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Police searching for missing 88-year-old
SunSentinel.comPolice need help finding an 88-year-old man last seen Sunday asking for directions in a state park. Edward Corey Jr., a Miami-Dade County resident, never returned home after attending a function at the John U. Lloyd Beach State Park, authorities said. He...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Mental Illness, Hollywood Police Department, Gardens and Parks
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Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears
Measles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled by unfounded...Tags: Health Organizations, Medicine, Medical Specialization, Mental Illness, Family
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Southern Indiana county sued over inmate's death
The family of a jail inmate who died after swallowing a toothbrush and a burrito is suing Clark County, claiming that he was either killed or allowed to commit suicide even though jail officials knew he was mentally ill. Timothy J. O'Meara, 23, was...Tags: Mental Illness, Lawyers, Prisons
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Heinz 1Q profit rises 11 percent
AP Business WriterFood maker H.J. Heinz Co. said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 11 percent, fueled by double-digit sales growth in North America and Europe. The earnings offset a drop-off in Heinz's U.S. restaurant business, which is slowing on weaker...Tags: Food Industry, Consumers, Citigroup Incorporated, HJ Heinz Company, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Deaths, Rape Lead to Scrutiny of 'Celebrity Rehab' Facility
PASADENA-- Three adult patients died unexpectedly and a teenage patient was raped after entering a Pasadena psychiatric hospital known for its association with celebrity physician Drew Pinsky, records show.
The incidents occurred in the last five...Tags: Rape, Sean Burke, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Television Industry
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More employees falsify drug tests
Yes, employees are getting more and more brazen in their efforts to falsify employers' drug tests. But, employers are on to them and their efforts usually fail. This according to Amitava Dasgupta, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the...Tags: Medicine, New Products, Leslie Mann, Mental Illness, Government
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Health Notes
Dr. Peter L. Beilenson, Howard County's health officer, will kick off the Association of Community Services' fall series of meetings Sept. 17 with a discussion on health issues affecting county residents and challenges for the coming year. The meeting,...Tags: Private Health Care, Health Insurance, Mental Illness, Medicare, Ellicott City
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D. Johnson 'couldn't say no'
From wire reportsDavey Johnson was done with baseball when the Los Angeles Dodgers fired him as their manager eight years ago. "To be honest, I was really burned out," Johnson said. "I can [only] take so much. I needed to recharge my batteries." After all, what did he...Tags: Mental Illness, Multi-Sport Events, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, World Cup
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Video games can be powerful learning tools
Parents, don't put away those video games just yet - today's gamer may be tomorrow's top surgeon. Researchers who gathered in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting video games can be powerful...Tags: Video Games, Obesity, Game Playing, Fordham University
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Roosevelt cleaver attack leads to lawsuit
eden.laikin@newsday.comA man used a cleaver to attack another resident of the house where he was renting a room - a single-family Roosevelt home the Nassau Department of Social Services packed with seven tenants, according to a $2-million notice of claim the victim's attorney...Tags: Rental Service, Social Services, Trials, Society, Roosevelt
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CDT
A jury found a 65-year-old retired janitor guilty Wednesday in the strangulation of a woman 32 years ago. Roy Beaulieu, convicted of second-degree murder, did not take the stand in his own defense. Prosecutors cited a pathologist's autopsy report as...Tags: Government, Population, Natural Resources, Robert Wood, Murder
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Wisconsin ranks 25th in US in obesity
Among the 50 states, Wisconsin is about average when it comes to watching its weight. A private report released this week says just over a quarter of Wisconsin residents are considered obese, placing the state 25th in the nation. The fattest state...Tags: Health Organizations, Physical Fitness, Robert Wood, Obesity, National Basketball Association
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