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Area athletes finally get outside
GROTON — Area track and field athletes were finally able to get some time outside at the Groton Kiwanis Relays on Thursday. Aberdeen Roncalli’s boys and Redfield-Doland’s girls won team titles at the event. The Cavaliers compiled 140...
Tags: Swimming, Lone (music group), Sports, Track and Field
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Sick House: The Link Between Housing And Health
It was a chronic thing: Almost every time Erma Taylor's great-grandson caught a cold, he also ended up having a severe asthma attack. Taylor, a retired nurse, spent many hours at a hospital, helping to hold the toddler for tests and breathing treatments,...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Home Inspection, Painting, Heart Attack, Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital
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Gut bugs are implicated in heart attacks and stroke
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the search for the mystery culprits has turned up some surprising...Tags: Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease, Science and Technology, Healthcare Provider, Heart Attack, Johns Hopkins University
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Cinnamon challenge: Bad for kids
Orlando SentinelAs a parent, here's all you need to know about the so-called 'cinnamon challenge': It's bad for kids. Haven't heard of it? Lucky you. In the cinnamon challenge, a person tries to swallow a whole tablespoon of cinnamon in fewer than 60 seconds -- and...Tags: Cinnamon
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EPA nominee a champion for public health
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate will hold a confirmation hearing on Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Over her decades of public service, Ms. McCarthy has demonstrated a strong commitment to...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, Heart Attack, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Gina McCarthy
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Asthma on the rise in Florida and beyond
Asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses among children in Florida. According to the 2010 Florida Child Health Survey conducted by the Florida Department of Health, 18 percent of children younger than 18 have at some point been diagnosed with...Tags: Common Cold, Family, Pharmaceuticals, Environmental Issues, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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How to navigate allergy season
If your eyes are itching and your nose is running, chances are you know that allergy season already is starting up. So what's an allergy sufferer to do to make it through? Dr. Anju Peters, a fellow allergy sufferer and an associate professor of medicine...
Tags: Fever, Chills, Claritin (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Zyrtec (drug)
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Imperial County gets failing air quality grade from lung association
Staff Writer, Copy EditorIn spite of the strides made over the past four decades toward improved air quality, 42 percent of Americans still live in counties that have unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution. Imperial County residents can count themselves among...Tags: Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Heart Attack, Corporate Officers
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The skinny on fasting
First, a couple of definitions: Intermittent fasting is when you eat your regular, fairly sensible way, say five days a week, and then take in only about 600 calories a day for the remaining two days. Calorie restriction is living on fewer than the...
Tags: Overweight, Medical Research, Alzheimer's Disease, Kidney Disease, Weight Loss
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Blue Ridge Marathon organizers reflect on success, look ahead to 2014
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterPeople are still talking about Saturday's Blue Ridge Marathon. This year's marathon was especially significant because it was the first following the bombings at the Boston Marathon just one week ago. Blue Ridge Marathon organizers are calling the...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports
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An Rx for the doctor shortage
New subsidies and insurance regulations in the 2010 healthcare law are expected to bring coverage to millions of uninsured Californians starting next year. The newly insured are likely to put a bigger strain on the healthcare system, particularly in their...
Tags: Healthcare Policies, Vaccines, General Practitioners, Nursing, Healthcare Provider
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Cold weather training takes extra thought
The key to training effectively during this extended winter weather is as simple as the advice mothers give their young children, “Dress warm.” This spring’s weather, which has actually been extremely winter-like, has messed up...
Tags: Mall of America, Swimming, College Baseball, High Schools, Schools
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