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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for sunny and breezy conditions, with a high temperature near 75 degrees. Tonight is expected to be clear, with a low temperature around 54 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues as you...Tags: Howard Hughes, Inner Harbor, Baltimore Orioles, Annapolis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC lowers lead poisoning threshold
The number of young children deemed at risk of lead poisoning in Maryland and nationwide expanded drastically Wednesday as a federal health agency declared it would effectively cut in half its threshold for diagnosing the environmental illness....Tags: Disease Prevention, Painting, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rental Service, Poisoning
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Imported foods causing more foodborne illness
Imported foods have been making Americans sick at increasing rates, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2009 and 2010, foodborne disease outbreaks rose, with nearly half of the cases tied to foods from...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Disease Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Foods and Beverages, Consumer Goods Industries
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Organic Foods, University of California, Dentistry and Dental Health, Flu, Skin Rash
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Biobank promises to pinpoint causes of disease
Premium Health News ServiceThe launch of the UK Biobank, the world's largest medical database, will reveal the effects of genes and environment on health. "If you're born born, you will get sick and die, and there's no escape from that," says Barbara Collins, a 57-year-old...Tags: COPD, Bones and Joints, National Institutes of Health, United Kingdom, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Doctors Warn Climate Change May Lead to Spike in Asthma Cases: Already on the rise over the course of the last decade, asthma and other respiratory illnesses could become more widespread and grow in severity due to global warming, according to a group of researchers in California
U.S. News & World ReportA group of lung doctors warned Thursday that climate change will likely lead to an increase in the rate and severity of a variety of respiratory diseases. "We felt as though the medical community was not understanding how climate change might impact...Tags: Swine Flu, Drugs and Medicines, Global Change, National Institutes of Health, Lung Cancer
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Newport News woman uses holistic approach to health
When Rhonda Greene discovered she could study online at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world's largest nutrition school, she jumped at the opportunity.
Already a board-certified nutritionist through the American Association of Drugless...Tags: Parsley, Walnuts, Kale, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Health Insurance Cost
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Nutritionists say trips to the ballpark don't need to be fattening
Daily American Staff WriterNutritionists say people can attend Major League baseball games and still eat healthy. "Baseball stadiums around the country are offering healthier concession options ranging from vegetable soup to roasted turkey legs to sushi," said nutritionist...Tags: Salads, Bacon, Roast Turkey, Diets and Dieting, Piracy
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Germ warfare at work
Have you heard about the highly contagious Koala flu that turns people into horrifying, albeit adorable, zombie marsupials who subsist only on human thigh meat and eucalyptus leaves?
No, you haven't, because it hasn't happened — yet. When it does,...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Employees, Companies and Corporations, Flu, University of Chicago
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More grocery chains pull Enfamil baby formula; Feds widen probe into other brands
ReutersMore grocers pulled Enfamil baby formula cans from shelves Friday, while U.S. health regulators said they are widening their investigation to include several types of baby formula after the death of a Missouri newborn. Even though Enfamil has not been...Tags: Disease Prevention, Abbott Laboratories, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations, Supervalu Inc.
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Baby born with rare brain tumor faces chemotherapy
Sue and Ben Erickson thought they were prepared after learning that their baby could be born with physical or mental disabilities. An ultrasound during the 36th week of pregnancy revealed an excess of cerebral fluid on the unborn infant's brain, but the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Palliative Care, Chemotherapy, University of Chicago, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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Erin Brockovich investigates mystery Tourette's-like illness plaguing teens at N.Y. school
NewsCoreEnvironmental activist Erin Brockovich is investigating a mystery Tourette's-like illness, which has struck down at least 15 students at the same high school in New York state, causing distressing verbal outbursts and involuntary twitches. Reports of...Tags: Symptoms, Environmental Politics, Diseases and Illnesses, Teaching and Learning, Julia Roberts
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