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Raccoon rabies vaccination project The county Health Department will conduct its annual raccoon oral rabies vaccination project Wednesday, Sept. 8 to Sept. 30. About 70,000 edible baits for raccoons will be distributed throughout the county. Department...Tags: Breast, Medical Services, West Nile Virus, Internists, Breast Cancer
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Study shows increase in worker health insurance contributions outpaces total premium growth
AP Business WriterINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows. The average employee contribution...Tags: Medical Services, Research, Employees, Diabetes, World War I (1914-1918)
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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Wis.
Wisconsin public health officials are reporting the first mosquitoes of the year to test positive for the West Nile virus. State and city health officials announced Thursday that three mosquito pools in Milwaukee tested positive for West Nile last...Tags: West Nile Virus, Symptoms, Wisconsin, Headaches, Milwaukee
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Animal rights groups face off with scientists over fate of chimps
Ever since the first of their number arrived in New Mexico half a century ago as test subjects in the fledgling U.S. space program, nearly 200 government-owned chimpanzees were routinely injected with viruses and used to test everything from...Tags: Internists, Preventative Medicine, Immune System, Physical Therapists, Pharmaceuticals
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High school sports
As a new high school sports season kicks off, it's a good time for this reminder: Sometimes you have to protect young people from themselves. And even from their parents. Coaches are being tapped for that job, with a new obligation assigned by the...Tags: Medical Services, Brain, Hampton Roads, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Physical Therapists
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Some health factors may be linked to cognitive problems for people with Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is linked with a number of health problems, but a new study finds that older diabetics who have high blood pressure, gait and balance problems or think their health is poor may be at higher risk for cognitive problems. Researchers...Tags: Insulin, Diabetes, Stress, Los Angeles Times, Heart and Circulatory System
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Dog Blog: A Westie with a pacemaker
Mary Lou Mooney is a true dog lover — literally from the heart. Mary Lou's previous Westie, Murphy, was tragically hit and killed by a car at age 3 when they lived in Massachusetts. In Murphy's short life she won Mom's heart and Mary Lou knew...Tags: Dog (animal), Internists, Heart Problems, Heart Failure, Kathy Griffin
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Heart Helper Being Tested in Metro
FOX 4 Medical ReporterFormer Vice President Dick Cheney recently received an implant that takes over the pumping function of his weak heart. Now, a different device is in early testing in Kansas City for less-severe heart failure, and FOX 4 Medical Reporter Meryl Lin McKean...Tags: Entertainment, Dick Cheney, Heart Failure, Television, Health
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Lawyer in WikiLeaks case raises mental health issues in defense of accused Army private
Associated Press WriterHAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — An Army private is undergoing medical tests to determine his mental state in a case alleging he leaked classified material to WikiLeaks, his lawyer said Wednesday. Pfc. Bradley Manning is undergoing the mental health...Tags: Mental Health, Lawyers, Behavioral Conditions, Crime, Law and Justice, Armed Forces
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Tax-fraud conviction voided because judge didn't stop trial to let defendant go to son's deathbed
A federal judge's refusal to halt a businessman's tax-fraud trial so he could be at his son's deathbed was cause to overturn the businessman's conviction, an appeals court has ruled. U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer also prejudiced the case against...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Local Authority, Justice System, Trials
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Florida girl's death brings to light tonsillectomy risks
St. Petersburg TimesThe recent death of a seemingly healthy, 12-year-old Pinellas County girl following a tonsillectomy may have many parents worried about one of the most common surgical procedures performed in children. Few details have been revealed about exactly what...Tags: University of South Florida, Hospitals and Clinics, Procedural Sedation, Internists, Immune System
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Male and female urinary incontinence: Ask questions during a live chat
Daily PressAn estimated 25 million adult Americans experience transient or chronic urinary incontinence, which is the involuntary loss of bladder control, according to the National Association for Continence. But it's not something a lot of Americans talk about....Tags: Physical Conditions, Hampton Roads, Internists, Health Treatments, Physical Therapy
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