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    Jun 3, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  1. Third annual Hope Walk to fight Huntington's disease

    South Bend Tribune
    GRANGER -- The Northern Indiana Committee for the Huntington's Disease Society of America will host the third annual Hope Walk at Discovery Middle School in Granger on Saturday. The local iteration of this national event was inspired by 1987 Penn High...

    Tags: Health and Safety at School, Indiana University, Auction Service, Diseases and Illnesses

    2. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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: The Kid (movie), Carnegie Hall, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Symptoms

    3. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  3. Honoring his father's mission

    He still performs the original words.
    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: Carnegie Hall, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Symptoms, Music

    4. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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 we despair of the death and damage caused by tobacco, this new employment criterion strikes us as a lamentable and unwarranted intrusion into applicants' private lives — and one that should worry anyone in this country who has an elevated risk for any sort of injury or illness. In other words, most of us.
    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: Employment Opportunities, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Heart Disease, Diabetes

    5. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. 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 Ruxton.
    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: Religion and Belief, Long Term Care, Nursing Homes, Health and Safety at School, Biology

    6. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. 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 at his Guilford home. He was 67.
    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: Genetic Condition, New York City, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    7. Sep 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. 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.
    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: Johns Hopkins University, Biotechnology Industry, Science, Medical Procedures and Tests, Genes and Chromosomes

    8. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| WXMI

  8. Lawn Mower Races To Tear Up Sparta This Weekend

    They can power through the thickest lawsn and the toughest grass, but this weekend lawn mowers are being put to a more eventful use.
    They can power through the thickest lawsn and the toughest grass, but this weekend lawn mowers are being put to a more eventful use. The annual lawn mower races are back and running this Saturday and Sunday at the Sparta Airport track. Seven classes...
    9. May 18, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  9. 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: Master P, Health Organizations, Allan R. Mansoor, Sam Cassell, Republican Party

    10. Jun 14, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  10. 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: Agricultural Research and Technology, Medical Research, University of Michigan, Genes and Chromosomes, National Institutes of Health

    11. Jan 12, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  11. Girl, 9, who faced online taunts in 2010 dies

    WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A 9-year-old Detroit-area girl whose battle with Huntington's disease drew attention after she was taunted online by a neighbor has died. Michigan Memorial Funeral Home in Flat Rock, which is handling arrangements, says...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Mount Hope, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Facebook

    12. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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