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Special Report: Fragile Lives; Needless Deaths
The Hartford CourantPaula Berardi thought she'd found a safe haven for her developmentally disabled daughter, Tracey Hilliard. Four other group homes hadn't worked out, and Tracey, who also had medical problems, was a handful at home. The state Department of Mental...Tags: Deltona, Nursing Homes, Diseases and Illnesses, First Aid, Long Term Care
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Am I taking too much ibuprofen?
The Medicine CabinetQ: I've been taking a couple of over-the-counter ibuprofen tablets two or three times per day to ease pain and inflammation in my knees. Could it be harmful to do this for an extended period of time, say a year? A: Ibuprofen is one of the nonsteroidal...Tags: Harvard Medical School, Heart Disease, Internists, Allergies, Advil (drug)
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Don't lose sleep over teething
Some time around 4 to 6 months, your happy angel becomes a feverish, drooling wreck overnight. Could it be a cold? The flu? Or is it that dreaded rite of passage — teething? Teething typically begins a few months after birth with fussing,...
Tags: Diarrhea, Food and Drug Administration, Advil (drug), Dentistry and Dental Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Museum devoted to salt resides deep below Hutchinson, Kan.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. - We descended into the belly of the Earth. "It's going to take us just a couple of minutes to go underground. Does anybody have a problem going down in the dark?" our cheerful guide asked. "Yes!" I screamed in my head. But I said...
Tags: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Petroleum Industry, Ben-Hur (movie), Event Planning, Salt
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Stomach flu season is here
WSBT-TV800 hundred people die from it every year in the U.S. We're talking about the stomach flu. It's sounds like a simple illness, but the Indiana Department of Health has detected a new, serious strain of it in our area. It's also known as norovirus and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Calicivirus, Gastroenteritis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections
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What's Going Around: Sore throat
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Has your throat been a little on the scratchy side lately? You might have a common sickness that is going around this week - the sore throat. Health officials with the Ozarks Community Hospital clinic in Springfield have seen an...Tags: Symptoms, Headaches, Viral Diseases and Infections, Ibuprofen (drug), Sore Throat
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Inmate caught smuggling Xanax in her private parts, deputies say
FloriDUHCasey Leigh Cranfield, 28, was busted Monday for Violation of Probation and taken to the slammer. The next day jail deputies learned that the Pubta Gorda woman had taken Xanax inside the jail after her arrest, according to a news release from the...Tags: Alprazolam (drug)
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Take two spritzes of deer antler spray and call me in the morning
I've used deer antler spray for two days now, and I've rarely felt better, though I do find myself with an overwhelming urge to grind my itchy noggin against big birch trees, and last night, as someone pulled into the driveway, I just suddenly froze in...
Tags: Internists, National Football League, Herbal Supplements, Ray Lewis, Periodicals
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The flu and you
Flu season is upon us, and it's been a rough one. If you haven't had the flu this winter, chances are you know someone who has. So, what should we do to keep ourselves from getting it? Some folks are packing their own "flu survival kits," while others are...
Tags: Symptoms, Vitamin C, Diseases and Illnesses, Headaches, Drugs and Medicines
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Spokesman says ex-President Bush's fever rising
HOUSTON (AP) - A spokesman says the fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a Houston hospital over Christmas has worsened, and doctors have put him on a liquids-only diet. Jim McGrath had said earlier Wednesday that the fever had gone...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Frequent illness not necessarily worrisome
Q: My daughter is 2 years and 5 months old and keeps getting sick! This is the fifth time in less than a month. I took her to the pulmonologist, and she was prescribed Xopenex. She got better for almost a week, [then] got a 103 fever from out of the...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Diseases and Illnesses, Premature Birth, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Childhood Diseases and Illnesses
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Get back pain relief with new exercises and old drugs
The Medicine CabinetQ: My husband is getting severe spasms in his lower back, possibly as a result of twisting wrong while doing sit-ups. He's getting no relief from ibuprofen. Is there an over-the-counter alternative? A: If your husband's back pain developed after doing...Tags: Chiropractors, Symptoms, Harvard Medical School, Physical Therapy, Health Treatments
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