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Portland, Ore., voters say no to fluoride in the water
Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add the cavity-fighting mineral to tap water was defeated Tuesday, with more...
Tags: Elections, Kidney Disease, Dentistry and Dental Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Dietary Supplements
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Portland, Ore., mayor concedes that residents have rejected water fluoridation
Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water. With more than 80 percent of the expected ballots counted late Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website...Tags: Elections, Dentistry and Dental Health, Dietary Supplements, Voting, Water Supply
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Well repair and new well house will cost East Jordan an estimated $265,000
EAST JORDAN -- It will cost the city of East Jordan about $265,000 to service, repair and build a new well house for one of its city wells. The city commission voted unanimously at its meeting Tuesday to accept a proposal for engineering services from...Tags: Technology, Science and Technology, Apple iPad, Engineering, Computer Hardware
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Letters: Science favors fluoride
Re "Fluoride in Portland? Not all will drink to that," May 19 Clifford Walker, a board member of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People's Portland chapter, admits he doesn't trust the "man in a white coat." He doesn't want fluoride...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Health Organizations
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Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that
PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Elections, Dietary Supplements, Diseases and Illnesses, Water Supply
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News of the Weird: Chocolate Toothpaste and 'Holy Crap' Cereal!
The Precocious Tots of Finland: A University of Kansas professor and two co-authors, in research in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Finance, found that children age 10 and under substantially outperformed their parents in earnings from stock trading...
Tags: University of Cambridge, Finland, Science, Government, Endangered Species
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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: American Academy of Pediatrics, Premature Birth, Weight, High Blood Pressure, Entertainment
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Survey reveals the slimy underbelly
American voters don't understand the very real threat of the Lizard People. Don't they see on the Internet about those shape-shifting reptilian people seeking to rule the world? A nationwide survey conducted by Public Policy Polling finds only 4 percent...
Tags: Elections, Elizabeth II, Republican Party, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Congress
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The importance of preventative dental care in toddlers
WDBJ7 Reporter"It doesn't cost anything to smile." For 60 kids in Roanoke today, it didn't cost anything to fix their smile. The program is run by Child Health Investment Partnership, or CHIP. Dental residents from Virginia Commonwealth University came all the way...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Dentistry and Dental Health, Health Insurance, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Dental Health
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Warning: Excessive tea drinking can be hazardous to your health
You can never be too rich or too thin, perhaps, but you certainly can drink too much tea. That’s the bottom line of an unusual case report published in this week’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. Doctors at the Henry Ford...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Apodaca: Boomers won't go gracefully
This week I'm feeling the need to address a topic that weighs on me more with each passing day: I'm getting old. I've realized this because I no longer spend my weekends traipsing my kids to birthday parties with bounce houses and reptile shows. Instead,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Betty White, Physical Conditions, Botox (drug), Pilates
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Students showcase their science skills
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — Inspired by her two dogs and natural curiosity, Evelyn Oliva decided to test the intelligence of various dog breeds for a science project. “I made the dogs go through an obstacle course and tested them with spoken commands to...Tags: Science and Technology, Science
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