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Lehigh Township Police Department becomes MedReturn Drug Collection location
Lehigh Township Police Department is proud to announce it is a permanent MedReturn drug collection location. The public may safely dispose of excess and expired prescription or over-the-counter medications at the department, located at 1043 Municipal Rd....Tags: Walnutport, Pharmaceuticals
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Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion
WACO, Texas (AP) — Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident. The...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, Disasters and Accidents, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Apple iPad, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Google Inc.
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Gacy review helps solve 41-year-old missing person's case
When 16-year-old Steven Soden ran away from a New Jersey campground in 1972 and was never seen again, his family feared he may have become a victim of John Wayne Gacy. Steven's father lived in Chicago and relatives thought he may have headed here and...
Tags: Criminals, Biotechnology Industry
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Orchid Care Is Easy
BloggerJust about everybody has one. An orchid obtained as a gift or purchased from a garden center or during a plant show. When first obtained enjoy it in a bright location in your home and keep it moist. Then, what do you do? Some orchids can last for...Tags: Fertilizer
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Northwestern University invests in early-stage cancer clinical trials
Northwestern University is investing $10 million in an initiative that aims to enroll more patients with advanced and hard-to-treat cancers in early-stage clinical trials. The university, which plans to announce the new institute this week, said it...
Tags: Medical Research, University of Chicago, Trials, Arts and Culture, Research
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Cops: 2,000 pot plants seized in rural McHenry County
Tribune reporterPolice seized about 2,000 small marijuana plants from an illegal grow operation in a wooded area near rural Hebron. The seizure near Nichols and Hillside roads came Saturday after a “concerned citizen” stumbled on a campfire in the area...Tags: McHenry, Fertilizer
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Forgetfulness not necessarily a sign of dementia
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As his caregiver, how can I tell if my father's memory loss is just a natural part of aging, or if it's the early stages of Alzheimer's disease? At what point should I take him to be seen by a physician? ANSWER: In many people, memory...Tags: Medical Research, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Mayo Clinic, Memory Loss
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S.D. flu deaths highest since 2004
The number of flu-related deaths in South Dakota this past season has been the highest since 2004. There were 38 influenza-related deaths in the 2012-13 flu season as of April 27, the latest report, said state Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger. In 2004,...Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Medical Research, Breast Cancer, Research, Angelina Jolie, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: HIV, Crime, Law and Justice, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Organizations, Social Media
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Medical marijuana shouldn't be for 'adults only'
My 9-year-old daughter has Aicardi syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes extremely hard-to-control seizures, debilitation, disability and early mortality. She began having seizures at three months of age, and since that time has had multiple...Tags: Epilepsy, Genetic Condition, Pat Quinn, Elections, Politics
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