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    Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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 back then.
    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: Entertainment Events, Carnegie Hall, Arts and Culture, Natural Disasters, Woodstock Festival (1969)

    2. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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 we despair of the death and damage caused by tobacco, this new employment criterion strikes us as a lamentable and unwarranted intrusion into applicants' private lives — and one that should worry anyone in this country who has an elevated risk for any sort of injury or illness. In other words, most of us.
    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: Health Insurance, Health and Safety at Work, Colleges and Universities, Diabetes, Career and Workplace

    3. Jun 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 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&nbsp;maintain brain cells and regenerate them after injury, a <a title="Nature abstract" href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10130.html" target="_blank">new study</a> says.
    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: Multiple Sclerosis, Human Body, Brain, Pharmaceuticals, Behavioral Conditions

    4. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    5. May 19, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  5. The Seattle Times Nicole Brodeur column

    Seattle Times
    One 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: Coca-Cola Co., Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Movies, Pneumonia

    6. May 16, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  6. 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: Smithsonian Institution, Artists, Poetry, George Kaiser, Donovan

    7. May 12, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. SIFF's Northwest Connections program focuses on local films

    Seattle Times
    In 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: Michael Beach, Allison Janney, Lyme Disease, Music, IKEA

    8. May 7, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  8. 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: Parkinson's Disease, Altamonte Springs, Diabetes, Ocoee, Behavioral Conditions

    9. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. 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: Birth Defects, Diabetes, Sports, Learning Disability, Heart Disease

    10. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Honoring his father's mission

    He still performs the original words.
    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...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Carnegie Hall, Arts and Culture, Natural Disasters, Woodstock Festival (1969)

    11. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. 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 Ruxton.
    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: Genetics, Long Term Care, Biology, Colleges and Universities, St. Mary's City

    12. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  12. Spices have a tasty array of health benefits

    Premium Health News Service
    Hot! 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: Parkinson's Disease, Science, Agriculture, Prozac (drug), Sage

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