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Arlo Guthrie is performing to honor dad Woody Guthrie's legacy
When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened to his father, Woody, teach him "This Land Is Your Land." The verses decrying hunger and espousing equality didn't strike Arlo as political...
Tags: Carnegie Hall, Entertainment, Human Interest, Music, Natural Disasters
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Blowing smoke on workplace health
The best way to hire productive employees is to look for people with qualifications, talent, honesty and commitment. Now, however, a small but growing number of employers are looking for something else as well: job applicants who don't smoke. As much as...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Colleges and Universities, Heart Disease, Health
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Drug speeds depression relief in mice and men: How does it do it?
The long-used (and abused) sedative ketamine appears to lift depression's dark veil almost instantaneously by boosting the production of a protein that helps protect and maintain brain cells and regenerate them after injury, a new study says.
Ketamine...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chemical Industry, Procedural Sedation, Multiple Sclerosis
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The Seattle Times Nicole Brodeur column
Seattle TimesOne October night in 2007, a group of friends from Seattle traveled to New York City's Webster Hall to make a film about a benefit concert. The concert commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Huntington's Disease Society of America, which was founded...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Pneumonia, Heart Disease, Film Festivals
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Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. - The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and the words scroll down and you can imagine the woman...Tags: Entertainment, Donovan, Science and Technology, Artists, George Kaiser
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SIFF's Northwest Connections program focuses on local films
Seattle TimesIn addition to "Her Aim Is True," "Barzan" and "Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington," the following films make up the Northwest Connections section of SIFF. Many of these screenings will feature special guests; see http://www.siff.net for...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, IKEA, Film Festivals, Allison Janney
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Health/wellness events
Upcoming Healthy Choices With Diabetes: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., May 11, June 8. Group diabetes management class for people who have diabetes and their caregivers. 503 E. Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs. To register call 321-207-0851. Hearing Screening: 10:...Tags: Casselberry, Daytona Beach, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Maitland, Diabetes
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A challenge to care: Bunker Hill club inspires students
Hickory Daily Record, N.C.In a letter to potential sponsors, Angie Sigmon said that HOPE 4 a Cure club members at Bunker Hill High School are preparing for their second annual 5K running event to raise money to fight cancer, heart disease, cerebral palsy, autism, Alzheimer's and...Tags: Beauty Contests, Heart Disease, Advance Auto Parts Incorporated, American Cancer Society, Cerebral Palsy
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Honoring his father's mission
He still performs the original words. When Arlo Guthrie was a boy, he sat in the backyard with the guitar he'd gotten for his fifth birthday and listened as his father taught him the end of "This Land Is Your Land" — the lyrics, cut in many...
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Margaret H. Abbott, genetics researcher
Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in...Tags: Ridgefield, Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing Homes, Long Term Care
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Spices have a tasty array of health benefits
Premium Health News ServiceHot! hot! hot! That's the word on spice. Not just in the culinary world but in the scientific community, as well. Flavor is the least of it, although that's certainly reason enough. Take cayenne pepper, that red chili loaded with capsaicin, which makes...Tags: Prozac (drug), Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Thyme, Science
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