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Should medical marijuana be legalized?
NO By ANNA KNOBLACH Meyersdale There is a reason that marijuana is an illegal substance. While the effects from medicinal marijuana have been scientifically proven to slow AIDS wasting, reduce the negative effects of chemotherapy and alleviate...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Chemotherapy, Biotechnology, OxyContin (drug), Alzheimer's Disease
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89 Md. facilities bought drugs from firm linked to meningitis outbreak
The federal Food and Drug Administration identified 89 medical facilities in Maryland that bought drugs from the Massachusetts manufacturer being investigated for a national fungal meningitis outbreak. The facilities are among more than 3,000 in numerous...
Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Sinai Hospital in Baltimore
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White cane question
Question: I made a contribution to the Lions for White Cane Day last week. What is it and what do the Lions do with the contributions? Answer: White Cane Day occurs every year on Oct. 15. Typically, the president issues a proclamation to that effect....Tags: Blindness, Physical Conditions, Macular Degeneration, Diabetes, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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$2 million prize announced for cure for blindness by 2020
Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line to inspire researchers to cure blindness by 2020, establishing through Johns Hopkins Medicine one of the world's largest prizes for a scientific...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Conservation, Nobel Prize Awards, John F. Kennedy
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CVS customers say prescription refills weren't OKd
George Engelke manages his CVS prescriptions online. If he needs more of a medicine, he orders it. If he's going to be away from his Corona del Mar home, he tells the pharmacy where to send the shipment. He's never asked CVS to automatically refill his...Tags: Insurance, Osteoporosis, Insulin Injections, Pharmaceuticals, Medicare
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Drinking Three or More Cups of Coffee a Day linked to Glaucoma
KTLA News(KTLA) Drinking at least three cups of coffee a day could increase your risk of developing glaucoma, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard University found that men and women who are heavy coffee drinkers are 34 percent more likely to...Tags: Harvard University, Eyes and Vision
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Vision and nutrition sometimes are connected
FARGO, N.D. - “Mom, I can read the sign across the street!” my 9-year-old daughter exclaimed as she stepped outside wearing her purple-framed glasses for the first time. A few weeks prior to that day, she came home from school with a note after a vision...Tags: Limes, Honey, Nearsightedness, Calcium, Beta-Carotene
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Lions Club steps in for others
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — Children squinted at eye charts as others peered into mirrors while trying on different glasses during the sixth annual Imperial Lions Club Glasses for Kids event Saturday. The event not only provides free vision screenings and glasses...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Eyes and Vision
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Thousands will head to Senior Games
ST. GEORGE, Utah — While the Olympians were competing in London, thousands of other elite athletes were setting their sights on a major international event this fall. The Huntsman World Senior Games are the world's largest annual multisport...
Tags: Harlem Globetrotters, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Basketball, Softball
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Connecticut Prepares For Medical Marijuana
This Oct. 1 could be nicknamed "Medical Marijuana Day" in Connecticut. That's when Connecticut residents can actually start applying to have the legal right to use pot for medical purposes in this state. The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection...
Tags: Crohn's Disease, Dannel P. Malloy , Diseases and Illnesses, HIV, Consumers
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56 area residents take advantage of first free eye examinations at Eastern Panhandle Free Clinic
richardb@herald-mail.comJennifer Myers and William McLeod were typical of the 56 area residents who took advantage of the first free eye examinations Friday morning at the Eastern Panhandle Free Clinic in Ranson. Sponsored by the West Virginia University Eye Institute and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Conditions, Diabetes, Cataracts, Jennifer Myers
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Wilmer Eye Institute celebrates new locations in Bel Air, HdG
The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine commemorated the grand opening of its Bel Air and Havre de Grace locations (both formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Centers) during a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. These two sites represent the ninth...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research, Ophthalmology, Havre de Grace, Eyes and Vision
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