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    Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Cold, Flu Immunity From Supplements?

    Airborne, the popular dietary supplement created by a germ-averse schoolteacher, no longer boasts that it can prevent your cold or ease aggravating symptoms. Instead, the packaging says the effervescent pill helps "support your immune system."
    Chicago Tribune Staff Writer
    Airborne, the popular dietary supplement created by a germ-averse schoolteacher, no longer boasts that it can prevent your cold or ease aggravating symptoms. Instead, the packaging says the effervescent pill helps "support your immune system." To many...

    Tags: Diets and Dieting, Swine Flu, Science and Technology, Julie Deardorff, CVS Corp.

    2. Oct 9, 2010 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  2. Former Hampton High basketball star Gary Smith stays strong in battle with leukemia

    All along, Gary Smith knew. He was a health freak who was used to having boundless energy, and now he couldn't summon enough strength to lift a fork to his mouth? The nights sweats, the trembling hands, the crushing fatigue … no matter what the experts told him, he knew something was wrong.
    All along, Gary Smith knew. He was a health freak who was used to having boundless energy, and now he couldn't summon enough strength to lift a fork to his mouth? The nights sweats, the trembling hands, the crushing fatigue … no matter what the experts...

    Tags: Blood, Mouth, Minority Groups, Diseases and Illnesses, Leukemia

    3. Oct 5, 2010 |Story| Glendale News Press

  3. Gov. signs series of local bills

    Station fire victims were among the winners in the Sacramento legislative season that ended last week. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill allowing those whose homes were destroyed or damaged in the fire or subsequent mudslides to write down the...

    Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Elections, Sacramento, Politics

    4. Feb 23, 2010 |Story| Tribune Media Services
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    Tags: Eric Heiden, Swine Flu, Fever, Sports, 2016 Olympic Games

    5. Sep 24, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Cocaine laced with veterinary drug causing serious illness

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    A federal agency warned this week that cocaine laced with levamisole, a veterinary anti-parasitic drug, has caused 20 cases of a serious medical disorder. Officials at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration say they expect to see...
    6. Sep 23, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Old blood raises death risk in trauma patients receiving transfusions

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    A victim of severe trauma who gets as little as a single unit of blood that's been stored for more than a month is twice as likely to die as an equally injured patient who gets transfused with fresher blood,......
    7. Sep 28, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Jaundice in newborns is common; chronic condition isn't. So what to do?

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    To reduce the number of newborns who develop severe jaundice, screen them all for high amounts of a blood pigment known as bilirubin. That's the word from researchers at UC San Francisco Children's Hospital and Kaiser Permanente. If the conclusion......
    8. Nov 4, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Massive malaria vaccine trial has begun in Africa

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    A massive Phase 3 trial of a malaria vaccine is now underway in Africa, with 5,000 children enrolled already out of a target population of 16,000. If results are favorable, marketing approval could be sought as early as 2012, making......
    9. Nov 10, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Abdul-Jabbar confident in fight against rare form of leukemia

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    Upon hearing that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been been battling a form of leukemia for almost a year, it's hard for this Los Angeles sports fan to think of anything else. According to Broderick Turner of The Times, the NBA legend......
    10. Nov 24, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Pass the turkey, hold the arsenic

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    With Thanksgiving just around the corner, U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) would like to remind you that the turkey defrosting in your fridge might be poisonous. You see, that turkey may contain roxarsone, a food additive that poultry producers use......
    11. Nov 16, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Now for a look at non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a diagnosis that could increase

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    Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has reportedly begun treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the body's lymphatic system. This is not his first battle with cancer. Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease -- a different type of lymphoma...
    12. Dec 16, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Fake blood, real benefits

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    Blood drives may someday become a thing of the past. Scientific efforts to engineer artificial blood components took two big strides forward this week. On Monday, researchers from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Michigan published a study...
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