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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free cookbook The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health has a new healthful eating kit that features a free cookbook and tips that will help you select foods high in fiber and low in fat and sodium. Recipes are also quick, easy and...Tags: Cancer, Health Insurance Cost, Crofton, Human Body, AIDS
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CDC to launch anti-smoking campaign
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched an ad campaign to show the damage done from smoking to smokers and their families. The ads began March 19 on television, radio, online and billboards, as well as in theaters, magazines and...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart Attack, Online Advertising, Throat Cancer, Stroke
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New graphic ads target smokers
Staff reporterUPDATE: People in Central Pennsylvania react to graphic anti-smoking ads paid for by the Center for Disease Control. Karen Smith has been smoking since she was 13. FOX43 showed her one of five ads that will air on the station over the next 12 weeks. "I...Tags: Cancer, Human Body, Health Organizations, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Health
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New medical billing changes could cause confusion for many
When Stacia Durbin recently got her bill from her visit to the Cardiologist, she was sure she was being ripped off.
On top of the office visit, there was a separate $29 charge for the doctor advising her to quit smoking.
"I think they're just trying...Tags: Health, Health and Medical Professionals
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products.
The new effort confronts a hard truth: Despite...Tags: Philip Morris USA, Cancer, Heart Surgery, Neck, Companies and Corporations
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Smoking cessation program offered in Pa.
"Quit for Love" is part of a campaign offering free nicotine patches and counseling, and reminding residents of the local resources available to aid them in their attempt to quit smoking. Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) patches are available as...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, New Products
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Hospital patient recommends closer look at medical bills
ReporterTammy Brown hopes her experience will teach others to take a closer look at medical bills. In August, Brown was taken by ambulance to Roanoke Memorial Hospital after she experienced chest pains. During her examination, the doctor asked Brown if she...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments
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To Keep Research Funding, Universities Mull Tobacco Ban
Texas Tribune
Despite polls showing overwhelming public support and endorsements from celebrities like Lance Armstrong, efforts to establish a statewide workplace smoking ban have fallen flat in recent sessions of the Texas Legislature. But a state...Tags: Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Research, University of Texas at Austin, Financial Aid
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Tri-State senior centers calendar - Feb. 20-24
Events and programs scheduled this week at senior citizens centers in Washington County, Md., and Franklin County, Pa: Maryland Francis Murphy 20014 Rosebank Way, Hagerstown 240-313-9300, ext. 154 - Lunch served Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and...Tags: Wii, Sports, Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Smoking in apartments could be outlawed
FOX5 San DiegoSAN DIEGO - A San Diego City Council committee wants the City Attorney's Office to evaluate a possible ordinance under which an apartment-dwelling smoker could be punished if someone else in the building objected and possibly evicted if the smoker did not...Tags: Substance Abuse, American Lung Association
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