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BUSINESS NOTES
Body Styles By Mel is offering 20 middle and high school students a free 12-week fitness and nutrition program to develop lifelong healthy habits. Applications for the Next Generation Journey are being accepted through Aug. 15. The program will run...Tags: Heart Disease
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City's violence strains its health
As an occupational therapist new to Baltimore, I was pleased to see David Kohn's article that addressed the link between environment and health outcomes ("Violent neighborhoods are bad for your health," July 17). Since arriving in Baltimore, I've been...Tags: Heart Disease
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Relatives scour woods for missing woman, 57
Sun reporterRelatives of a 57-year-old Pasadena woman missing for four days continued to search for her yesterday in a wooded area near her home. Kathy Kovacsi, who was diagnosed about two years ago with Alzheimer's Disease, was last seen at about 1 a.m. Wednesday...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease
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Businesses urged to buy defibrillators
Anne Arundel County firefighters and police officers launched a campaign last week to urge business and community leaders to buy an automated external defibrillator and train people how to use it. The device, known as an AED, is designed to deliver a...Tags: Emergency Planning, Medical Services, Fires, Health Treatments, Heart Disease
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The Coming BLACK PLAGUE?
Sun reporterThe farmer drove a diesel-powered hay baler in a circuit around his field, followed by his son on a clattering machine that grabbed the bales with metal fingers. Edward F. Stanfield, 77, and his son, Edward B. Stanfield, 49, have followed this oil-...Tags: George Bush, Sociology, Farms, Family, Dick Cheney
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Swimmer wades through choice: competition or cure?
None of us can say with any certainty whether swimmer Eric Shanteau is doing the right thing. Oh, we might offer an opinion, colored by personal experience or beliefs. That we can do. Shanteau is being ridiculously foolhardy, risking his life to compete...Tags: Swimming, Pursuit Cycling, Cycling, Lance Armstrong, Beijing Games
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Caution: 'Mersa' is one nasty little bacteria
Question: My neighbor just returned home after being hospitalized for a severe "mersa" infection. Our kids play together all the time and my children frequently visit their home. I am concerned about them being exposed to this. Is there any danger to...Tags: Medical Specialization, Virus Diseases
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Thanks, Mom, for your long and wonderful life
Sentinel Staff WriterNOTE: I first wrote this essay for Mother's Day a few years ago, when my mother, Jean Dickinson, was well enough to enjoy it. She died last Sunday at 88, and especially since it deals in large part with the Jordan Marsh department store, a part of...Tags: Hillcrest, Wetlands, Robert Gwathmey, Orlando, Heart Disease
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Whitmore Looking To Bounce Back
Courant Staff Writer— On the video screens above the floor at Mohegan Sun Arena, Tamika Whitmore's voice, confident and promising action, is the last you will hear today before the Connecticut Sun starting lineup is introduced before their game against the Chicago Sky....Tags: Asjha Jones, Cancer, Connecticut Sun
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Making the right call for phone service
Is it time to cut the cord? According to a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, upward of 20 percent of the population no longer has landlines and relies exclusively on cell phones. Phone companies, most recently Verizon, have...Tags: Health Organizations, Telecommunication Service, Long Island, Consumer Electronics Industry, Cell Phones
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