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Woman uses taekwondo to combat her disabilities
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Alecia Danch has faced unusual odds on her path to learning taekwondo. The 22-year-old South Bend woman was born with mental and physical disabilities, and some things that most people take for granted are challenges for her. Walking can...Tags: Taekwon-Do, Sports
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Goshen family, dozens of others picket to save jobs
WSBT-TVGOSHEN – As they gathered around a piano in their dining room Monday, the DeMent family did one of the few things that gives them comfort these days – singing praise songs. “What else can go wrong?” asked Rebecca, a mother of...Tags: Pneumonia, Mexico
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Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived...Tags: Infertility, Australia, Genes and Chromosomes, In Vitro Fertilization, Medical Research
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Colorado mom-to-be mistakenly given chemo drugs; long wait to see if baby OK
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Doctors say the early stages of pregnancy are an especially bad time for a pharmacological mix-up where a woman prescribed antibiotics instead is given a powerful drug used in chemotherapy. Yet a pharmacist at a Colorado...Tags: Obstetrics, Science and Technology, Abortion, Health Treatments, Chemical Industry
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Irish National Signing Day coverage
It's national signing day, and 23 players have signed their national letters of intent to play football for Notre Dame.
Notre Dame adds six defensive linemen, four defensive backs, four linebackers, three offensive linemen, two wide receivers, one...Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Football, Los Angeles Times, Lance Stephenson, Colleges and Universities
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Anya Scharle returns to athletic competition after brain surgery
Anya Scharle stepped into the discus circle last Wednesday and let it fly three times. One of those efforts resulted in a personal best of 93 feet, 5 inches. It didn't win her a gold medal. The senior finished ninth, 1 inch shy of giving Central...
Tags: Christianity, MRI (imaging), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief
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Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate cancer than unexposed veterans, researchers have found. What's more, those who served where the...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Medical Research, American Red Cross, International Military Interventions, Science and Technology
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Tom Willis uses his feet to spread his message at Camden Yards and other parks
Tom Willis knows all about making the best of whatever life throws at you. Born with no arms, he's had to make adjustments — about a million of them. He writes with his feet, for one thing. Steers a car with his feet. Cooks with his feet. He...
Tags: Kansas City Royals, Polio, San Diego Padres, Arbitron Incorporated, Washington, DC
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Letters: Vietnam today
Re "The Vietnam syndrome," Opinion, May 5 Frank Snepp, a former CIA analyst who was in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, worries that we may not have learned the lessons of our war in that country. He may have missed the most important lesson....
Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Kabul (Afghanistan), Los Angeles International Airport, Afghanistan
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'MotherToBaby CT' Launches For Mother's Day
A CDC-recommended non-profit organization has been launched in time for Mother's Day. Through 'MotherToBaby CT', experts will be able to provide the public with free answers to the many questions that arise during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Read...
Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Disease Prevention, Science and Technology, Family, Mother's Day
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FDA warns pregnant migraine sufferers against anti-seizure drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is warning physicians that women who suffer migraine headaches and are pregnant or may become pregnant should not use the drugs valproate or valproic acid to prevent the severe headaches, in light of new evidence showing...
Tags: Headaches, Epilepsy, Chemical Industry, Behavioral Conditions, Bipolar Disorder
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FDA warns on use of certain migraine drugs during pregnancy
ReutersMay 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on the use of migraine drug valproate sodium in pregnant women as it could result in lower IQ scores in the baby. The FDA said the results of a recent study showed that children exposed to...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Cerebral Palsy, Abbott Laboratories, Headaches, Bipolar Disorder
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