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Marathon runs out of medals, 1,300 runners to get them in the mail
-------------------- Running coverage of the 2012 Chicago Marathon today. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon ran out of medals for about 1,300 participants who finished the course seven hours after it had begun. Marathon organizers said they were...
Tags: Track and Field, Banking, Grant Park, Heart Failure, Chicago Transit Authority
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How cattle perceive their world affects handling
Cattle really see the world differently. A cow may see more than you see and is often distracted by motion off to the side. However, she doesn't see the world as clear and sharply focused as humans see it, and it takes her more time to process what she...Tags: Physiology, Cancer, Immune System
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Loyola scientists study blindness in Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Three years ago, Brianna Thompson, then 9 years old, suffered a widespread rash and bloodshot eyes after she took 11/2 teaspoons of Tylenol. To treat these ailments, she was given steroids, Benadryl and more Tylenol. But that caused her lips and tongue...
Tags: Demographics, Acetaminophen (drug), Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, Loyola University Chicago
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As Middle East burns, Obama fiddles
Political consultants often use the term "optics" to describe how consequential events are perceived by the general public. With regard to the present Middle East crisis, the president's optics are way off course. There was the Las Vegas fundraiser...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Arab Spring, Applied Physics, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Review: Ungainly yet powerful charge of the 'Rhinoceros'
Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota's smart, sleek production of Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" at Royce Hall was a sight for sore eyes over the weekend. Not that this offering from Théâtre de la Ville-Paris convinced me that the play is entirely deserving of its status...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Epidemics and Plagues
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Blind Wichita man wakes up, discovers home burglarized
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWichita police are looking for suspects after a south Wichita home was burglarlized overnight. It happened in the 300 block of E. Marion Court. Police tell us the 33-year-old man, who is blind, woke up around four o'clock Tuesday morning because he felt...Tags: Apple iPhone
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Sisters in arms found their way to war
timr@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: Tim Rowland is a Herald-Mail columnist and the author of “Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War.” A wounded Dutchman lay writhing in a makeshift Washington, D.C., hospital following the Battle of Bull Run, a...Tags: Breads, Armed Forces, Malaria, Wars and Interventions, Washington, DC
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Sighted guide question
Question: My husband has lost most of his vision from a combination of diabetes and an infection. When we're going shopping, or just for a walk how can I help him? Answer: This is a problem encountered by many families when someone in the family has lost...Tags: Christianity, Diabetes, Religion and Belief, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Obama makes his case for a second term
Los Angeles TimesPresident Obama accepted his party’s nomination for a second term and called on Americans to rally around his economic vision in a prime-time address marked by soaring oratory as well as specific goals, promises and benchmarks to win over anxious...Tags: Politics, Science and Technology, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Mitt Romney, Religion and Belief
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Medical bills question
Question: I don't have insurance and need help with paying for eye surgery. I'm on Social Security Disability, but I'm still in the 2 year waiting period for Medicare. I'm diabetic and have some bleeding in my eyes. The eye doctor says this just can't...Tags: Social Security, Companies and Corporations, Christianity, Medicare, Medicaid
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Dr. Tiffany L. Chan seeing patients at Wilmer Eye Institute in Bel Air
Tiffany L. Chan, O.D., an instructor of ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine, is seeing patients at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Bel Air (formerly Parris-Castoro Eye Care Center). Chan specializes in visual function and...Tags: Northport, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis
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OUR HEALTH: They call them "strokes". I'm not sure why.
Darrell Laurant, the Lynchburg News & Advance columnist, writer, and author, suffered a stroke on June 8. This is his story, written especially for Our Health. In its most common usage, the word "stroke" conjures images that are smooth and gentle --...
Tags: Brain, Diabetes, Physical Conditions, Warfarin (drug), High Blood Pressure
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