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School Sports Make In-Car First-Aid Kit a Must
KickingTiresThe school sports season is back in swing with baseball diamonds and soccer and football fields once again full of colorful but small uniforms. Along with the season comes many scrapes, bumps, bruises and other more severe injuries that we......Tags: Ibuprofen (drug), Allergies, Health and Safety at School, Broken Toe, Injuries and Wounds
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Low cost rabies shots for your pet
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelBroward County Animal Care and Adoption will host a rabies clinic??Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Mary Saunders Park, 4750 S.W. 21 St. in West Park.?? Dogs and cats can be vaccinated for a $15, cash only??fee, and the animals will get a...Tags: Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Hospitals and Clinics, Cat (animal), Diseases and Illnesses
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County taking swine flu vaccination message to Boca Raton school
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsPalm Beach County officials on Tuesday plan to go to Boca Raton Elementary School to draw attention to their call for students to get vaccinated for the swine flu virus. Health Department Director Dr. Alina Alonso and County Commissioner Steven......Tags: Flu, Football, Hospitals and Clinics, Swine Flu, Schools
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In Pakistan, we see the law of unintended consequences
After two women trying to inoculate Pakistani children against polio were shot this week, some news accounts were quick to place blame: "Anti-polio workers started being attacked after a Pakistani doctor, Shakeel Afridi, ran a fake polio campaign in the...Tags: Authors, Abraham Lincoln, NBC (tv network), Pakistan, The New York Times
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Young people fascinated with history
History is for old fogeys, right? Well, then, what are all these young people doing volunteering at the Washington County Historical Society? And, why are high and middle school students engaged with in-depth historical research projects? Interns and...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Health and Safety at School, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Justice and Rights, Battle of Antietam
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Measles, FBI, Meningitis, Listeria Outbreak (2011), Gonorrhea
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Trice: A more holistic approach to health care for LGBT community
Keith Green knows that physicians read books and take classes on how to provide the best health care for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. But Green, chairman of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, also knows that too many...
Tags: Overweight, Hepatitis A , Health and Safety at School, Diabetes, Obesity
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Flu myths: Know your bug
The latest flu epidemic has many people in a near-panic. But it's important to know the difference between fact and fiction when it comes to fighting the influenza virus. "This is one of the worst flu seasons we've seen in Illinois in about a decade,"...
Tags: Flu Vaccine, Flu, Pharmaceuticals, Chills, Tamiflu (drug)
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Doctor whose work saved millions reflects on career
The publication of Alfred Sommer's new memoir, "10 Lessons in Public Health," comes precisely 30 years after the publication of the most important thing he's ever written: "Increased mortality in children with mild vitamin A deficiency," a report of a...
Tags: Flu, Health and Safety at School, Dietary Supplements, Drugs and Medicines, Demographics
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Lollapalooza on way to sellout; day-by-day lineups set
Lollapalooza will put 60,000 single-day tickets on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. central for the festival Aug. 2-4 in Grant Park. The only question remaining is how fast they’ll sell out. The festival’s entire lineup leaked weeks early last...
Tags: Eric Church, Heartless Bastards (music group), Frightened Rabbit (music group), Grant Park, Lollapalooza
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Mom won't approve HPV vaccination
Dear Amy: I am an 18-year-old senior in high school. I am about to graduate and go to college. Each time I go for a yearly checkup, my doctor suggests that I get the HPV vaccine. My mother, who is a little skittish, hems and haws and ultimately decides...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Family Planning, Drugs and Medicines, HPV Vaccine, Reviews
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Advances in science are among mankind's greatest achievements
The pessimist might be tempted to look at mankind's most turbulent history since history began and be discouraged about the future. Many evils have been perpetrated by humans, including wars, genocide and massacres. Despite the sometimes tragic nature...Tags: Flu, Drugs and Medicines, Smallpox , Brucellosis, Animals
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