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An 800-meter race lets kids leave their disabilities behind
CatchItKansas.comOn the fifth day of the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics the competition has been heating up. Athletes from all over the country have descended upon Cessna Stadium at Wichita State University in search of national championships. For many of the...Tags: Marathon, Track and Field, Sports, Boston Marathon, Behavioral Conditions
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Rising to the 'Challenge'
Work has finished on the CM20 Challenge, a 20-foot adaptive sailboat that accommodates people with a wide range of physical challenges.
The boat, made for Challenge Mountain, was christened at the Sunburst Marine area of Harborage Marina in Boyne City at...Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Sports, United Way , Physical Conditions, Sailing
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Rock bands join forces to help seriously ill Hampton child
Hampton Roads musicians are putting their talent and strength behind an effort to help 8-year-old Jojo Sibert, a young Hampton woman facing a host of serious health problems.
Sibert's mom said Jojo was born with spina bifida and is also dealing with...Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Family, Physical Conditions, Music Industry, Human Interest
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Agent Orange can be deadly
I am U.S. Navy retired with 22 years active service; also, a Vietnam Veteran with four (4) shipboard deployments to Vietnam waters, known as the combat zone. From Jan. 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975, Agent Orange (Dioxin) was used in Vietnam as a defoliant....Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Diseases and Illnesses, Lymphoma, Birth Defects, Diabetes
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Former Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley dies at 68; 'She was an inspiration for all of us'
Tribune reporterMaggie Daley, who dedicated herself to children’s issues and the arts while also zealously guarding her family’s privacy during 22 years as Chicago’s First Lady, died a little after 6 p.m. Thursday, more than nine years after she was...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Children's Memorial Hospital, Michigan Avenue, Entertainment, Crossroads
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More victims of Agent Orange
Some Vietnam veterans who have had or now has diseases brought on by Presumptive Exposure to Agent Orange Dioxin are not alone. Many children of Vietnam veterans conceived during and after the war are also infected by Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Diseases and Illnesses, Immune System, Birth Defects, Diabetes
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Miss Florida Lissette Garcia: Being healthy is 'who I am'
South Florida's Lissette Garcia represented the Sunshine State in the 2011 Miss USA pageant this month. A medical student in addition to a beauty queen, she eats lots of vegetables (and chocolate) and exercises up to six days a week, sometimes twice a...Tags: Vegetable Soup, Diseases and Illnesses, Skin, Foods and Beverages, Physical Conditions
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Community-based services provide people with developmental disabilities a place to live and work
Daily PressFive days a week, Stacey Owens clocks into her job sorting papers. She's one of 10 employees stationed at a conveyor belt, tasked with separating colored paper from white paper so it can be shredded. Owens grabs stapled stacks of paper, puts the colored...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Government Health Care, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Physical Conditions, Social Issues
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Troubled disability agency expected to shore up deficit
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — State economists were told by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities on Monday that the money-challenged department would finish this fiscal year without a deficit — ending a streak of over-spending that prompted Gov. Rick... -
Florida woman uses Craigslist in search of a new kidney
L.A. Times Tech BlogSelina Hodge is hoping that Craigslist can help her find a new kidney.... -
Naperville residents make three-wheel dreams come true
TribLocal - Naperville » NewsDailyherald.com reports: For Francessca “Frankie” Robertson, riding a bicycle was an unlikely dream — let alone being able to pedal fast enough to keep up …... -
Robert S. Thompson
Aberdeen: Memorial services for Robert S. Thompson, 92, of Aberdeen will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 6, at Plymouth Congregational Church, Aberdeen. The Rev. Jill Warner will officiate. Private inurnment will be held at Groton Union Cemetery preceding the...Tags: The Salvation Army, Executive Branch, Groton, Physical Conditions, Government
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