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'Sunnyside: A Novel' by Glen David Gold
Sunnyside
A Novel
Glen David Gold
Alfred A. Knopf: 576 pp., $26.95
Glen David Gold's massive new novel begins with a trick, a coup, the literary equivalent of sleight of hand. For a writer whose first book, "Carter Beats the Devil" (2001), concerned...Tags: Charlie Chaplin, Patricia Highsmith, Rin Tin Tin (dog), Chills, Mary Pickford
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The parasites of paradise
Special to The Times"It's not contagious," I kept trying to explain, as friends backed away from me, horrified by the parasite that had wormed its way under my skin in Africa. I couldn't resist telling and retelling a travel tale that involved actual skin-tunneling worms....Tags: Malaria, Health, Sports, Symptoms, Death
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When the push for survival is a full-time job
Times Staff WriterEvery day is a fight for pennies. At sunrise, Adolphe Mulinowa is out hauling 10-gallon cans of sand at a construction site. It takes him an hour to earn 5 cents. Then he hustles to a roadside with a few plastic bottles of pink gasoline, which he hawks...Tags: Politics, Health, Human Rights, Disasters and Accidents, Africa
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UC Davis researchers find swine flu virus in elephant seals
The Sacramento BeeUC Davis researchers have discovered swine flu in California elephant seals, but the marine mammals don't exhibit any large runny noses. The scientists detected the H1N1 virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the Central California coast a...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Symptoms, Flu, Chills, Wildlife
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UC Davis researchers discover swine flu in California elephant seals
The Sacramento BeeUC Davis researchers have discovered swine flu in California elephant seals, but the marine mammals don't exhibit any large runny noses. The scientists detected the H1N1 virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Symptoms, Flu, Chills, Wildlife
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Ticks can spread numerous diseases
The Jamestown Sun, N.D.However welcome they are after a long winter, sunshine and springtime do bring with them some unwelcome visitors that spread disease -- ticks. Health officials from the North Dakota Department of Health and Central Valley Health District are reminding...Tags: Health, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Fatigue, Meningitis, Flu
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Smith has 102 fever in the morning but finds some energy in second half
NewsdayJ.R. Smith started getting the chills Friday night and Mike Woodson said he had a temperature of 102 Saturday morning. Smith clearly felt the effects of the virus he had, but he played nearly 25 minutes in the Knicks' 82-71 loss to Indiana. He was 4-...Tags: Mike Woodson, Chills, Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks, Magic Johnson
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LI scientists develop new Lyme vaccine
NewsdayLyme disease is a growing threat on Long Island and elsewhere in the world, say local scientists who have developed a new vaccine against three strains of the bacterial infection. The vaccine was recently launched in clinical trials in Europe, where...Tags: Symptoms, Long Island, Chemical Industry, Chills, Lyme Disease
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: A number of factors may contribute to urinary tract infection in women
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a 46-year-old woman and have never had a urinary tract infection before, but think I may have one now. Do I need to be seen by a physician for treatment? What causes UTIs? ANSWER: Urinary tract infection, or UTI, is generally a...Tags: Symptoms, Health and Medical Professionals, Chills, E. coli Infection, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Symptoms, Chemical Industry, Lyme Disease, Chills, Diseases and Illnesses
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Lyme disease patients step out of the shadows
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.Under normal circumstances, an invitation to ride in an open convertible in today's Brewster in Bloom parade would have 11-year-old Lauren Dalpe breaking out a warrior princess costume. But Lauren's family lost its grip on normal life when the child...Tags: Fatigue, Personal Service, Flu, National Institutes of Health, Chills
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Dog Tails and Myths
I still hear the same dog myths today that I remember hearing as a child. Call them myths, ol' wives' tails, folklore or superstitions, but they are not true and in fact may be just bad advice. They have been passed down from the Great and Powerful OZ...
Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Arts and Culture
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