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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  1. Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa

    TULSA, Okla. - The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and the words scroll down and you can imagine the woman...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Donovan, Arts, Music Industry, Smithsonian Institution

    2. May 7, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Health/wellness events

    Upcoming Healthy Choices With Diabetes: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., May 11, June 8. Group diabetes management class for people who have diabetes and their caregivers. 503 E. Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs. To register call 321-207-0851. Hearing Screening: 10:...

    Tags: Mental Illness, Casselberry, Religion and Belief, Thrombosis , Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

    3. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Arlo Guthrie is performing to honor dad Woody Guthrie's legacy

    When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened to his father, Woody, teach him "This Land Is Your Land." The verses decrying hunger and espousing equality didn't strike Arlo as political...

    Tags: Carnegie Hall, Music, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Symptoms, The Kid (movie)

    4. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  4. Honoring his father's mission

    He still performs the original words.
    He still performs the original words. When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened as his father taught him the end of "This Land Is Your Land" — the lyrics, cut in many...

    Tags: Carnegie Hall, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Music, Symptoms, Woodstock Festival (1969)

    5. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Blowing smoke on workplace health

    The best way to hire productive employees is to look for people with qualifications, talent, honesty and commitment. Now, however, a small but growing number of employers are looking for something else as well: job applicants who don't smoke. As much as we despair of the death and damage caused by tobacco, this new employment criterion strikes us as a lamentable and unwarranted intrusion into applicants' private lives — and one that should worry anyone in this country who has an elevated risk for any sort of injury or illness. In other words, most of us.
    The best way to hire productive employees is to look for people with qualifications, talent, honesty and commitment. Now, however, a small but growing number of employers are looking for something else as well: job applicants who don't smoke. As much as...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health Insurance, Employment, Health and Safety at Work, Health and Safety at School

    6. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Margaret H. Abbott, genetics researcher

    Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in Ruxton.
    Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Religion and Belief, Nursing Homes, Long Term Care

    7. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Dr. William J. Weiner, UM chairman of neurology

    Dr. William J. Weiner, a professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who was nationally known for his work with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma at his Guilford home. He was 67.
    Dr. William J. Weiner, a professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who was nationally known for his work with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma...

    Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Diseases and Illnesses, Teachers, Health and Safety at School, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)

    8. Sep 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Gene patent case could impact patients, research

    Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah.
    Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah. That's because Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc. owns the patents to the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2...

    Tags: Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Trials, Medical Research, Crime, Law and Justice, Science

    9. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| WXMI

  9. Lawn Mower Races To Tear Up Sparta This Weekend

    They can power through the thickest lawsn and the toughest grass, but this weekend lawn mowers are being put to a more eventful use.
    They can power through the thickest lawsn and the toughest grass, but this weekend lawn mowers are being put to a more eventful use. The annual lawn mower races are back and running this Saturday and Sunday at the Sparta Airport track. Seven classes...
    10. Jun 14, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  10. U-M: 6 new stem cell lines available for research

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Six new human embryonic stem cell lines derived at the University of Michigan are available for federal research. University of Michigan Health System officials say in a release Thursday that researchers can begin using...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hemophilia, Agricultural Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health, Science and Technology

    11. Jun 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Drug speeds depression relief in mice and men: How does it do it?

    The long-used (and abused) sedative ketamine appears to lift depression's dark veil almost instantaneously by boosting the production of a protein that helps protect and&nbsp;maintain brain cells and regenerate them after injury, a <a title="Nature abstract" href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10130.html" target="_blank">new study</a> says.
    The long-used (and abused) sedative ketamine appears to lift depression's dark veil almost instantaneously by boosting the production of a protein that helps protect and maintain brain cells and regenerate them after injury, a new study says. Ketamine...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemical Industry, Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms

    12. May 18, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  12. Saturday's Calendar

    SATURDAY Newport Beach Relay for Life The 11th annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Newport beach kicks off at 9 a.m. at Newport Harbor High School, 600 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. A Luminaria Ceremony in honor of cancer survivors and in...

    Tags: Sports, Allan R. Mansoor, Personal Service, Judaism, Petco Park

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