David Polochanin's op-ed "Fertilizing The Lawn Is A Fool's Game" [May 12] calls attention to the "excessive misuse of time" spent on promoting green, weedless and mole-free lawns. What he fails to note is the fact that many of the products used to bring...Tags: Allergies
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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: Skin Rash, Lyme Disease, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lyme
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LETTER: Pass GMO Labeling Law
I am appalled at the op-ed by Dr. Ronald Kleinman regarding GMO foods [May 7, "Don't Label Genetically Engineered Food"]. As a parent, I have made every effort to feed my family organic, local and unprocessed foods because of my suspicion that there are...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Allergies
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Teva better suited than most for China market -CEO
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has yet to make any serious inroads into China, but its chief executive...Tags: Procter & Gamble, Novartis AG, Companies and Corporations, IMS Health Incorporated, Joint Ventures
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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: Swimming, Vegan Diet, Dietary Supplements, Dermatology, MRI (imaging)
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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: E. coli Infection, Crimes, Trials, Food Industry, Misdemeanors
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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: Diane Kruger, Hanna (movie), Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones (movie), Jake Abel
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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: Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles, Science and Technology, Education, Allergies
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