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Caught in the cycle of poverty
After months searching for work and feeling increasingly discouraged, Natalie Cole caught a break — an offer of a part-time position at a Little Caesars Pizza shop in Compton. The manager scheduled her orientation and told her she had to pass a food...Tags: Head Start, Entertainment Events, Grocery Coupons, Hospitals and Clinics, Services and Shopping
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BP agrees to cut air pollution at refinery, pay $8-million fine
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8-million fine and install more than $400 million in equipment to cut air pollution from an oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., as part of a settlement over...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Emergency supply of epinephrine now required in all Maryland schools
In what parents and health organizations called a life-saving measure, Gov. Martin O' Malley signed into a law Tuesday a bill that will require all Maryland schools to maintain an emergency supply of epinephrine in order to respond to a growing trend of...Tags: Nursing, Family, Crime, Law and Justice, Epinephrine, Physical Conditions
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Oreck to pay consumers $700,000 for unfounded health claims
The claim: The Oreck Halo vacuum and the Oreck ProShield Plus air cleaner can reduce the risk of flu and other illnesses. An infomercial claimed, “The Oreck Halo has killed up to 99.9 percent of bacteria exposed to its light in one second or less,&...Tags: Science and Technology, Federal Trade Commission, Diseases and Illnesses, Allergies, Health
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Alaska Allergy Season: Birch Tree Pollen Blamed as Greening Up Builds
Channel 2 NewsAll that greening up is causing this year’s allergy season to intensely build, according to an expert at The Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center of Alaska. Dr. Jeffrey Demain, the center’s director, said while the season got off to a slow...Tags: Nose, Allergies
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Personal Service, Physical Conditions, Peanut Allergy, Depression, Kidney
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Knee surgery stats prompt changes at US hospitals
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center soon could be handled by a specialized operating room team as the result of a data-sharing project among health systems throughout the U.S. aimed at improving...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Healthcare Policies, Hospitals and Clinics, Cleveland Clinic, Heart Failure
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Asthma a big issue in PA, U.S.
HealthBreathe in, breathe out. It's so basic, you do it in your sleep. But for more than a million Pennsylvanians, breathing is not always such a simple matter. That's one of the findings in a new report, Asthma's Impact On The Nation, released by the U.S.... -
Report: Clinical trials of new medications help create jobs in Maryland
Maryland has hosted 1,775 clinical trials for new medicines targeting six major chronic diseases since 1999, including 369 that are still in the early stages of recruiting patients, according to a study by two pharmaceutical industry groups released...Tags: Science and Technology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Trials, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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James Harden thrives in hairy situations for Oklahoma City Thunder
Long before The Beard, there was The Outfit.
James Harden broke it out five years ago for his senior prom at Artesia High in Lakewood. The ensemble was sky blue and tan, with matching Nikes.
"It was almost a suit," recalled Loren Grover, Harden's high...Tags: Scott Brooks, National Basketball Association, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Staples Center, Ben Gordon
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Funeral for Mary Kennedy Set for Saturday
CNNMT. KISCO, New York -- She might have gone unnoticed through the many years of triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Now the spotlight will be cast, sadly, on Mary Richardson Kennedy. The estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was found dead...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Physical Conditions, Disasters and Accidents, Erin Burnett, Christianity
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Flush with nurses, tech center may have to hire one more
Daily American Staff WriterTo satisfy a state mandate, the Somerset County Technology Center needs to hire a nurse despite having four teachers who are registered nurses. The Pennsylvania Department of Education is beginning to enforce a policy requiring that technology centers...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Health Treatments, Health and Safety at School, Insulin Injections
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