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Stroke: The Risks And Warning Signs
Stroke Center medical director, The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year, and more than 137,000 people die from a stroke. It is the leading cause of disability in the United States. This unfortunate situation could be improved if people knew more about stroke warning signs and...Tags: Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, Physical Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Doctors snubbing sickle cell patients
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainDOCTORS at Bahrain's main hospital have been accused of snubbing sickle cell patients because they are "too scared" to implement new rules about morphine doses. Campaigners yesterday claimed patients in severe pain had been refused admission to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Bahrain, Diseases and Illnesses, Manama (Bahrain), Morphine (drug)
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Experts issue guidelines for gene tests in kids
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Groups representing pediatricians and geneticists issued new recommendations on Thursday to provide doctors with guidance about when to test a child's DNA for genetic conditions. The recommendations are the first collaboration...Tags: Medical Specialization, Diseases and Illnesses, Genetic Condition, Ovarian Cancer, Science and Technology
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Chiefs' Tamba Hali is a doubly grateful man on Mother's Day
The Kansas City StarLast August, before the Chiefs' season opener against Atlanta, one remorseful NFL player knew he had to make two calls. Tamba Boimah Hali wanted his family to hear it from him first, instead of the from media. One call was to his Mama, the woman who...Tags: Over-the-Counter Medicines, High School Sports, Hospitals and Clinics, F-bomb Dropping, Tamba Hali
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READER SUBMITTED: Glenholme Hosts A Benefit For The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp
WashingtonThe Glenholme School, a boarding school for young people who struggle with various learning differences, recently hosted a charity concert to benefit The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, raising funds and awareness for the local children's charitable...Tags: Learning Disability, Social Sciences, Charity, Sports, Culture
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Mission helps keep La Rabida expansion on track
Wedged between Lake Michigan and a small boat harbor in the far reaches of Jackson Park on the city's South Side, La Rabida Children's Hospital is all on its own, in more ways than one. The tiny, independent pediatric specialty hospital is known for...
Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, General Practitioners, Healthcare Provider
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Allentown councilwoman remains hospitalized, will miss water/sewer vote
Valley 610At least one member of Allentown City Council will not be present for the much-anticipated vote on the city’s water and sewer lease tonight. Councilman Cynthia Mota has been hospitalized in Venezuela for nearly a month and is still not well enough... -
Beloved church leader to step down after 25 years
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.Members of Calvary Baptist Church lauded the Rev. Gregory Thomas for leading the congregation for a quarter of a century at an appreciation service and reception. But the celebration was bittersweet as Thomas announced he is retiring at the end of the...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Religion and Belief, Baptist
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Many support Lee's first Great Strides Walk
The Sanford Herald, N.C.Whether they were alone, with family or with a larger support group, hundreds of people came to Kiwanis Park in Sanford Saturday morning with one goal in mind: helping those who suffer from cystic fibrosis. There were massages, hot dogs, a silent...Tags: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Diseases and Illnesses, Genetic Condition
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Sickle cell disease accounts for many priapism cases
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Thanks to commercials for erectile dysfunction drugs, men know to seek medical attention for "erections lasting more than four hours," but a new study suggests a blood disorder is the cause of many prolonged erections. While...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Erectile Dysfunction, Physical Conditions, Western Africa, Diseases and Illnesses
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Twelve school football players die each year: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Each year in the U.S. an average of a dozen high school and college football players die during practices and games, according to a new study that finds heart conditions, heat and other non-traumatic causes of death are twice...Tags: High School Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Asthma, Heart Problems, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Raif menswear review
NEW YORK -- For the first time, Raif Adelberg presented his cashmere-heavy Raif fall-winter 2013 menswear runway collection during New York Fashion Week, staging a runway show Saturday in the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center as part of Details...
Tags: Lincoln Center, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Bergdorf Goodman, Tommy Hilfiger Corp., Band of Outsiders
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