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Carnett: Historical 'what if' can be fun for a moment
Human beings exhibit a remarkable capacity for positing head-scratching "what ifs." What if I'd been born in County Cork instead of Orange County? What if I stood 6-foot-5 instead of 5-foot-6? (Actually, I'm 5 8½.) What if I had pipes like Pavarotti?...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Whooping Cough, World War II (1939-1945), Democratic Party, Andrew Johnson
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Editorial: It's important to immunize
A new school year is just around the corner here in Newport-Mesa, and education officials are alerting parents that a new law requires students entering grades 7-12 to get a whooping cough booster shot. Incidents of whooping cough have exploded in the...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Preventative Medicine, Family, Behavioral Conditions
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Vitamin D, Arts and Culture, Values, Medical Procedures and Tests, Salt
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Hospitals push breast-feeding in hopes of getting 'baby-friendly' label
After the births of her first two children, Charmaine Sharkey's neighborhood hospital gave her cans of baby formula and sent her on her way. But Sharkey tried something different when her youngest, Dynasty, was born six months ago. The 28-year-old...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations
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U.S. lags world, fails women with lack of paid leave
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act. The 1993 act is a federal law requiring employers to provide employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons, including pregnancy. On this...
Tags: Medical Research, Economy, Business and Finance, Asthma, Family, Employment
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Frequent illness not necessarily worrisome
Q: My daughter is 2 years and 5 months old and keeps getting sick! This is the fifth time in less than a month. I took her to the pulmonologist, and she was prescribed Xopenex. She got better for almost a week, [then] got a 103 fever from out of the...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Diseases and Infections, Tylenol (drug), Flu Vaccine
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Riding for Vera: Fundraiser set for Sidman toddler with leukemia
Our Town EditorKim Gearty had a mother's intuition something was not right with her 1-year-old daughter, Vera. The infant was constantly sick, but doctors diagnosed it as ear infections or routine childhood illnesses. When Vera came home from daycare one day with a...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Human Interest, Leukemia, Genes and Chromosomes
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We can wipe out childhood diseases
This month, leaders from around the globe announced a road map for ending preventable child deaths within a generation. Essentially, the ambitious plan aims to assure that every child has the same opportunity for a fifth birthday and a future beyond...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Preventative Medicine, Health and Safety at School
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CDC still listening to youth vaccination debate
Mediators were dispatched to help keep the conversation civil at a health forum in Chicago last week — a clear sign of the passionate opinions elicited by the debate about whether the federal government should recommend that babies be vaccinated...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Human Interest, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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4 Reasons why the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is good for Women
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelMany readers may not know this, but 1 in 5 American women has relied on Planned Parenthood's low-cost health services at some point in her life. Our mission is to provide quality, affordable reproductive healthcare to all people regardless of economic... -
National Infant Immunization Week is April 22-28
PETOSKEY — National Infant Immunization Week, which runs April 22-28, is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine preventable diseases. Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria , Preventative Medicine
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Nurses in schools
The National Association of School Nurses reports that more than half of American public schools don't have a full-time nurse and a quarter of schools don't have a nurse at all. That is bad for schools, parents and most of all students. Nurses are not...Tags: Diabetes, Medical Specialization, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Asthma
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