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Water advisories common during rainy season in South Mississippi
The Sun HeraldEach year near the beginning of summer, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality more frequently issues water-contact advisories. Thus far in May, four water advisories have been issued in Harrison County and four in Hancock County. These...Tags: Lab Tests, Tourism and Leisure
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Will County activates its West Nile virus hotline for mosquito season
The Will County Health Department has responded to the opening of the 2013 mosquito season by activating its annual telephone line to help zero in on potential West Nile virus hot spots by identifying birds that died from the disease. Launched in May...Tags: West Nile Virus, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Bryan ISD offering low-cost physicals, ECGs to athletes
The Eagle, Bryan, TexasAlmost two years ago, David Wilganowski collapsed on the football field and went into cardiac arrest. Rudder High School trainer Jamie Woodall and her staff rushed to the 6-foot-5, 240-pound defensive lineman and used an automated external defibrillator...Tags: Heart Murmur, Heart Problems, Viral Diseases and Infections, Heart Failure, Students
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Meningitis victim's mother files complaint against Meriter doctors
The Wisconsin State JournalMeredith Leigh, whose son Henry Mackaman died from bacterial meningitis last month at Meriter Hospital, filed a complaint with the state this week against two Meriter doctors involved in his care. The state Department of Safety and Professional Services...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Newspaper and Magazine, Pneumonia, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Bulls need time to rest and heal
Derrick Rose's health isn't the only injury situation the Bulls will focus on this offseason. Coach Tom Thibodeau said Thursday the team hopes to avoid surgery in the case of Joakim Noah's chronic plantar fasciitis, that Taj Gibson needs to strengthen...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Plantar Fasciitis, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Taj Gibson
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Parents' lawsuit claims Biloxi hospital failed to diagnose son's fatal meningitis
The Sun HeraldAn Alabama couple has filed a lawsuit alleging their 24-year-old son died while on a trip to Biloxi after a hospital failed to diagnose him with bacterial meningitis. The malpractice suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport, alleges Ryan Hooper of...Tags: Prosecution, Hospitals and Clinics, Laws, Litigation, Trials
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Health Organizations, Preventative Medicine, Heart Disease, Pneumonia, Michael Bloomberg
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Ticks can spread numerous diseases
The Jamestown Sun, N.D.However welcome they are after a long winter, sunshine and springtime do bring with them some unwelcome visitors that spread disease -- ticks. Health officials from the North Dakota Department of Health and Central Valley Health District are reminding...Tags: Ehrlichiosis , Headaches, Fever, Itching, Pneumonia
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Bulls' Deng still not feeling well
Apparently, Tom Thibodeau's definition of improvement is no longer vomiting. Moments after the Bulls coach called Luol Deng "day to day" and left Deng's Game 4 availability open because "hopefully, with another 24 hours he's better," Deng painted a...
Tags: Luol Deng, Tom Thibodeau, Flu
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The season of the itch: Bugs that bite are both a nuisance and a public health concern in Maine
Bangor Daily News, MaineBetween black flies, mosquitoes and ticks, spring and summer in Maine can be the season of the itch. While black flies are a May-July seasonal nuisance in Maine, black flies don't spread disease. Mosquitoes and ticks can, and do, including West Nile...Tags: West Nile Virus, Headaches, Heart Problems, Symptoms, Health Organizations
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South Florida gay community watching NYC meningitis outbreak
With a deadly meningitis outbreak sickening an unusually high number of gay men in New York City, many in South Florida are on edge and on watch. South Florida was among the regions alerted by the New York State Department of Health about recently...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Headaches, Health Organizations, New York City, HIV
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Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich out again for Bulls
The thinking for the Chicago Bulls has been the same all season. They realized early they would play the bulk of the year without star guard Derrick Rose. It is that attitude that has allowed them to so easily adjust to playing most of the postseason...Tags: Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Nazr Mohammed, Tom Thibodeau, Luol Deng
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May 15, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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