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Three Baltimore elementary students contract scarlet fever
School and health officials worked Friday to ease parents' fears after three classmates at George Washington Elementary in Southwest Baltimore were diagnosed with scarlet fever — an ailment with a scary history, but one that is easily treated and...Tags: Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Parenting, Family, Kidney Disease
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Unusual food allergies
Dining@LargeAs far as I know, I have only one food allergy, and no one believes me when I mention it.That's how rare it must be. I can't even find anything about it on the Internet. When I eat honeydew melon,......Tags: Symptoms, Human Body, Allergies, Physical Conditions
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Swine flu claims the life of a child
Baltimore Sun reportersDestinee Alicia Parker was an aspiring artist who loved animals, Lil Wayne and scary movies. She and her two sisters were known as the "Parker Posse" at Montebello Elementary/Middle School. And although she was healthy, she died of swine flu Tuesday...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Maryland, College Park, Preventative Medicine
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Flu hits hospital visitor policies
Baltimore Sun reportersAs Maryland's hospitals brace for the worst that the swine flu pandemic could offer, they are making big changes in the way they handle visitors - restricting children, limiting certain adult visitors and issuing face masks at entrances - in an effort...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Emergency Planning
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Long wait for action in death of their son
Sun reporterThree years after their teenage son, Michael, died from taking a prescription painkiller, George and Alicia Osgood are still waiting for the outcome of a state investigation into his death. The couple wants the Maryland Board of Physicians to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Georgetown University, Employers, Juvenile Delinquency, Plastic Surgeons
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More Hand, foot and mouth disease among children
Follow me @EmilyKSPRSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Doctors report seeing more instances of hand, foot and mouth disease in children in southwest Missouri. The condition spreads through contact with mucus, saliva or feces. The challenge for doctors and parents: letting the virus run...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Tylenol (drug), Viral Diseases and Infections
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Too many antibiotics are being prescribed
South Florida ParentingNo one likes to be sick, and parents and patients want me to prescribe antibiotics for a plethora of viral illnesses because they’re busy and just can’t be sick. According to an article in “Pediatrics,” pediatricians write more...Tags: Pediatrics, Symptoms, Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Parenting
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Whitney Houston had Several Doctor Visits a Week Before Her Death
Whitney Houston made three visits to the doctor in the week prior to her death, but the trips had NO illicit purpose -- she had a sore throat and got her teeth whitened.
Both family and law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Whitney was recording the title...Tags: Movies, Whitney Houston, Alprazolam (drug), Amoxicillin (drug)
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Warm winter keeps flu at bay, medical clinics full
Ask pretty much anybody, and you will find they are or know someone who is sick, most with similar symptoms.
Hoosiers have been flooding some local doctor’s offices complaining of a sore throat, coughing, sneezing, fever and severe sinus issues. ...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Hospitals and Clinics, Flu, Diseases and Illnesses, Pneumonia
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Keeping it old school with the common cold
"It's a cold," Dr. Babin would say in his thick Romanian accent. "They'll feel better in a week and a half or 10 days." I guess the redundant axiom was the pediatrician's droll attempt to humor my mom. She'd receive the words from a healthy distance...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Food and Drug Administration, Viral Diseases and Infections, Common Cold, Medical Procedures and Tests
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The Kid's Doctor: Too many antibiotics are being prescribed!
Tribune Media ServicesAre you enjoying the sounds of the holiday season? I am, but I'm also hearing coughing, sneezing and wheezing. It's also upper respiratory distress season and I'm seeing a lot of viral illnesses. At this festive time, no one wants to be sick, so...Tags: Pediatrics, Symptoms, Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Parenting
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Current cold meds 'ain't got the same soul'
Almost everyone who's had a cold has gone through the same course of treatment: at the first blush of a stuffy nose and a prickly throat, you get out the chicken soup, a hot pad and a cup of tea.
Other home remedies include sweating out the cold,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Symptoms, Herbal Medicines, Botulism, Chemicals
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