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The Walking Dead Finale
Spoiler Alert: Obviously, an article about The Walking Dead finale will have spoilers about The Walking Dead finale. Don't continue reading if you don't want the details from this episode. You have been warned, so don't complain if you click past this...Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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'The Walking Dead' Season 2 finale
It turns out that "Beside the Dying Fire" is where everything changed -- at least for Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). The character at the center of AMC's "The Walking Dead" emerged from the Season 2 finale a changed man. In an episode not short on...
Tags: The Walking Dead (tv program), Disease Prevention, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey DeMunn
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The Walking Dead-HUGE SHOCKER!
Deep breaths, Walking Dead fans. We all had the wind knocked out of us from tonight's epic stunner of an episode. So how about a little walk talk therapy—by reviewing the tragic events of "Better Angels"? (Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen...
Tags: Human Interest, Theft, Prisons, Laurie Holden, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Regional Authority, Consumers, Washington, DC, Government Health Care, Social Issues
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Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that
PORTLAND, Ore. — Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...Tags: Civil Rights, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Justice and Rights, Elections, Dental Health
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CDC: 'Dirty' pools common
Los Angeles TimesAttention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have used the pool as a restroom. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state and local...Tags: Diarrhea, Science and Technology, Disease Prevention, E. coli Infection, Swimming
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Angelina Jolie's decision to get double mastectomy isn't unusual in Lehigh Valley
Kelly Vanek, a runner, cyclist and triathlete, was listening to sports talk radio in the car when the conversation shifted to Angelina Jolie. The actress and sex symbol took the public by surprise last week with the announcement that she had her healthy...
Tags: Science and Technology, Celebrity Surgery, Ovarian Cancer, Tamoxifen (drug), Medical Specialization
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More guns used in suicides than homicides
When people think of gun violence, they typically think of a masked robber or a disturbed young man with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. In truth, the most common victim of fatal gun violence is a distraught man who, alone in a...
Tags: Rick Scott, Weaponry, Justice System, Behavioral Conditions, Murder
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Education, Heart Disease, Medical Specialization, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Drugs and Medicines
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Demographics, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Depression
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End of smallpox
Although polio has been reduced to its lowest level in history, three countries still have polio transmission — Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Last year 223 polio cases were reported. So far in 2013 there have been 19 cases, according to the...Tags: Disease Prevention, UNICEF, Drugs and Medicines, Vaccines, Government
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Fecal matter found in many public pools
aboll@kspr.comSpringfield, MO--"Everything so far has been great." says Carmel Gutierrez who takes her two kids to the pool four to five times a week. She went out of her way to make sure her kids didn't contaminate the pool water. "We had the baby swim diapers on or...Tags: Disease Prevention, E. coli Infection, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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