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Dark Tides, Ill Winds
Times Staff WriterAll Susan Leydon has to do is stick her head outside and take a deep breath of sea air. She can tell if her 10-year-old son is about to get sick. If she coughs or feels a tickle in the back of her throat, she lays down the law: No playing on the beach....Tags: Oceans, Science and Technology, Government, University of Maryland, College Park, Sports
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Conway children recount how 'hero' mom keeps fighting cancer
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.Cancer throws even the strongest people for a loop. It certainly did with Mollie Conway, by any estimation a pillar of strength in the eyes of her large brood. "It's like a punch in the stomach," said the mother of seven. The first few days after...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Parkinson's Disease, Cancer
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Mixed results with using Vicks on feet for cough
Q: I tried putting Vicks VapoRub on the soles of my feet to calm a cough last night. It did absolutely nothing for me. If anything, my cough got worse. My feet felt like they were on fire, and the feeling of the Vicks between my toes was not pleasant....
Tags: Atenolol (drug), Coughing, Allergies, Heart Attack, Physical 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: Conjunctivitis, Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions, Sports, Itching
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Number of Lyme disease cases on the rise in Western Pennsylvania
The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.When Vic Quinio was diagnosed with Lyme disease late last year, he was just happy for an answer as to why he had debilitating vertigo and other painful complications that hospitalized him twice. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. Quinio is...Tags: Arthritis, Diseases and Illnesses, Multiple Sclerosis, Pets, Lyme Disease
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Dermatologists embracing vitamin D for psoriasis
Q: I have had psoriasis for more than 35 years. A few years ago, my doctor suggested vitamin D, as my blood level was low. Much to my surprise, my psoriasis began to disappear almost immediately. Several patches had proved impossible to cure with...
Tags: Fluoxetine (drug), Newspaper and Magazine, Cymbalta (drug), Citalopram (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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How can I protect my child from brain injury?
Lehigh Valley ParentingQ: With all this talk about sports stars and head injuries, I am worried if my kids should even be involved in sports. I make sure they wear a helmet when they ride their bikes but they don’t wear helmets in all their other sports. A: Head... -
Natural solutions for blood pressure drug side effects
Dear Pharmacist: I keep stopping my blood pressure medications because of side effects, mainly fatigue, dizziness and leg cramps! Please help me solve this, or recommend different medicine? — A.P., Tucson, Ariz. Dear A.P.: This is a great question...
Tags: Potassium (dietary supplement), Drugs and Medicines, Losartan (drug), Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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Water heater replaced at Hopkins' Keswick campus
Officials on Tuesday continued investigating the second round of illnesses in less than a week at a North Baltimore office building but did not quickly find a link between the two bouts. Still, officials overseeing the investigation are confident that...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Hampden, Health Insurance, Labor Legislation, Symptoms
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More illnesses reported at Hopkins at Keswick
At least 12 people with symptoms of illness were reported at Johns Hopkins at Keswick in North Baltimore on Monday, almost a week after nearly two dozen people fell ill from a contaminated water source at the hospital and university system's...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Union Memorial Hospital, Lobbying, Water Supply, Environmental Issues
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Health officials tracing source of chemicals that sickened Hopkins workers
Health officials continue to investigate how contaminated hot water sickened nearly two dozen people at the Johns Hopkins at Keswick complex Monday, but the case is similar to previous ones involving faulty water-heating systems that let chemicals mix...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Career and Workplace, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Blood Disorders
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What to do when vertigo knocks you off balance
Once you've experienced it you don't forget it, vertigo that is. Vertigo is a symptom of a balance disorder and it is most typically felt as brief, intense movement in the head or in many cases felt as "the spins" upon movement. It's a symptom that can...Tags: Physical Therapy, Symptoms, National Institutes of Health, Chemical Industry, Migraine
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