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    Jan 6, 2010 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  1. When the Lights Suddenly Go Out

    Faint, black out, swoon, pass out. They're all names for the same thing - a temporary loss of consciousness followed by a fairly rapid and complete recovery. It's frightening when it comes out of the blue, more so when it happens again and again. The technical term, syncope (SIN-kuh-pee), comes from a Greek word that means to cut short or interrupt. What's being interrupted is blood flow to the brain.
    Harvard Health Letter
    Faint, black out, swoon, pass out. They're all names for the same thing - a temporary loss of consciousness followed by a fairly rapid and complete recovery. It's frightening when it comes out of the blue, more so when it happens again and again. The...

    Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, Legs, Heart Disease, University of Minnesota, Education

    2. Nov 23, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Autism treatment: Science hijacked to support alternative therapies

    Dr. Carlos Pardo was trying to head off trouble.
    Tribune reporters
    Dr. Carlos Pardo was trying to head off trouble. The Johns Hopkins neurologist and his colleagues had autopsied the brains of people with autism who died in accidents and found evidence of neuroinflammation. This rare look inside the autistic brain had...

    Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Medical Research, World War II (1939-1945), Health, Hemorrhaging

    3. Nov 17, 2009 |Story| Health Portal

  3. Eat Your Way to a Restful Sleep

    About a third of our adult life is spent sleeping -- or at least it should be. But many Americans aren't getting a good night's sleep, and according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems.
    Naturally Savvy
    About a third of our adult life is spent sleeping -- or at least it should be. But many Americans aren't getting a good night's sleep, and according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep...

    Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Research, Vitamin Therapy, Diseases and Illnesses, Health

    4. Jul 22, 2010 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  4. From Canyon to Cove: Embedded with a theater group

    The Devil is a piano tuner. No kidding. When David Stoneman, who plays Applegate in Gallimaufry Performing Arts' production of "Damn Yankees," told me this, I didn't know whether to believe him. After all, Stoneman is not only a masterful singer, but...

    Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, Music Theater, Education, Music, Chevy Chase

    5. Aug 6, 2010 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  5. Family suspects defective drywall caused death

    JAMES CITY — They moved to James City County from Connecticut one day four years ago in a vehicle caravan, Jeff and Susann Tierney followed by the couple's elderly parents.
    JAMES CITY — They moved to James City County from Connecticut one day four years ago in a vehicle caravan, Jeff and Susann Tierney followed by the couple's elderly parents. The Tierneys had just retired. They wanted to move to the Williamsburg...

    Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Consumer Confidence, James City County, Wheezing, Family

    6. Oct 28, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. Stressed out?

    Stress is viewed as a psychological problem, but its physical effects are very real. What we perceive as a stressor, whether physical, emotional or mental, poses a threat to homeostasis, or our well-being.
    Naturally Savvy
    Stress is viewed as a psychological problem, but its physical effects are very real. What we perceive as a stressor, whether physical, emotional or mental, poses a threat to homeostasis, or our well-being. Pressure, anxiety and worry are emotional states...

    Tags: Diets and Dieting, Hormones and Metabolism, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Vitamin Therapy, Health

    7. Jul 2, 2009 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Not settling for paralysis

    After rescuers used the Jaws of Life to pry Amanda Perla from a car that had slammed into a traffic-signal pole on prom night, doctors told the 18-year-old she would be paralyzed but could go on to live a productive life.
    Sentinel Staff Writer
    After rescuers used the Jaws of Life to pry Amanda Perla from a car that had slammed into a traffic-signal pole on prom night, doctors told the 18-year-old she would be paralyzed but could go on to live a productive life. They would teach her how to...

    Tags: Death, Vehicles, Defense, Maitland, Health

    8. Aug 27, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  8. Nature's Bounty

    Consider the earthly pleasures of gardening. You're outdoors. The sun warms your muscles. You're doing something both productive and edifying. And the activity places you back into the natural world, where exercise and relaxation are organically linked.
    Premium Health News Service
    Consider the earthly pleasures of gardening. You're outdoors. The sun warms your muscles. You're doing something both productive and edifying. And the activity places you back into the natural world, where exercise and relaxation are organically linked....

    Tags: Tomatoes, Education, Health and Safety at School, Health, Diseases and Illnesses

    9. Apr 10, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  9. Coping With Sexual Woes

    Thanks, Hollywood, for making sex look so easy. In real bedrooms, the rest of us must wrangle with some not-so-sexy issues: unsatisfactory erections, untimely ejaculation, pain, low libido, and more. Yet tending to a problem might save not only a...

    Tags: Death, Medical Research, Physical Conditions, University of Michigan, Sexual Assault

    10. May 27, 2009 |Story| WTIC-LTV

  10. Lupus Information

    Lupus.org Public Lacks Awareness of Serious Disease with Life-Threatening Complications (West Hartford, CT – CTLFA ) Most women likely can describe warning signs and health risks associated with breast cancer and heart disease, but according to a recent...

    Tags: Medical Research, Hemorrhaging, African Americans, Immune System, Seizures

    11. Apr 22, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Guillain-Barre' syndrome sends William Perry to hospital

    William "Refrigerator" Perry has been hospitalized after suffering effects of Guillain-Barre' syndrome. Perry, the former Bears defensive tackle, was diagnosed last summer with Guillain-Barre' syndrome.
    Tribune reporter
    William "Refrigerator" Perry has been hospitalized after suffering effects of Guillain-Barre' syndrome. Perry, the former Bears defensive tackle, was diagnosed last summer with Guillain-Barre' syndrome. Perry is in serious condition at the Aiken (S.C.)...

    Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics

    12. Jan 30, 2009 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  12. House Diagnoses, Season Two

    Season Two "Acceptance" Methanol poisoning - Methanol (also known as methyl alcohol, carbinol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits), is a chemical compound. It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable, toxic liquid...

    Tags: Crimes, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Testicular Cancer, Lymphoma, Death

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