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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Seafood, Eczema, Vegan Diet, Services and Shopping, Sweet Potatoes
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South Florida Jews help unearth clues to genetic diseases
South Florida has one of the world's largest populations of Ashkenazis — Jews of Central and Eastern European descent — making it home to some potentially groundbreaking medical research. In Boca Raton, the Parkinson's Disease and Movement...
Tags: Judaism, University of South Florida, Palm Beach County, Ovarian Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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The gut and its bacteria a growing focus of research
The yards of dank tubing in our midsections form a complex, amazing and absolutely pivotal foundation for human health. And the more that scientists come to appreciate this, the more they anticipate that future medical discoveries will come from the lowly...
Tags: Science and Technology, Obesity, Environmental Illness, Dietary Supplements, Stanford University
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Coleman is Shade Lions student
Corey Coleman has been selected as the Student of the Month by the Shade Lions Club. Corey, the son of Jon and Dianna Coleman, is a senior at Shade-Central City High School. Academically, Coleman is president of the National Honor Society, a Hugh O'...
Tags: Human Interest
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We all need the sunshine vitamin
FARGO, N.D. - I chuckled as I read a Facebook friend's comments about her ongoing relationship with a shovel this winter. She described “him” (the shovel) as “pushy and stubborn.” One of her friends suggested that she “dump him.” We had a blizzard in...Tags: Breads, Dietary Supplements, Whole Wheat Bread, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Help yourself -- eat a little dirt
chrisc@herald-mail.comAmericans live in a food paradise. Food is generally plentiful, cheap and made to be convenient. And, despite the occasional food-poisoning event, the food supply is consistently safe to eat. Government food-safety regulations limit amounts of...Tags: Science and Technology, Ulcerative Colitis, National Institutes of Health, Viral Diseases and Infections, Allergies
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'Melrose Place' actress sentenced to 3 years in deadly DUI crash
Actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer spent a season living at "Melrose Place" -- now she'll spend three years living behind bars at a New Jersey state prison. Locane-Bovenizer was sentenced Thursday to three years for vehicular homicide and three for assault by...
Tags: Prosecution, Google Inc., Celebrities, Justice System, Social Media
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New grant will help reduce incidence of Johne's disease in dairy cows
ITHACA, N.Y. - Every day, more than 16 million gallons of milk are consumed in the United States. However, despite the technology and safety standards in place, some of that milk contains a nasty bacterium that is linked to Johne's disease in cattle and...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Dan O'Bannon dies at 63; screenwriter of 'Alien'
Dan O'Bannon, the acclaimed science fiction/horror film screenwriter who was best known for writing the blockbuster hit "Alien" and who also directed and wrote the zombie fest "The Return of the Living Dead," has died. He was 63.
O'Bannon, whose...Tags: Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Halloween, Colleges and Universities, Diseases and Illnesses
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Baltimore document thief sentenced to year in prison
The younger of two men who admitted to stealing a wealth of culturally significant documents was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in federal prison, ending the prosecution of a case that began at the Maryland Historical Society and rattled archives,...
Tags: Theft, Trials, Libraries, Abraham Lincoln, Manhattan (New York City)
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Probiotics: A gut-check on bacterial health
A fascinating, if disconcerting, fact: More than 100 trillion so-called good bacteria thrive in or on the human body. A sizable chunk of them maintain residence in the human digestive tract. Probiotics, live microorganisms that benefit their human host,...
Tags: American Medical Association, Dietary Supplements, Urinary System, Probiotics, Food and Drug Administration
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Jennifer Jaff dies at 55; advocate for the chronically ill
Jennifer Jaff was on the brink of attending law school when her doctor tried to stop her because she had a debilitating chronic illness. "I decided I couldn't stay in bed the rest of my life," she later said. "I had to live." Decades later she was a...
Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Laws, Justice and Rights
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