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TEAMING UP: Bluebird Market helps kids at Wilderness Trace
scollins@amnews.comSince opening its doors last April, Blue Bird Market also has opened up hearts and interests for Wilderness Trace Child Development Center, a local preschool for children from birth to age 5 with and without disabilities. Libby Suttles, marketing...Tags: Schools, United Way , Teachers, Education, Early Learning
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Pre-eclampsia potential worry for mothers-to-be
The Winchester SunOne of the most common pregnancy complications worldwide is high blood pressure, and the numbers of women affected are on the rise. According to peer-reviewed medical website uptodate.com, about 5 percent of pregnancies are affected by high blood...Tags: Preeclampsia, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Pharmaceuticals, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
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October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month
October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect, affecting 166,000 Americans. Kentucky has one of the highest rates in the country. Spina bifida is a birth defect that results in the spinal cord...Tags: Spina Bifida
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SICK OF GOVERNMENT: Danville attorney takes on military in massive poisoned water case
tkleffman@amnews.comIt was only 18 months ago that Bill Noelker hung out his shingle to practice law and already he has the case of a lifetime. “This case is why I went to law school. This gets me excited,” Noelker said last week in his second-floor office...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Camp Lejeune (military base), Health, Trials
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Prenatal care can prevent many common birth defects
Clark County Health DepartmentBy Amy Williams Health Department Let this month draw your attention to birth defect prevention. The most common birth defects are heart defects, cleft lip, cleft palate, Down Syndrome and spina bifida. Sure, we know they exist, but did you know that...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Mineral Supplements, Calcium, Dietary Supplements, Folic Acid
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Anya Scharle returns to athletic competition after brain surgery
Anya Scharle stepped into the discus circle last Wednesday and let it fly three times. One of those efforts resulted in a personal best of 93 feet, 5 inches. It didn't win her a gold medal. The senior finished ninth, 1 inch shy of giving Central...
Tags: Concussion, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Field Hockey, Roman Catholicism, The Pennsylvania State University
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Tom Willis uses his feet to spread his message at Camden Yards and other parks
Tom Willis knows all about making the best of whatever life throws at you. Born with no arms, he's had to make adjustments — about a million of them. He writes with his feet, for one thing. Steers a car with his feet. Cooks with his feet. He...
Tags: Polio, Washington, DC, Baltimore Orioles, Arbitron Incorporated, University of Maryland, College Park
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FDA warns pregnant migraine sufferers against anti-seizure drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is warning physicians that women who suffer migraine headaches and are pregnant or may become pregnant should not use the drugs valproate or valproic acid to prevent the severe headaches, in light of new evidence showing...
Tags: Depakote (drug), Epilepsy, Behavioral Conditions, Physical Conditions, Pharmaceuticals
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Letters: Vietnam today
Re "The Vietnam syndrome," Opinion, May 5 Frank Snepp, a former CIA analyst who was in Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, worries that we may not have learned the lessons of our war in that country. He may have missed the most important lesson....
Tags: Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Central Intelligence Agency, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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March of Dimes celebrates 75 years
It was all about the babies today in the Roanoke Valley. Hundreds came out to the Salem Civic Center to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the March of Dimes. This year's goal is to raise $120,000. This year, UnitedHealthCare of Roanoke donated 10-...
Tags: Premature Birth, March of Dimes Foundation, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Culture
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Retired athletes to protest workers' compensation bill
SACRAMENTO — Let the political games begin. A battle between professional athletes and owners of football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer teams starts Monday. Dozens of retired athletes plan a news conference on the steps of the state...
Tags: National Football League, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Henry T. Perea, J. J. Stokes, Punishment
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Robert Edwards dies at 87; Nobel winner for first 'test-tube baby'
About 10% of married couples suffer from infertility – the inability to conceive a child naturally. Through the better part of the 20th century, physicians considered this a minor and perhaps irrelevant problem, one that contributed overall to...
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