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It's Lyme season [Editorial]
With some exceptions, any illness can strike anyone at any time. One of the more dangerous to emerge in recent decades is Lyme disease. Harford County, as many of us know either first-hand or because of someone we know, is not immune from the tick-borne...Tags: Arthritis, Lyme Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diseases and Illnesses, Allergies
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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: Swimming, Inflammation, High Cholesterol, Psychotherapy, B Vitamins
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Minnesota moves to bar farmer from selling raw milk, other foods
A Minnesota farmer who beat charges of illegally distributing raw milk has again become a target of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, which is trying to forbid him from selling food without a license. An administrative law judge said recently...Tags: Misdemeanors, E. coli Infection, Lawyers, Diseases and Illnesses, Allergies
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Review: 'The Host' limps along as alien tale fails to generate heat
"Twilight's" creator Stephenie Meyer clearly has a few obsessions she can't quite shake: interspecies romance, love triangles and color-coded eyes — red-rimmed if vampires are involved, silver for the sci-fi aliens of "The Host." All those...Tags: Entertainment, Saoirse Ronan, Hanna (movie), Chandler Canterbury, The Lovely Bones (movie)
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National Museum of American History to preserve ag heritage
WASHINGTON - On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture-stories about...Tags: Museums, Consumers, Agriculture, Productivity, Arts and Culture
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Ind. unlikely to make cold meds prescription-only
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The leaders of Indiana communities hit hard by methamphetamine are arguing for a state law requiring prescriptions to buy cold and allergy pills that contain the key meth ingredient of pseudoephedrine. But opponents of the...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Methamphetamine (drug), Social Services, Crime, Law and Justice, Middlebury
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Child's tiredness could signal underlying problem
Q: My 8-year-old is tired all the time even though she gets 11 to 12 hours of sleep a night. Is this part of growing up, or should I address it with her pediatrician? I wondered if she might be anemic, but I have read this is rare in children. A: It's...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Allergies, Fatigue, Asthma, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Cold medicines could face tighter Ind. limits
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate committee has backed tougher limits on quantities consumers may buy of cold medications that can be used to make methamphetamine. The Senate's Criminal Law Committee voted 10-0 Tuesday in favor of the bill...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Middlebury, Allergies, Ephedrine (drug)
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Flu 411: What everyone needs to know
It's flu season in Baltimore. A few days after Christmas, Baltimore resident Kathleen Dudley began experiencing telltale signs of the flu — fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, cough and overall exhaustion. "The worst part — the fever...
Tags: Sneezing, Foods and Beverages, Diseases and Illnesses, Allergies, Swine Flu
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Lisa Jackson has been a courageous EPA administrator
Kudos to Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency who is stepping down from her cabinet-level position after the president's State of the Union address in January ("Chief of EPA to leave post," Dec. 28). Ms. Jackson has performed...Tags: Environmental Politics, Republican Party, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa P. Jackson
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Senior Circles: Winter Growth is Marge Burba's legacy to Howard County
The holidays are a time to share, remember and reminisce. So, I would like to share with you the story of Marge Burba, to reminisce with friends about her remarkable career serving older and disabled adults and to highlight the legacy, Winter Growth,...Tags: Education, Early Learning, Howard County, Preschools, William Donald Schaefer
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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: General Practitioners, National Institutes of Health, Biotechnology, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses
May 14, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
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Sep 13, 2012
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