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Norovirus likely caused sickness at Pot Spring Elementary, officials say
Norovirus was likely the culprit that sickened 200 students and nine staff members at Pot Spring Elementary in Timonium last week, Baltimore County health officials have found. About a third of the school's students were absent May 17 because of...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Calicivirus, Symptoms, Lab Tests, Health and Safety at School
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Adults Need Vaccinations, Too
Internist and Hospital of Central Connecticut medical staff memberMany people believe vaccinations are relegated to childhood, but the viruses and bacteria that cause severe illness in youth can also infect adults. In fact, certain common infectious diseases, like chickenpox or flu, are more aggressive in adulthood....Tags: Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Flu, Measles, Tetanus
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Thanksgiving weekend turns into long nightmare for Mishawaka man
South Bend TribuneLori McCune had finished her breakfast and was peeling potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner when her husband, Rick, walked into the kitchen to help. This was a ritual for the two of them, to see who could peel the most potatoes the quickest. But Rick was...Tags: Symptoms, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Potatoes, Diarrhea, Nursing Homes
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More gym for kids means less chance of obesity, Cornell study says
More physical education in kindergarten through fifth grade means less chance of obesity, especially for boys, researchers say. The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity. It is to be published...
Tags: Cornell University, Overweight, Weight, Medical Research, Elementary Schools
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Drowning most common fatality during Superstorm Sandy
The leading cause of death during Superstorm Sandy last fall was drowning, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which analyzed 117 storm-related deaths, comes amid a National Oceanic and...
Tags: Demographics, American Red Cross, Disease Prevention, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Relief and Aid Organizations
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The Front Burner: Banning pit bulls saves lives and protects the innocent
Whether to ban pit bulls is a human health and safety issue that should be steered by health and safety officials. Public safety is not the profession of animal advocates. Thus, public policy coming from animal advocates concerning protecting humans...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Demographics, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Animal Attacks
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The Front Burner: Breed-specific regulation: Not new and not working
We all want to live safely, including with dogs. With that purpose in mind, we should adopt policies that have succeeded, and avoid ones that failed. Breed-specific regulation did not originate with pit bulls. Long Branch, N.J., banned the Spitz in...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Humane Society of the United States, Health Organizations, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Litigation and Regulation
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Osteoporosis, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pass Swim-Class Safety Bill To Stop Pool Deaths
At least four children have died in swim programs in Connecticut since 2008. A bill that passed Wednesday in the state House may stop such drownings. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would require two adults in swim-program pool areas, one... -
Some teenagers are calorie counting at fast food restaurants
While some teens are oblivious to nutrition information posted at fast food restaurants, many consider calories before ordering. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed more than 700 young people between the ages of 9 and...Tags: Weight
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Teen birth rate decreasing, according to CDC report
WSBT-TVTeen pregnancy rates are down, way down, about half what they were twenty years ago, according to a new government report. It's encouraging news for nurses and counselors who say more teens are showing up at their offices, asking about contraception,...Tags: Birth Control, Disease Prevention, Family Planning, Health Treatments
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Brown administration says prison complaints are blame-shifting
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration disputes complaints that the governor's vocal legal challenges to orders to improve prison conditions has brought progress to a halt. The federal court-appointed medical receiver in charge of prison healthcare filed a...Tags: Jerry Brown, Government, Prisons, Politics, Coccidioidomycosis
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