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The Healthy Skeptic: Seeing through skin supplements' claims
You wouldn't last very long without oxygen. But just as rust slowly eats away at a nail, oxygen can age your body. As your cells use this vital element, they produce free radicals — unstable molecules that can damage your tissues and add wear and...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Sun-Damaged Skin, Dermatologists, File Sharing, Heart Disease
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Steven M. Smith, respiratory therapist
Steven M. Smith, a respiratory therapist and outdoorsman, died Saturday from cancer at the Golden Living Center in Westminster. He was 56. The son of a United Methodist minister and a social worker, Steven Montgomery Smith was born in Laurel. He was...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Reisterstown, Saudi Arabia, Carroll County (Maryland), Nursing Homes
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Hampton Roads Partnership proposes allowing new group to take over
TidewaterBizThe Hampton Roads Partnership, an organization founded 17 years ago to help the region’s economic development, plans to vote on a proposal to allow a newly developed business interest group to take over its role. Partnership Chairman Digby...Tags: Corporate Officers, Hampton Roads, Landmark Communications Incorporated
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Partnership yields regional strategy role to new group
TidewaterBizThe Hampton Roads Partnership, founded 17 years ago to help the region compete in economic development, plans to vote on allowing a newly developed business interest group to take over its role. The board's executive committee agreed Wednesday to...Tags: Business Enterprises, Corporate Officers, Hampton Roads, Local Government, Landmark Communications Incorporated
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HealthWatch spotlights the reach of autism
One in 110 children is now diagnosed as having an autism spectrum disorder. The numbers have grown to the point where "everyone knows someone affected" by the neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by communication problems and repetitive behaviors,...
Tags: Autism, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, General Practitioners
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Virginia communities take on childhood obesity
Ninety-four percent of Virginians support the need for 30 minutes of daily physical education in elementary and middle schools, according to a survey of more than 15,000 adults and young people by Y Street, a teen volunteer group. The Virginia...
Tags: Weight, Overweight, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Obesity
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OUR HEALTH: Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners are helping to meet the growing demand for primary care.
Ten thousand Americans turn 65 every day, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Not only is our population getting older, but it’s also growing at such a rate that by 2025 we will need an additional 52,000 family doctors. This...
Tags: Health Insurance, Electronics, Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Diabetes
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East Beach Homearama
East Beach is all about a laid-back, Jimmy Buffet-type lifestyle along the Chesapeake Bay. Which is why Homearama keeps coming back there. People come by the thousands to see the coastal cottages that make up the Norfolk neighborhood, which was...
Tags: Ocean View, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Mother's Day, Diabetes
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Asperger's classification to change in May
After a 14-year revision process, the American Psychiatric Association announced the final changes in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5, on Dec. 1. The manual is sometimes referred to as "the Bible" for mental...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Autism, Health Insurance, Family, Behavioral Conditions
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East Beach Homearama: Enjoy lots of events while you see 10 furnished, landscaped luxury cottages
These events happen during the Oct. 13-28 East Beach Homearama, sponsored by the Tidewater Builders Association. The showcase of 10 new custom homes is located alongĀ Shore Drive in the Ocean View area of Norfolk. Homearama is open from noon to 9 p.m....
Tags: Ocean View, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Diabetes, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Gloucester Point resident appointed to board by governor
Gloucester Point resident Dr. Barry Gross has been appointed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to the Eastern Virginia Medical School Board of Visitors. The appointment of Gross, executive vice president and chief medical officer of Riverside Health System, was...Tags: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Gloucester Point, Bob McDonnell, Government, Politics
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Va. women's groups react to Cuccinelli action on abortion clinic regulations
As of now, the consequences of Attorney General Kenneth "Ken" Cuccinelli's refusal Monday to certify the new abortion facility regulations approved by Virginia's bipartisan Board of Health on June 15 are unclear. However, his action has galvanized women's...
Tags: Feminism, Hospitals and Clinics, American Civil Liberties Union, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Human Rights
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