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Scrapping ships, sacrificing men
Raul Mendoza knew that scrapping ships was dangerous, knew about the smoke and the fumes and the accidents. He'd worked in Baltimore, where asbestos clouded the air, and North Carolina, where oil spilled into a river, and California, where workers were...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Lawyers, San Francisco, Health and Safety at Work, Bethlehem Steel
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A Third World dump for America's ships?
This is where the world dumps its ships, worn out and ready to be torn apart.To the left and right, ships lie stranded along six miles of beach, in a hundred stages of demolition. Tankers, freighters, fish processors and destroyers -- smashed, cut,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Tuberculosis, Lawyers, Head Injuries, Health and Safety at Work
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4-pound hairball in stomach of 400-pound Florida tiger
MCT Regional NewsWhile Ty reclined drowsily in the back of Vernon Yates' white pickup, about a dozen reporters and photographers stood less than 2 feet from his open cage, snapping photos of him - and of themselves, standing within inches of the 400-pound Siberian tiger....Tags: Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Wildlife
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Urlacher's game of legends
Full marks to the Arizona Cardinals. You don’t hear that very often, do you? But they deserve it for this tweet in the wake of Brian Urlacher’s announcing his retirement Wednesday: “You were who we thought you were.’’...
Tags: Lovie Smith, Paul Konerko, Arizona Cardinals, Devin Hester, Mark Anderson
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Clearing the air about asthma
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Dr. Greg Bensch would like to see people change their thinking about asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease, but most people don't look at it that way. A chronic disease is a long-lasting health condition that can be controlled but not cured, such as...Tags: Arthritis, Hospitals and Clinics, Environmental Pollution, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Disease
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Choking is easily averted, but always a tragedy
Fred Y. Sasaki put on a red tie and his gray suit. He was not a man who typically dressed up, but tonight was special. At 80 years old, Sasaki had built a successful career as a dry cleaner. He had just spent the day with his grandson. And now he was...
Tags: Steaks, Lobbying, Heart Failure, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Navy Pier
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Quarantine of animal shelter close to being lifted
Florida Keys KeynoterA kennel-cough outbreak that's kept the Marathon animal shelter under quarantine for almost a month is on the verge of being lifted, interim Director Cora Baggs says. "We believe we're going to dismiss the quarantine hopefully this weekend. We've had...Tags: Monroe County (Florida), Whooping Cough, Humane Society of the United States, Marathon
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More open beds than usual at Horace Nye
Plattsburgh Press-RepublicanA influenza outbreak over the course of the winter at Essex County's Horace Nye Nursing Home resulted in two patient deaths. County officials said an upper-respiratory-tract illness had been impacting the 100-bed facility since late last year....Tags: Flu, Sneezing, Nursing, Medical Specialization, Diseases and Illnesses
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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: Lyme Disease, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Babesiosis , Anaplasmosis , Itching
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Measles cases have state health officials concerned
The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, N.C.Twenty-three cases of the measles have been reported in North Carolina in a recent outbreak and has state health officials concerned. "It (measles) is a highly contagious disease that is spread in the air by coughing and sneezing," said Susan Rogerson,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Preventative Medicine, Pneumonia, Mumps, Symptoms
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Mixed results with using Vicks on feet for cough
Q: I tried putting Vicks VapoRub on the soles of my feet to calm a cough last night. It did absolutely nothing for me. If anything, my cough got worse. My feet felt like they were on fire, and the feeling of the Vicks between my toes was not pleasant....
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Atenolol (drug), Asthma, Chest Pains, Allergies
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Confront the Causes of Cord-Cutting Now
VarietyBefore there was Napster or BitTorrent, the cable industry served as the original revolutionaries. I was there. Thirty-two years ago, I was an affiliate sales rep for HBO. I remember meetings at Comcast where they used boxes full of equipment as...Tags: Music, Napster Inc., Apple iPad, O.J. Simpson, Consumers
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