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WAY TO GO! Scholarship for Web project
Elyssa Goldberg, a senior at Roslyn High School, was recently awarded a $20,000 college scholarship in the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition, an annual contest from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the College Board. She was one of 12...Tags: Melville, Awards and Prizes
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Alligator puts scare into homeowner
An alligator made himself at home in Pinellas County. Authorities say Sandra Frosti, 69, of Oldsmar, found the 8-foot alligator in her kitchen this week. She says the gator must have pushed through the back-porch screen door and went inside through an...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Summer Olympics, Everglades
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Smaller nursing homes are gaining in popularity
Special to the sentinelThink small. That's the latest wisdom from housing-industry analysts who ponder the question of where older people should live. Instead of large hospitallike buildings, cozy homelike places are in vogue. It seems like a no-brainer to give seniors a real...Tags: Long Term Care, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Medical Services, Local Authority
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In latest industry trend, good things come in small houses
Special to the TribuneThink small. That's the latest wisdom from housing industry analysts who ponder the question of where older people should live. Instead of large hospital-like buildings, cozy home-like places are in vogue. It seems like a no-brainer to give seniors a...Tags: Long Term Care, Downers Grove, Real Estate, DuPage County, Construction
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List Of Transplant Facilities Not Meeting Standards
To qualify for Medicare funding, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires transplant centers to perform a certain number of transplants annually and achieve a specific unadjusted survival rate for patients one year after surgery....Tags: Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), St. Francis Hospital, Diseases, Litchfield County, Volusia County
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Bringing in the big bucks for Bush
STAFF WRITERInside Fernando Mateo's Westchester County home, alongside the artwork and other personal mementos, the successful entrepreneur and immigrant from the Dominican Republic keeps a photo of himself standing next to President George W. Bush, both beaming....Tags: Elections, National Government, Business Enterprises, Prescription Drugs, Employers
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Diabetics closer to using oral spray for their insulin
Chicago Tribune science reporterAfter a nearly 80-year hunt to end the need for painful daily injections for diabetics, researchers reported Monday that an experimental oral spray successfully delivers critical insulin into the bloodstream and may spell the end of the needle....Tags: Kane County, National Government, Lilly Eli & Co, Medicine, Heart Disease
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Is cost putting health insurance out of reach?
247-7470When Perry Forrest started working as a truck driver and groundsman for Pike Electric Corp. last month, he and his wife, Jonnie, decided not to take the health insurance plan offered by his new employer. "We just can't afford it at this time," Jonnie...Tags: Employees, Private Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicine, Insurance
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Police say Rutgers student robbed on campus
Police say two men robbed a Rutgers University student in his on-campus apartment -- striking him in the head with a gun. Police say the men took the 22-year-old's cell phone and cash after forcing their way into his residence shortly before 9 p.m.... -
New Jersey Hall of Fame's first 15 inductees
A look at the New Jersey Hall of Fame's first 15 inductees: _ Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, who was born and raised in Montclair, was the second man to walk on the moon. _ Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, created the state's first free public...Tags: Yogi Berra, Charity, New York Knicks, Bill Bradley, Toni Morrison
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