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State Workers Told to Lose Weight or Pay Up
The Associated PressThe state of Alabama is giving its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit - or they'll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. Alabama will be the first state to charge overweight state workers who don't work on slimming down, while a...Tags: Columbia University, Diseases, Heart Disease, Medicine, Medical Specialization
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String of Deaths Reported at Celebrity Rehab Linked to Dr. Drew
PASADENA -- A pricey private hospital run by "Celebrity Rehab" specialist Doctor Drew Pinsky is under investigation after a string of deaths, a suicide and a rape.
Aurora Las Encinas Hospital is an upscale Pasadena psychiatric hospital where Pinsky is...Tags: Rape, Celebrity Mothers, Government Health Care, Employees, Television Industry
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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, Gardens and Parks, Hollywood Police Department, Illnesses
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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, Vaccines, Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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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, Nashua Corporation, Government, Air Transportation Industry
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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, Government Health Care, Ellicott City, Health Insurance, Health Treatments
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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: Los Angeles Dodgers, Multi-Sport Events, Major League Baseball, World Cup, Cycling
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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: Trials, Society, Social Services, Melville, Roosevelt
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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: Lawyers, Prisons, Illnesses
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Former major league manager Davey Johnson says he's honored to coach the U.S. team
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDavey Johnson was done with baseball when the Dodgers fired him as their manager eight years ago. "To be honest, I was really burned out," Johnson remembered. "I can [only] take so much. I needed to recharge my batteries." After all, what did he have...Tags: World Cup, Major League Baseball, Awards and Prizes, International Olympic Committee, Multi-Sport Events
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Whirlwind week for Michael Phelps' mom
AP Sports WriterDebbie Phelps sat in a luxury hotel suite with a view of the Manhattan skyline Wednesday, a parade of TV cameras passing through to interview her. A day earlier, she shot a commercial that will air during the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. She is...Tags: Social Sciences, Multi-Sport Events, Olympic Games, Illnesses
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Community Calendar: Aug. 21- 29
THURSDAY AUG. 21 BOOKS & AUTHORS Book Event: Lew Bryson, author of four brewery guidebooks, including ''Pennsylvania Breweries'' and ''New Jersey Breweries'' and managing editor of Malt Advocate Magazine, talks on ''The Rise of Microbreweries in...Tags: East Stroudsburg University, 5K Run, Pat Benatar, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Music Theater
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