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Diabetes Cure
For more information ... Chicago area residents www.thechicagoproject.org (312) 996-6087 Outside the Chicago area: www.citisletstudy.org On the Medical Watch -- independence. A gift that gives people the ability to wipe away a painful, frightening and...Tags: Health Treatments, University of Illinois at Chicago
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West Nile virus kills San Bernardino County man
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA 48-year-old San Bernardino County man has died of West Nile virus, the third death this year in California from the mosquito-borne illness, authorities said today. The Rialto man, who died Aug. 27, also suffered from preexisting medical conditions,...Tags: San Bernardino County, Retroviruses, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), Medical Conditions, Riverside County
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Crystal man accused of not disclosing HIV status
A Crystal man is accused of having unprotected sex with two women without telling them he carries the virus that causes AIDS. Thirty-two-year-old Gerald Campbell Jr. is to be arraigned Thursday in Montcalm County Circuit Court. Campbell is being...Tags: Dennis Moore, AIDS, Court Administration, Court Preliminary, Trials
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Stars to hold cancer telethon
%meta(topic:01016000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:tv;%) LOS ANGELES (AP) — After seeing what "An Inconvenient Truth" did for environmental awareness, Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin wanted to make a documentary about cancer, a disease...Tags: Katie Couric, Rihanna, Jack Black, Salma Hayek, Rob Lowe
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Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study
Associated Press WriterSubstandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday. The Institute of Medicine said drafts of...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Bart Stupak, Medical Research, Health Organizations
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Scam savvy
Special to Newsday'They said, 'Don't worry.' They took me in a limo to their office. They said, 'Sign here, sign there,' and I did." And that's how Priscila Nano, 66, a divorcee, came to lose the house in Great Neck that she'd lived in and loved for 29 years. Nano is not...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Retirement, Financial and Business Services, Government Health Care, Assault
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Required tally of flu shots for health workers sought
Baltimore hospitals, doctors' offices and long-term care facilities would have to report the rates of influenza vaccination among their workers under new regulations being proposed by the city Health Department. Low vaccination rates among health care...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Employees, Long Term Care, Health Organizations
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Genome lights the way to cancer 'milestone'
Researchers cataloging the genetic codes of deadly human brain and pancreatic cancers say they have found several dozen defective genes that appear to work in concert to set off the tumor growth that eventually kills their victims. The team, at the Johns...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Death and Dying, Western Medicines, Health Treatments, Pharmaceuticals
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Last laugh: Djokovic ousts Roddick
Associated PressNovak Djokovic heard what Andy Roddick said about him and didn't like it one bit. Still, as much motivation as Djokovic might have derived from that and as well as he played in their U.S. Open quarterfinal last night, Roddick's own uncharacteristic...Tags: Animal Diseases, Roger Federer, Arthur Ashe Stadium, U.S. Open Tennis, Injuries
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City project cuts ambulance costs
One woman was using the wrong type of insulin, causing the 65-year-old to faint one to three times a week. A 47-year-old homeless man drank a liter of vodka a day, and concerned citizens frequently called 911 after seeing him unconscious on the street....Tags: Emergency Incidents, Medical Services, Health Treatments, Government Health Care, Mental Illness
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Frances Johnson, English teacher, administrator
Frances Johnson, a retired educator and university administrator, died of a heart attack Monday at her Roland Park home. She was 75. Born Frances Wilcox in Torrington, Conn., she earned a bachelor's degree from Connecticut College and a master's degree...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Connecticut College, Torrington, Colleges and Universities, Medicine
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Diabetes walk seeks participants
The Juvenile Research Diabetes Foundation will hold a Walk to Cure Diabetes at York High School, 9300 George Washington Memorial Highway, and is looking for walkers to register. The 2.5-mile walk will feature refreshments, lunch, entertainment, special...
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