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Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. - The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and the words scroll down and you can imagine the woman...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Entertainment, Donovan, Artists, Science and Technology
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Arlo Guthrie is performing to honor dad Woody Guthrie's legacy
When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened to his father, Woody, teach him "This Land Is Your Land." The verses decrying hunger and espousing equality didn't strike Arlo as political...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Woodstock Festival (1969), Human Interest, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Health/wellness events
Upcoming Healthy Choices With Diabetes: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., May 11, June 8. Group diabetes management class for people who have diabetes and their caregivers. 503 E. Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs. To register call 321-207-0851. Hearing Screening: 10:...Tags: DeLeon Springs (Volusia, Florida), Lake County (Florida), Mental Illness, New Smyrna Beach, Behavioral Conditions
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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: Music, Entertainment, Woodstock Festival (1969), Hurricane Katrina (2005), Entertainment Events
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Blowing smoke on workplace health
The best way to hire productive employees is to look for people with qualifications, talent, honesty and commitment. Now, however, a small but growing number of employers are looking for something else as well: job applicants who don't smoke. As much as...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at Work, Diabetes, Health Insurance
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Margaret H. Abbott, genetics researcher
Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in...Tags: Anglicanism, Alzheimer's Disease, Genetics, Medical Specialization, Religion and Belief
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Dr. William J. Weiner, UM chairman of neurology
Dr. William J. Weiner, a professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who was nationally known for his work with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma...Tags: Teachers, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Tourette Syndrome, Genetic Condition, Human Interest
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Gene patent case could impact patients, research
Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah. That's because Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc. owns the patents to the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2...
Tags: Genetics, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials, Science, Medical Research
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Drug speeds depression relief in mice and men: How does it do it?
The long-used (and abused) sedative ketamine appears to lift depression's dark veil almost instantaneously by boosting the production of a protein that helps protect and maintain brain cells and regenerate them after injury, a new study says.
Ketamine...Tags: Procedural Sedation, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research, Pharmaceuticals
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Saturday's Calendar
SATURDAY Newport Beach Relay for Life The 11th annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Newport beach kicks off at 9 a.m. at Newport Harbor High School, 600 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. A Luminaria Ceremony in honor of cancer survivors and in...Tags: Penny Marshall, Republican Party, Arthritis, Chiropractic, Sports
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U-M: 6 new stem cell lines available for research
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Six new human embryonic stem cell lines derived at the University of Michigan are available for federal research. University of Michigan Health System officials say in a release Thursday that researchers can begin using...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, University of Michigan, Agricultural Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health, Medical Research
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