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Autism is focus of symposium at Centre College
Centre CollegeCentre College will host an autism symposium on campus with events today and Wednesday, including a lecture by author John Elder Robison and speakers from around Kentucky. Robison, author of the books “Be Different,” “Look Me in the...Tags: American School for the Deaf, Health and Medical Professionals, Religion and Belief, Teachers, Medical Specialization
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UNCOMMON BOND: Siblings share rare genetic disorder
kpeek@amnews.comFor the Jennings family, the unknown is a real part of their lives. Vanessa, 11, and Jacob, 7, were diagnosed with a rare disease in 2008. At the time, Vanessa was 7 and Jacob just 2. Doctors had been testing Vanessa since she was about 2 years old in...Tags: Animal Planet (tv network), Deere and Company, Schizophrenia, Asthma, Genetic Condition
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Overdoses claimed 20 lives in Clark
Clark County officials responded to 20 drug overdose deaths in 2011, with 11 of them occurring during the last four months of the year.
Clark County Coroner Robert Gayheart, who has been the coroner since 2008, said 20 is not a particularly high or low...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Productivity, Substance Abuse, Health, Religion and Belief
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Control your diabetes for life - and for your family
The National Diabetes Education Program shared this information just for men and what an appropriate time to share as Father’s Day is celebrated this weekend.
Almost 11 million men 20 or older currently have diabetes in the United States. That&...Tags: Medical Services, Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diabetes, Physical Conditions
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Evangelicals need not apply
Kentuckians love to cheer on their Big Blue this time of year, so when Federal District Judge Karl Forester recently called foul (not on Coach Cal, thank God) on the University of Kentucky astronomy department for religious discrimination, it gave...Tags: United Kingdom, Justice and Rights, Chess Playing, Ben Stein, Crime, Law and Justice
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EPA targets Beck's Lake for possible cleanup
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed adding Beck's Lake to the National Priority List (NPL) of hazardous sites in need of further investigation for possible Superfund designation. Located at West Washington and North...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Voice of the People, May. 20
Cancer research We recently heard the revelation that Angelina Jolie had undergone preventive double mastectomy in order to lessen her chance of developing breast cancer. Her DNA carries a genetic defect in the BRCA1 gene that significantly increases her...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Angelina Jolie, Chicago White Sox, Pharmaceuticals, Breast Cancer
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Defense, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Politics
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Defense, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Politics
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: American Diabetes Association, Diabetes, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Queens (New York City), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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College researchers begin to feel sequester effects
Lafayette College geologist Kira Lawrence is piecing together a model of the climate between 3 million and 5 million years ago by analyzing the chemical makeup of organic matter from the bottom of the ocean. It was a time called the Pliocene Epoch,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. Congress, Science and Technology, Financial Aid, Science
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Entitlements' unimpeded growth is a benefit to seniors
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress increasingly unable to resolve budget disputes, federal programs on automatic pilot are consuming ever larger amounts of government resources. The trend helps older Americans, who receive the bulk of Social Security...
Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Head Start, Government Health Care, Social Security
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