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Meningitis scare: From 'fit as can be' to life support in one week
A 31-year-old West Hollywood resident, who was described as being extremely fit only a week or so ago, is now in a coma and on life support after being diagnosed with "full-blown meningitis," city officials said. West Hollywood City Councilman John...Tags: The Home Depot, Headaches, Respiratory Disease, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Meningococcal infection reported in L.A. County
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been alerted about a Los Angeles County case of meningococcal infection, a bacteria-caused illness that can lead to potentially deadly meningitis, according to a spokesperson. Public health officials...Tags: Headaches, Respiratory Disease, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Honoring his father's mission
He still performs the original words. When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened as his father taught him the end of "This Land Is Your Land" — the lyrics, cut in many...
Tags: Woodstock Festival (1969), Hurricane Katrina (2005), Carnegie Hall, Music, Entertainment Events
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Case of meningitis-related bacterial illness reported in L.A. County
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been alerted about a Los Angeles County case of meningococcal infection, a bacteria-caused illness that can lead to potentially deadly meningitis, according to a spokesperson. Public health officials...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Headaches, Respiratory Disease, Disease Prevention, Meningitis
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Sun wrong on involuntary commitment bill
The Sun's April 5 editorial ("The tricky question of involuntary commitment") misses two critical points about the bill to clarify mental health civil commitment standards in Maryland, and it misstates another. The bill's key component — making...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Health
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The tricky question of involuntary commitment
Deciding to get a person with a serious mental illness into treatment is one of the most important steps families can take to protect a loved one's health and well-being. Unfortunately, it also can be one of the most difficult. Many mentally ill people...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, General Practitioners, Government, Mental Illness
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Legalized bribery, secret skin rashes and divorce, Tallahassee style
With only a week to go in this year's Legislative session, you have a lot at stake. We're talking about bills that affect everything from your wallet to your health. Let's run through some of them. Money for you. I want to start with some good news:...
Tags: Skin Rash, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Tom Lee, Rick Scott, Corporate Crime
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Asthma test helps doctor tailor treatment
Inhaled corticosteroids are often used to treat asthma, but trying to figure out if the therapy is necessary — and at what dose — can be tricky. Now, a new, noninvasive breath test called fractional exhaled nitric oxide, or FeNO, has taken...
Tags: General Practitioners, Asthma, Inflammation, Physical Conditions, Wheezing
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Labor groups renew push for paid sick leave
The last time Manuel Cardenas fell ill, the 24-year-old single father had no choice but to report for work. His employer, a security contractor, doesn't offer sick pay to part-timers like Cardenas, he said, and he can't afford to lose a day's wages....
Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Labor Markets, Flu, Voting, Labor Legislation
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A Lawsuit Could Test the Limits of the Rights of the Disabled in the Bedroom
Caroline Kendall Kortner led a brief and often hellish life. Born in 1970, Kendall, as she was called, lived out her childhood in the Cos Cob neighborhood of Greenwich. When she was eight, a neighborhood boy began sexually molesting her. Soon after, she...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Abusive Behavior, Lawyers, Laws, The Institute of Living
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After the drought - fertilizing soybeans
A number of areas, particularly in southern SD had poor corn yields last year due to drought. As a result, many of these fields have high carryover levels of nitrogen. Carryover nitrate-N levels typically were over 100 lbs/a in two foot soil samples for...Tags: Iron Deficiency
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Keep equine herpes virus at the top of your mind
Horses worldwide face a serious threat from equine herpesvirus (EHV), a common cause of equine respiratory disease. In fact, they are three times more likely to get rhinopneumonitis caused by EHV than flu caused by equine influenza virus (EIV). To...Tags: Memorial Day, Flu, Physiology, Event Planning, Tetanus
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