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Kevin Hunt: For concertgoers, it's V-Moda's Faders VIP earplugs
The Hartford CourantLanding a spot 50 feet from the outdoor stage is a summer-concert coup. But what if the headliners are the Jackhammers, real-life pneumatic tools blasting 95 decibels toward your eardrums? Music to your ears? Of course not. You're already packing up,...Tags: Apple iPad, Entertainment, Apple iPod, Phish (music group), Hearing Impairment
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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: Immune System, Dietary Supplements, Diarrhea, Urinary System, Yeast Infection
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New triggers found for weight gain
As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula. Although personal decisions and self-...
Tags: Air Pollution, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Chicago, Physiology, Consumer Goods Industries
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Doctor helps artist tell story to kids
mylinh.hoang@herald-mail.comIn December 2009, two strangers met in the deserted Rio Center Mall in Gaithersburg, Md. A snowstorm had left Dr. Nicholas Orfan of Hagers-town and George Petridis of Slippery Rock, Pa., stranded because of the weather. They were the only two in the...Tags: Northwestern University, Germany, Artists, Toronto (Canada), Arts and Culture
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Too much light at night could kill you
KIAHAnother day, another study that tells you everything you do will kill you. Now it's turning the lights on at night... seriously. The American Medical Association put their stamp of approval on a "Light Pollution" study by four doctors who specialize...Tags: Breast Cancer, Health Organizations, Health
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Studies expand on soda's role in growing obesity
As public health leaders step up their efforts to temper Americans' thirst for sugar-sweetened beverages, a new set of published studies has found that removing sugary drinks from kids' diets slows weight gain in heavy teens and reduces the odds that...Tags: Government, Coca-Cola Co., American Heart Association, Cancer, Medical Research
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Soccer field accident could remake Maryland personal injury law
The collapse of a soccer goal on a Howard County practice field has led the state's highest court to reconsider more than 150 years of personal injury law, in a case that could significantly improve injured plaintiffs' chances of winning payouts. The...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Baltimore, Science and Technology
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Letter: Anti-gay marriage letter misses the mark, widely
Well, I am willing to go along with Ms. Currano on this one if she is able to explain how heterosexual marriages are not experimenting on children. When a pair of 20-somethings go down the aisle under the diagnosis of a gynecologist, I would suggest...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Arts and Culture, American Academy of Pediatrics, Culture, Social Sciences
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Portland to add fluoride to water
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The City Council approved a plan Wednesday to add fluoride to Portland's water, meaning Oregon's biggest city is no longer the largest holdout in the U.S. The ordinance calls for city water to be fluoridated by March 2014. Health...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Health Organizations, Fluoride
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Letter: Critic of same-sex marriage bolstered argument with flawed study
While the premise of the letter that only marriage between a man and a woman "provides a safe environment for children (by connecting) them to their two biological parents" and that children raised by same-sex parents would fare worse later in life than...Tags: Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Medical Research, Same-Sex Marriage, Arts and Culture
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Mass. doctor refuses to see patients over 200 pounds
KIAHIn this corner, you have lightweight champion Doctor Helen Carter. And in this corner, heavyweight champ Ida Davidson. Doctor carter refused to see Davidson because of a new policy at her Massachusetts clinic. She refuses to see patients over 200 pounds!...Tags: Obesity, Overweight, Weight
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Whooping cough making a comeback in Md., U.S.
Public health officials are warning adults and adolescents to get booster shots in the wake of an unusually large number of cases of whooping cough this year around the nation and in Maryland.
More than 20,000 cases of the respiratory disease were...Tags: West Nile Virus, Medical Specialization, Diphtheria , Symptoms, Insurance
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