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Chronology of 2001 anthrax events
Sun-SentinelSept. 18: Envelopes containing letters and granular substances are sent to NBC News in New York and the New York Post. Both are mailed from Trenton, N.J. Sept. 22: Editorial page assistant at New York Post who opens letters to the editor notices...Tags: Tom Ridge, U.S. Senate, Local Government, Washington (Litchfield, Connecticut), Employees
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Children's Medical Association
South Florida Parenting8430 W. Broward Blvd., Suite 300, Plantation 954-473-1101 Children’s Medical Association has three offices in Plantation, Tamarac and Heron Bay. Multiple doctors on staff at each location are able to treat a variety of ailments. Many of the...Tags: Plantation, Tamarac, Human Interest, Clubs and Associations, Awards and Prizes
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The Interview: Barry Bogage
The Maryland/Israel Development Center sees itself as a matchmaker — not of a romantic kind but an economic one.
For the past 19 years, the nonprofit group in Baltimore has been connecting Maryland companies with Israeli partners to promote trade...Tags: Europe, NASA, Startups, Israel, Economy, Business and Finance
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Making the case for smart meters
Utilities are installing smart meters and moving toward a smarter grid. Modernizing our electrical and water infrastructure by integrating new technologies helps bring our system into the 21st century in order for us to meet future needs of our...Tags: Technology, Cell Phones, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Homes, Entertainment
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Breaking down fats
Quick, name the good fats (and their sources) from the following: monounsaturated, saturated, polyunsaturated, trans.
If you can't answer right away, don't worry. You have a lot of company.
According to recent polls, many Americans are dropping low-...Tags: Coconut, Margarine, Dietary Supplements, Diets and Dieting, Health Organizations
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That unhealthy glow
Tanning was as much a part of Lindsay Walsh's teenage social life as talking on the phone.
Two or three times a week — more for special occasions — she and her friends would hit the salons, beckoned by their posters of bronzed, beautiful...Tags: Physical Conditions, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, MRI (imaging), Freckles (complexion), Dermatologists
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My Turn: PSA scare prompts reflection and education
![When my family doctor called five years ago with the news that my PSA levels had spiked, I hung up the phone and did what all of us do. I panicked. I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66871392-19112219.jpg "When my family doctor called five years ago with the news that my PSA levels had spiked, I hung up the phone and did what all of us do. I panicked. I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die.\"")
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhen my family doctor called five years ago with the news that my PSA levels had spiked, I hung up the phone and did what all of us do. I panicked. I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die." Then came the delayed second reaction: This can't be right!...Tags: Ibuprofen (drug), University of Arizona, Breast Cancer, Blood, Medical Research
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Kick the habit
For most people, a morning cup of java isn't harmful. But if you rely on coffee to get you out of bed, to stave off midmorning headaches and to avoid the 3 p.m. crash, you may be hooked on one of the most popular drugs in the world.
Nearly 90 percent...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Pancreas, High Blood Pressure
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Mountain for some, molehill for others
Despite several decades of urging from doctors and government officials to cut back on salt, a culprit in high blood pressure, most Americans aren't paying much attention.
Americans consume, depending on which study you look at, an average of 3,000 to 4,...Tags: Physical Conditions, American Heart Association, Heart Disease, Healthy Diet, Health
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A cost-effective approach to women's health
Social conservatives have recently gone into fits over a report released last week recommending that insurance coverage include free access to birth control as preventive care for women under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. That insuring...Tags: Physical Conditions, Health Insurance Cost, Elections, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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A pregnant woman with HIV, and the cost of U.S. foreign aid cuts
![When I met a woman I'll call "Mary" in Luwingu, a remote district in northern Zambia, she had already seen three of her children die. She did not know that she had contracted HIV until she arrived at the clinic where for the past few months I had been supervising care for pregnant women living with HIV.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-11/66178545-18122558.jpg "When I met a woman I'll call "Mary\" in Luwingu, a remote district in northern Zambia, she had already seen three of her children die. She did not know that she had contracted HIV until she arrived at the clinic where for the past few months I had been supervising care for pregnant women living with HIV.")
When I met a woman I'll call "Mary" in Luwingu, a remote district in northern Zambia, she had already seen three of her children die. She did not know that she had contracted HIV until she arrived at the clinic where for the past few months I had been...Tags: Conservation, Malaria, Viral Diseases and Infections, Barack Obama, UNICEF
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Anxious Marylanders wait to see if Congress will act
Failure of the congressional "supercommittee" to strike a deal on deficit reduction has left lawmakers scrambling to address a half-dozen bills of major importance to Marylanders, from extending tax breaks to paying Medicare doctors to securing federal...Tags: Fort Meade (military base), Anirban Basu, Medicare, Anne Arundel County, U.S. Senate
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