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Five alarm fun day in Boca Feb. 25
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelBoca Raton Fire Rescue's annual free Fire Expo drew 1,500 people in 2011 and more are expected Saturday. Bigger and better attractions and other city departments are promised to be at Florida Atlantic University's Boca campus, Parking lot #38 near the...Tags: Boca Raton, Florida Atlantic University
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, People (magazine), Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, Diabetes
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Trice: A more holistic approach to health care for LGBT community
Keith Green knows that physicians read books and take classes on how to provide the best health care for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. But Green, chairman of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, also knows that too many...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Gays and Lesbians, Physical Conditions, Asthma, Vaccines
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Rosenthal: Health and hypocrisy at the drugstore
You now can go to a Walgreens and get examined by a medical professional. Maybe your blood pressure is a little high, or you've suffered from asthma for years. Walgreens has prescription and over-the-counter medications for you. And, on your way out...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Michael Bloomberg, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, American Heart Association, Asthma
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Lean, healthy, Bears' Smith in it for long haul
Going into his ninth season with the Bears, lean and healthy Lovie Smith sure appears to have staying power. If he wins this season — which he should — Smith is likely to last at least as long as Mike Ditka as head coach of the Bears....
Tags: Lovie Smith, Jerry Angelo, National Football League, George McCaskey, Heart Attack
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After Gosnell, Maryland should reconsider late-term abortion
To those who support "choice" at all costs: Read the grand jury report on Kermit Gosnell. He is the Philadelphia abortion doctor awaiting a verdict in his trial, where he is accused of murdering four babies allegedly born alive and killing 41-year-old...Tags: Government, Elkton, Regional Authority, Heart Attack, Martin O'Malley
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BBB looks to regain trust with relaunch of Southland branch
The Better Business Bureau wants you to know that it's cleaned up its act in Los Angeles. The organization reached out to me this week to say that a new operation is up and running after the old BBB of the Southland was expelled in March after years...
Tags: Restaurants, Sales, Business, Consumer Issue, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Amazon Store Targets 50-Plus Market
The Hartford CourantAmazon is having a senior moment. Earlier this month, the e-tail giant launched the 50+ Active and Healthy Living Store (www.amazon.com/50activeliving), featuring nutrition, wellness, exercise and fitness, medical, personal care, beauty, entertainment...Tags: Online Advertising, Marketing, Scrabble (game), Physical Conditions, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Lazarus: A roadblock to collecting travel insurance benefits
Barbara Butkus bought an airline ticket in November to fly from Palm Springs to Washington, D.C., a month later for a family reunion. Just to be on the safe side, Butkus, 80, also bought travel insurance while booking her flight through Orbitz, the...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Cardiologists, Drugs and Medicines, Heart Attack
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Can doing less help you do more?
If there's one piece of advice my parents gave me that I actually absorbed, it would be, "The more you work, the more you succeed." But what if the act of doing nothing actually moved you ahead of the pack? According to Kevin Cashman, author of the...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Natural solutions for blood pressure drug side effects
Dear Pharmacist: I keep stopping my blood pressure medications because of side effects, mainly fatigue, dizziness and leg cramps! Please help me solve this, or recommend different medicine? — A.P., Tucson, Ariz. Dear A.P.: This is a great question...
Tags: Losartan (drug), Melatonin (dietary supplement), American Heart Association, Pharmaceuticals, Potassium (dietary supplement)
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Things to know about meth
During our last Child Abuse Council meeting, representatives from many of the area agencies in attendance talked about the soaring number of meth labs that are being found, busted, or blown up in our local area. We agreed it was an important topic to...Tags: Child Abuse, Methamphetamine (drug), Abusive Behavior, Ephedrine (drug), Substance Abuse
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