Displaying items 13-24 of 777
» View ktuu.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-65
•
Next >
-
Time's Running Out On Your Flexible Spending Account: How To Get Your Money's Worth
The Hartford CourantBy the end of the year, most of us are shopped out. But for those of us with Flexible Spending Accounts, there are more purchases to be made before Dec. 31. Close to 35 million Americans have Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) as part of their medical...Tags: Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Sears, Consumers, Shingles
-
Foles is evolving faster than anyone thought
— Nick Foles' improvisational skills are approaching Coltrane-quality, blending instinct within a sound structure that's starting to make some interesting music. The Philadelphia Eagles' rookie quarterback struck back-to-back winning notes to...
Tags: Brent Celek, Stanley Havili, Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles, Mike Patterson
-
Remembering Trinity's Chet McPhee
The Hartford CourantChet McPhee was a freshman football coach at Trinity. He was the college's swim coach for 15 years, coaching both the men's and the women's teams. He started the men's lacrosse program. He coached soccer. "I think he did track for a while, too," said...Tags: Jazz (genre), Entertainment, University of Hartford, Radio Industry, Sports
-
The city's suffering stray animals desperately need help
Los Angeles took a baby step this week toward enabling the "no-kill" policy we're trying to promote in our giant animal shelter system. The City Council's vote to forbid pet shops from selling dogs and cats from commercial breeders may mean a stay of...
Tags: Craigslist, Inc., Animal, Antonio Villaraigosa
-
Swallowing can become a challenge
There are many challenges in caregiving dealing with activities of daily living. One that is frequently seen is difficulty swallowing. We often see this in people having difficulty with speech since those muscles are the same ones used to swallow....Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Lungs and Airways, Breads, Physical Conditions
-
The gift, the girl and the firefighter
The girl and the firefighter lived in the same part of town, the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on the Far Southwest Side of Chicago, a neighborhood of cops, firefighters and city workers. The Mayoskis live there. And so do the Beazleys, and although there...
Tags: Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Blood, Mount Greenwood, Lungs and Airways, Roman Catholicism
-
20 years of walking for her son
Do not suggest a wheelchair. It doesn't matter that Mae Smith is 86. She plans to do this Sunday's AIDS Run & Walk Chicago on her feet, just as she has done every year — every single one — since her son Ron died 20 years ago. Smith is a...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Lymphoma, Shingles, Burger King
-
Fred Hersch: Despite struggles, a great pianist flourishes
The formidable jazz pianist Fred Hersch was diagnosed with H.I.V. in 1986, developed AIDS and openly discussed it in the early 1990s and suffered a two-month coma in 2008 as a result of pneumonia (though that was not due to his disease). In light of...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Entertainment, Howard Reich, Music
-
First-time dad says goodbye
Not long after I began writing about my adventures with my little boy, Owen, in early 2009 I realized that my earnest and often befuddled stories about the brand new world of parenthood were as much about our readers as about him and me. When I...Tags: Buckroe, Apple iPad
-
Benefiting from extra nutrition
Last month I wrote about the increased caloric requirements of the dairy calf in cold weather. It has long been accepted that during times of cold stress, calves must be fed at least an extra feeding of milk daily or they will lose weight. But what...Tags: Demographics, Nutrition
-
Progress made in cleaning up St. Vincent Cemetery
It's been two years since some descendants began agitating for recognition and reverence for their ancestors' resting place in an unmarked, abandoned 7-acre cemetery surrounded by the Clifton Park golf course. The group, the Friends of St. Vincent...
Tags: Belair Road, Obituaries, Vincent de Paul, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
-
Weaning is stressful on calves
Late summer is always an interesting time on the beef farm. In cow-calf herds where cows deliver their calves in the spring, fall is the time to wean the calves. If you've ever lived near a beef farm, or maybe even driven past one after weaning, you'll...Tags: Hydrocortisone, Farms, Immune System, Entertainment, Blacksburg
Dec 19, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Dec 10, 2012
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Dec 29, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Oct 26, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Oct 15, 2012
|Column| Petoskey News
Oct 12, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 30, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 19, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 19, 2013
|Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jan 13, 2013
|Column| Daily American
Sep 14, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Sep 10, 2012
|Column| Daily American
Original site for Pneumonia topic gallery.