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100,000 rabies vaccine baits target raccoons
reid.epstein@newsday.comThe Suffolk County Health Department will distribute 100,000 rabies vaccine baits in wooded areas of the county beginning Wednesday, the department announced yesterday. The vaccine, which officials said does not pose a threat to humans or domestic...Tags: Vaccines, Virus Diseases, Diseases, Preventative Medicine
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Woman employed as nurse accused of medicine theft
A woman employed as a nurse at a Coralville nursing home is accused of stealing more than $8,000 worth of medication by forging other nurses' signatures. Heather Jackson was arrested on Wednesday on charges of second-degree theft, tampering with records...Tags: Iowa City, Medical Services, Theft, Prosecution, Long Term Care
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Inhaler Medication Can Cause Thinning Of Skin
Q: I was prescribed Advair for asthma. It worked well for my breathing problem, but my skin became thin, and I started bruising badly. Then I experienced horrible damage to my skin, with deep gashes from a slight bump. One day, I leaned on the bathroom...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Medicine, Medical Staff, Diet, Health Treatments
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Charity works with store to provide shoes
Soles4Souls will partner with Shoe Carnival stores from Sept. 3-24 to raise funds to put shoes on children's feet. People are asked to donate $2 for the cause. Customers may bring in a pair of gently worn shoes to any participating Shoe Carnival store...Tags: Mental Illness, Prescription Drugs, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Illnesses, Health Treatments
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Milton Township man gets 30 years for '06 slaying of mother
Chicago Tribune reporterA Wheaton-area man with a history of domestic violence and mental illness pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to fatally choking and stabbing his mother two years ago. Clifford Newcomer, 27, stood quietly Wednesday as DuPage Judge Blanche Hill...Tags: Mental Illness, Civil and Public Service, Winfield, Assault, Government
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Dennis Kucinich: 'Wake up America'
The Swampby Mark Silva DENVER - "Wake up.'' Dennis Kucinich is calling. And, man, is he stirring the hall. The animated, hyper-ventilated Clevelander was bouncing on his feet as he got the hall going this afternoon. "We Democrats are giving......Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Democratic Party, Labor Legislation, Elections, Medical Services
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Medication
Eli Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Tuesday reported four new deaths in patients taking Byetta, even as the companies tried to shore up the safety profile of their popular diabetes medication. The announcement comes a week after the Food and Drug...Tags: Amylin Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Health Organizations, Medicine, Lilly Eli & Co, Western Medicines
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Have meds, will travel
Planning a trip? The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has some tips for people traveling with medications. If your travels will include spending time outdoors, then ask your pharmacist or doctor whether your medication can cause...Tags: Medical Staff
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Vaccine information
For more information about childhood vaccines, physicians and public health officials recommend these Web sites: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:www.cdc.gov/vaccines National Network for Immunization Information: www.immunizationinfo.org...Tags: Health Organizations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Diseases, Preventative Medicine
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Dr. Thomas H. Weller, 93; virologist won Nobel Prize for work on polio
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDr. Thomas H. Weller, the Harvard virologist who shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in medicine for developing techniques to grow the polio virus in the laboratory, a feat that laid the groundwork for the development of the polio vaccine and the feared virus'...Tags: Medicine, Vaccines, Health and Safety at School, Virus Diseases, Illnesses
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Dix Hills student tells of his stabbing in Africa
sophia.chang@newsday.comAashish Shah could handle being stabbed by a mugger last week in Tanzania when he came to the aid of a friend whose purse was being stolen. And the college student from Dix Hills could deal with the subsequent bumpy two-hour taxi ride over unpaved roads,...Tags: Long Island, Therapies, Hospitals and Clinics, New York University, Dix Hills
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Prescription Madness: Are We Risking Our Childrens Health for the Sake of Control?
Nicole Phillips never was big on playing dolls or house or Ring Around the Rosie. The Davie 13-year-old's favorite pastime at the playground was studying rocks and leaves. Parents Richard and Carol Phillips didn't worry that her interests differed from...Tags: Addiction, Prescription Drugs, Pediatrics, People, Medicine
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