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Brian Kovell: Volunteer with passion for food and people
BOYNE CITY -- Brian Kovell stirs a big pot of steaming soup, smiling as the savory scent fills the kitchen. "Today we have lobster bisque," said Kovell, 60, a volunteer at the Boyne Area Senior Center. It is not without trial that Kovell cooks, cleans...
Tags: Diabetes
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Here's the scoop on snow removal
FARGO, N.D. - “Am I in trouble?” my husband asked as we stood in the darkened entry of a restaurant waiting for a table. He was looking down at his dark brown winter coat. “What happened?” I asked. He stepped into the light and I saw a fairly large...Tags: Cinnamon, Injuries and Wounds, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Decoding the diabetic diet
A crucial tool in controlling diabetes is being vigilant about what you put in your mouth. But, some experts say, you don't have to be a slave to the glycemic index or banish cake and ice cream forever. The primary goal for diabetics is to regulate...
Tags: Medical Research, Healthy Diet, American Diabetes Association, Heart Disease, University of Maryland, College Park
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Injured soldier gets double arm transplant
Brendan Marrocco sometimes looks down at his arms and can't believe they really exist. Until six weeks ago, the 26-year-old didn't have arms. He lost both of his, as well as his legs, in the Iraq War when the armored vehicle he was driving ran over a...
Tags: U.S. Army, Staten Island (New York City), Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Soldier who lost all limbs in Iraq gets double arm transplant
A soldier who lost all of his limbs in the Iraq War received double arm transplants at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month in a rare procedure that has already begun to restore some normalcy to his life.
Hopkins doctors are to speak in detail about the...Tags: The New York Times, Staten Island (New York City), Iraq War (2003-2011), U.S. Army, Iraq
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Soldier who lost 4 limbs has double-arm transplant
AP Chief Medical WriterOn Facebook, he describes himself as a ‘‘wounded warrior . . . very wounded.’’ Brendan Marrocco was the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq War, and doctors revealed Monday that he’s received a...Tags: Iraq, Physical Therapists, Armed Conflicts, Injuries and Wounds, Health Treatments
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Hopkins research offers Pa. woman new arm, 14 years after amputation
Over the 14 years since losing her right arm to a hollow-point bullet, Dana Burke was convinced she could feel herself pointing, pinching or waving as she motioned with the 5-inch-long limb the attack left behind.
Still, she had to relearn how to pull...Tags: DARPA, U.S. Military, Science and Technology, Duke University, University of Pittsburgh
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Major step: Kirk returns to Senate
Keeping a pledge he made last spring, Sen. Mark Kirk climbed the Capitol steps on Thursday to mark his return almost a year after suffering a major stroke. The 53-year-old Republican from Illinois was greeted by two top Democrats: Vice President Joe...
Tags: Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Kay Hagan, Justice System, Roland Burris, Barack Obama
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Kirk hailed upon return to U.S. Senate
Sen. Mark Kirk's halting, 18-minute climb up the Capitol steps Thursday came nearly a year after a major stroke left him so incapacitated that he was in critical condition for 10 to 15 days and had difficulty keeping his balance while sitting up. Those...
Tags: Kay Hagan, Stroke, Justice System, Bill Foster, Physical Conditions
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How the Civil War was fought
Even in a great collection of Civil War artifacts, the gold pocket watch owned by legendary Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson would be ranked as a treasure. So would Southern cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart’s 6-shot,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Culture, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Wars and Interventions
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What was biggest local story of 2012: Dwightmare, UCF, Bobby Bowden or Gators?
Running off at the typewriter. … Since this is the final "Running Off" of the year, let's review the biggest and best, whiniest and worst of 2012. Biggest sports story of local interest: (1) Dwightmare and resulting collateral damage in Magic...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Congressional Gold Medal Honorees, Jose Canseco, UCF Knights, Joe Paterno
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Amputee a driving force in getting people with disabilities moving
Army veteran Melissa Stockwell has one strong, healthy leg. The other is a scarred, 6-inch stump that she has proudly nicknamed "Little Leg." The Bucktown woman throws birthday parties for this shortened limb, always dresses it in her favorite colors...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Military, Injuries and Wounds, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Dec 29, 2012
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