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Norovirus likely caused sickness at Pot Spring Elementary, officials say
Norovirus was likely the culprit that sickened 200 students and nine staff members at Pot Spring Elementary in Timonium last week, Baltimore County health officials have found. About a third of the school's students were absent May 17 because of...Tags: Timonium, Diseases and Illnesses, Lab Tests, Health and Safety at School, Symptoms
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Thanksgiving weekend turns into long nightmare for Mishawaka man
South Bend TribuneLori McCune had finished her breakfast and was peeling potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner when her husband, Rick, walked into the kitchen to help. This was a ritual for the two of them, to see who could peel the most potatoes the quickest. But Rick was...Tags: Music, Symptoms, Apple iPad, Long Term Care, National Institutes of Health
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More gym for kids means less chance of obesity, Cornell study says
More physical education in kindergarten through fifth grade means less chance of obesity, especially for boys, researchers say. The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity. It is to be published...
Tags: Body Mass Index, Overweight, Science and Technology, Health Organizations, Elementary Schools
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Drowning most common fatality during Superstorm Sandy
The leading cause of death during Superstorm Sandy last fall was drowning, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which analyzed 117 storm-related deaths, comes amid a National Oceanic and...
Tags: Hurricanes, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, American Red Cross, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Demographics
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The Front Burner: Banning pit bulls saves lives and protects the innocent
Whether to ban pit bulls is a human health and safety issue that should be steered by health and safety officials. Public safety is not the profession of animal advocates. Thus, public policy coming from animal advocates concerning protecting humans...Tags: Demographics, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Animal Attacks, Medical Procedures and Tests
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The Front Burner: Breed-specific regulation: Not new and not working
We all want to live safely, including with dogs. With that purpose in mind, we should adopt policies that have succeeded, and avoid ones that failed. Breed-specific regulation did not originate with pit bulls. Long Branch, N.J., banned the Spitz in...Tags: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Health Organizations, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Litigation and Regulation, Humane Society of the United States
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Health Organizations, U.S. Congress, Politics, Personal Income, Poverty
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Some teenagers are calorie counting at fast food restaurants
While some teens are oblivious to nutrition information posted at fast food restaurants, many consider calories before ordering. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed more than 700 young people between the ages of 9 and...Tags: Weight
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Teen birth rate decreasing, according to CDC report
WSBT-TVTeen pregnancy rates are down, way down, about half what they were twenty years ago, according to a new government report. It's encouraging news for nurses and counselors who say more teens are showing up at their offices, asking about contraception,...Tags: Family Planning, Health Treatments, Disease Prevention, Birth Control
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Brown administration says prison complaints are blame-shifting
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration disputes complaints that the governor's vocal legal challenges to orders to improve prison conditions has brought progress to a halt. The federal court-appointed medical receiver in charge of prison healthcare filed a...Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Coccidioidomycosis , Prisons
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Technology may find ovarian cancer cells at an earlier stage
New technology for identifying early stage ovarian cancer in uterine and cervical cells could have the potential to one day stem this often deadly disease, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Cancer. Using equipment that can...Tags: Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research, Ovarian Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests
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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: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Meningitis, Preventative Medicine, Epidemics and Plagues, Media Industry
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