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Firefighter Raises Awareness about Organ Donation as He Waits for Transplant
Multi-Media SpecialistA Dauphin County firefighter is seeking to raise awareness about living organ donations, as he waits for a kidney transplant. Richard Slusser has lived with a rare genetic kidney disorder his entire life, receiving his first transplanted kidney in...Tags: Charity, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mail Call - Oct. 16
“I’d like to respond to an article in Sunday’s paper, Oct. 7, titled ‘Halfway church responds to Chick-fil-A.’ This is now still a free country, and free speech. Christians do not hate gays; it’s their lifestyle. Also,...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Elections, Same-Sex Marriage
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GMA's Robin Roberts home from hospital
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's Robin Roberts has come home from the hospital three weeks after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. After thanking her doctors and nurses and singing "Amen," the "Good Morning America" host began the next stage of recovery...
Tags: Good Morning America (tv program), ABC (tv network), Bone Marrow, Robin Roberts, Hospitals and Clinics
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Nutrient-boosted foods new weapon against blindness
Premium Health News ServiceThere's a new weapon in the battle against blindness, and it's bright orange. A sweet potato bred naturally to contain loads more beta carotene than its traditional counterparts has helped stave off vitamin A deficiency in thousands of Ugandans. The...Tags: Boston, Dietary Supplements, Nutrition, International Food Policy Research Institute, Genetic Engineering
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Probiotics may be a factor in preventing obesity
Premium Health News ServiceAccumulating research indicates microbiota in lean individuals is different from that of obese people; lean people tend to have a higher proportion of two types of beneficial bacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, than obese people. Emerging evidence...Tags: Weight Loss, Probiotics, Dietary Supplements, Healthy Diet, Nutrition
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Pennsylvania company is in the early stages of a cervical cancer vaccine
CNNThe most common sexually transmitted disease is often silent and invisible: human papillomavirus (also called HPV). But in some people HPV leads to genital warts and cancers -- notably, cervical cancer. The vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix were designed as...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, HIV
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Why I support the Affordable Care Act
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelWhen President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, I felt a burden being released from my shoulders. When I was four years old, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, an auto-immune disease that caused me to become intolerant of gluten. ... -
Alexion: Profile From The Company's 2012 Annual Report
Overview Alexion is a biopharmaceutical company focused on serving patients with severe and ultra-rare disorders through the innovation, development and commercialization of life-transforming therapeutic products. Our marketed product Soliris®...Tags: Bankruptcy, Biotechnology Industry, Inventories, Trials, Health and Safety at School
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Healthier treats? Sweet!
All snack food is not created equal. Some are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup while others use honey. Some are stuffed with white flour while others use more creative — and healthier — options. Snack and candy-makers launched their...
Tags: Vitamin Therapy, Dietary Supplements, Nutrition, High Blood Pressure, Honey
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More Oregon parents are delaying recommended vaccines
CNNNearly 10% of parents in Oregon are limiting their children to getting no more than one or two injections per visit to the pediatrician, according to a new study published in the medical journal Pediatrics Monday. As a result, children are falling...Tags: Coughing, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vaccines, Whooping Cough
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Colostrum is needed at birth
Soon, winter will make its unwelcome return and with it, difficult challenges when it comes to raising calves. After a reprieve last year from a couple of exceptionally harsh winters in a row, most people expect the cold and snow to return again with a...Tags: Blood Cells, Vaccines, E. coli Infection, Diarrhea
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Calories -- are they all the same? Yes and no
chrisc@herald-mail.comIn the diet world, there are a few vocabulary words that are generally considered as bad words. All too often, "calorie" is one of them. But that's too bad, because, according to Brittany Smith, clinical dietitian at Meritus Medical Center, calories...Tags: Vitamin Therapy, Weight Loss, Dietary Supplements, Healthy Diet, Nutrition
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