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Veterans get ALS disability
Sun reporterThe Department of Veterans Affairs plans to provide full disability payments for Lou Gehrig's disease, tacitly acknowledging for the first time a generalized link between the fatal neurological disorder and military service. Veterans and patient...Tags: Lou Gehrig, People, Defense, Health and Safety at School, Illnesses
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Women's group visits hospital program
Regina Scott, Shearl Adkins, Sherry Vincent and Tammy Lacey from the Smithfield women's networking group, Woman's Waye, recently spent the day with "The Look Good ... Feel Better" program offered at Sentara Obici Hospital through the American Cancer...Tags: Cancer, Diseases, Smithfield, Death and Dying
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Painkiller fentanyl's death toll put at 1,013
ATLANTA - More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the prescription painkiller fentanyl, the government reported yesterday in its first national tally of those deaths. The spike of overdoses seems to have ended, health...Tags: Addiction, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases, Pharmaceuticals
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Lake County community notes
Sentinel Staff WriterLakeview Terrace Retirement Community, County Road 42 in Altoona, will host a meet-the-candidate session at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 2 for candidates seeking the office of sheriff, School Board member and supervisor of elections. Another session is set for 1:30 p....Tags: Cruises, Local Elections, Religious Festivals, First United Corporation, Christianity
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It's a magnetic view, indeed: Blasts tied to aurora borealis
Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular...Tags: Addiction, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NASA, Space Programs, Diseases
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Lilly 2Q earnings rise 44 pct as sales increase
AP Business WriterDouble-digit sales growth from key drugs helped Eli Lilly and Co. post a 44 percent profit increase Thursday, but investor concern over the fate of potential blockbuster prasugrel held back the stock price. Sales for the antidepressant Cymbalta, Lilly's...Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, Sales, Medicine, Illnesses, Mental Illness
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US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years
AP Medical WriterMore than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths. The spike of overdoses seems to have ended, health officials said, pointing to...Tags: Addiction, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Diseases, Pharmaceuticals
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Staph Infection Kills Local High School Wrestler
DOWNEY -- A high school wrestler died from complications of a drug-resistant staph infection and a teammate was being treated for the illness.
Noah Armendariz, 17, died Sunday at Children's Hospital of Orange County from methicillin-resistant...Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Virus Diseases, Diseases, Wrestling, Pharmaceuticals
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Own family, friends motivate Relay volunteer
247-4731Diana Brown of Yorktown decided to begin walking for Relay For Life after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Just six weeks prior to this year's event, a now cancer-free Brown decided to start her own team and raise the necessary funds. She...Tags: Relay for Life, Cancer, Diseases, Health and Safety at School
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Olympics: Torres' coach has blood disorder
Staff and Wire ReportsSix-time Olympic coach Michael Lohberg of the Coral Springs Swim Club has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia. Lohberg, 58, the coach of five-time Olympian Dara Torres and six international swimmers at the Beijing Olympics, was scheduled to leave South...Tags: LeBron James, International Olympic Committee, Beijing Games, Sports Organizations, National Institutes of Health
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