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The Benefits Of A `Real' Winter
The Hartford CourantA covering of snow can protect lawns, plants and might ease effects of gloomy days. If you suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, in which the reduced sunlight of winter leads to depression, the sun bouncing off the snow may make winter a more bearable...Tags: Connecticut, Depression, Colleges and Universities, Death, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Don't take a vacation from health and safety concerns
Hartford Courant staff writerPlenty of American summer travelers will be watching out for mad cows in Europe this summer or hot-footing it from foot-and-mouth disease. They might be better off buckling their seat belts and getting back to their hotels early. Dr. David R. Hill,...Tags: University of Connecticut, Health, U.S. Department of State, Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents
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Security Is The Priority
The new year is bound to be better than the year that will expire on Monday. Connecticut went through a scandalous 2001. The mayor of Waterbury remains in jail and denied bail, having been charged with sexually abusing children. The mayor of Bridgeport,...Tags: Transportation, Hospitals and Clinics, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), New York, Washington (U.S. state)
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The Good Eggs
Courant Staff WriterKaren and Jim had a happy marriage and a beautiful child when they found out their union was not perfect. Karen got so sick when she had their second child that she spent the first five days of the newborn girl's life in a hospital intensive-care unit....Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Connecticut, Transportation, Muscular Dystrophy
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Preventing Damage From MS Comes Closer To Reality
Courant Staff WriterBeing a woman has never been a good thing when it comes to multiple sclerosis. Women tend to develop the degenerative disease younger than men and to suffer more of the attacks that can cause numbness, muscle weakness and, in the worst cases, immobility....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Multiple Sclerosis, University of Connecticut, Health, Science and Technology
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Odds And Eggs: Our Biological Clock
Courant Staff WritersWhen is the alarm set on the biological clock? A recent study says it's at 27 years for women and 35 for men, the ages at which the odds of conceiving a baby begin to decline. With the recent buzz over the tug of war between career and parenthood, the...Tags: Health, Birth Control, Science and Technology, North Carolina, New York
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In Search Of The Perfectly Soothing Throat Lozenge
Special to the CourantIt's the cold and flu season again, and your throat is scratchy and scorching. You begin your quest for the perfect lozenge to ease the pain. So many choices, so hard to swallow. What to do? "The thing you want to use for bad colds and sore throats...Tags: Connecticut, Minority Groups, Throat, Coughing, Native Americans
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Preparing For Sept. 11 Memories And Reactions
Courant Staff WriterAdults still suffering mental anguish from the Sept. 11 attacks should reach out to loved ones this week, but young children should avoid watching the constant replays of the falling towers, psychiatrists said Monday. With the one-year anniversary...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Yale University, Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Family, Health and Safety at School
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Asthma afflicts senior citizens
Special to The Hartford CourantIt's no secret that arthritis, heart disease, high blood pressure and osteoporosis are ailments often related to aging. Mention "asthma," though, and most seniors breathe a sigh of relief. That disease, they assume, is a childhood condition, more likely...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Asthma, Environmental Issues, Pharmaceuticals
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An Earlier Insight Into Parkinson's
Courant Staff WritersThe first signs of Parkinson's disease are so subtle that they are all but invisible. By the time the telltale tremors appear - perhaps the shaking of a fork or the unintentional rustling of a newspaper - the neurological disease has already done more...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Parkinson's Disease, Health, Biotechnology, Science and Technology
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Henry M: The Day One Man's Memory Died
The Hartford CourantHenry M. was awake as the surgeon inserted a metal straw deep within his brain and suctioned out a piece of tissue the length of an index finger. The surgeon, William Beecher Scoville of West Hartford, talked to the 27-year-old Hartford man during the...Tags: Montreal (Canada), Hartford County, Long Term Care, Seizures, Science and Technology
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UConn Health Center Trivia Challenge
UConn Health Center Trivia Challenge Official Sweepstakes Rules. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to residents of the U.S. 18 or older (residents of Florida are excluded). Odds of winning based on number of entries received by...Tags: Florida, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Interior Policy, Politics, Advertising
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