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Holiday pet hazards
ReporterIt's the most wonderful time of the year, but it can be a dangerous time for our pets. Veterinarians see a spike in certain types of cases during the holiday season. Dr. Carrie Turnbull of PetVet in Roanoke County was a guest on News 7 Mornin'. ...Tags: Vomiting, Holidays, Dog (animal), Religious Festivals, National Lampoon Incorporated
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Health officials issue warning for New River following manure spill
Forty-thousand gallons of manure spilled into Eagle Bottom Creek in Grayson County Monday.
Health officials are warning people against boating, swimming or any recreational activities in the New River, from Fries and the New River Bridge at I-77....Tags: Bodies of Water, Grayson County, Environmental Pollution, Virginia, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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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
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Peanut Allergy, Companies and Corporations, Demographics, Yoga, Deerfield Beach
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Student with Flesh-Eating Bacteria Breathing on Her Own
CNNATLANTA -- Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia woman who lost both hands and feet to a bacterial infection, is now breathing on her own, her father said. "Aimee is being Aimee. She's cracking jokes, speaking frankly, displaying her usual early...Tags: Medical Specialization, Colleges and Universities, Vanderbilt University , Heart Failure, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Bacteria that caused flesh-eating infection more common than believed
The story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist with the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System to speak out about the infection.
Aimee Copeland lost most of her left leg after the...Tags: Staphylococcal Infection , Veterans Affairs, Sepsis, Rodney Dangerfield, Amoxicillin (drug)
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RPT-Aveo kidney cancer drug more tolerated than Nexavar
Reuters(Repeats from Wednesday, May 16) * Fewer patients needed dose interruptions on Aveo drug * Dose reductions 14 pct for Aveo's tivozanib vs 44 pct for Nexavar * Data had already shown improved progression-free survival By Bill Berkrot May 16 (Reuters)...Tags: Medical Specialization, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Renal cell carcinoma
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Lactose intolerance uncommon in young children
Florida Jewish JournalA parent emailed me via our iPhone App recently to ask if her child's constipation, which started as he was transitioning from formula to whole milk, could be a sign of lactose intolerance. She was concerned because her son was having very hard stools....Tags: Allergies, Health, Lactose Intolerance, Symptoms, Vitamin D
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Vomitus Doggy-Us
I think I am old enough now that I can use the phrase, “You remember the good old days.” If you listen to the “older than me timers” you could feed your dog scraps, bones, pork or anything else lying around. They wouldn’t...
Tags: Middlebury, Flu, Abdominal Pain, Pancreas, Vomiting
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Probiotics can blunt diarrhea caused by antibiotics, report says
Nearly a third of the people who take antibiotics to cure an infection develop diarrhea when good bacteria in the intestines are killed off along with the bad. Some stop taking the drugs as a result, leading to problems such as failure to cure the...
Tags: Probiotics, Trials, Dietary Supplements
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Health department cautions people about health risks of swimming in streams
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- During the summer, Ozarks residents spend more time in recreational waters such as streams and rivers. However, water in these swimming areas can contain harmful bacteria and parasites from human or animal waste and wastewater runoff....
Tags: James River, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Memorial Day, Sports
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Probiotics may help prevent diarrhea: report
ReutersMay 9 (Reuters) - Taking probiotics - strains of "good" bacteria - on top of a course of antibiotics may help ward off the diarrhea that often comes with antibiotic treatment, according to a U.S. review of past studies. When researchers, whose findings...Tags: Probiotics, Science and Technology, Health, American Medical Association, Trials
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Pneumonia is biggest killer of young kids, study shows
Around the globe, the leading cause of death for children under age 5 is pneumonia, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
About 18 percent of the deaths are from the infection. That’s 1.4 million kids...Tags: AIDS, Family, Pneumonia, Tetanus, Malaria
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