Health and Fitness
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Relay running: 200 miles long and 36 legsAug 16, 2014 6:00 am - To complete a mythical journey, one needs the following: a series of impossible tasks, a fairly accurate map and, most important, companions united in a common goal. And...
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More women opting to ingest placenta after birthAug 16, 2014 5:45 am - The time has come, it seems, for the placenta to get its due. For too long, the lowly organ has been simply an afterthought. Er, afterbirth. For 40 weeks, it diligently ...
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Liberia expands Ebola treatment in capitalAug 16, 2014 1:01 am - MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian authorities expanded Ebola treatment centers in the capital Saturday to cope with increasing numbers of patients, while two more airlines an...
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Aid group: Ebola outbreak like 'wartime'Aug 15, 2014 1:01 am - MONROVIA, Liberia - The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa could last another six months, Doctors Without Borders said Friday, and an a...
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Report: CDC scientist kept quiet about flu blunderAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A government scientist kept silent about a potentially dangerous lab blunder and revealed it only after workers in another lab noticed something fishy, accord...
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'Fort Knox' security for Illinois marijuana tradeAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - Medical marijuana in Illinois will be encased in vaults, monitored by security guards and protected by fingerprint-recognition biometrics. It will be grown in enclosed, ...
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Pole dancers strip away stereotypes in championshipAug 14, 2014 5:30 am - This is not your pervy uncle's pole dancing - with leering men stuffing dollar bills into g-strings of topless women grinding on a stage to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Suga...
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Worst TB outbreak in 5 years hits Alabama prisonsAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Health officials say Alabama's badly overcrowded prison system that is being sued over medical treatment of inmates is dealing with its worst outbreak...
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69 years, 151 pints: 'Mr. Blood Drop' keeps on givingAug 13, 2014 5:30 am - If there was one thing that made the blood donation Palatine resident George Serena gave Tuesday morning different from the 150 he's given in the past, it would probably...
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Doctors: Ebola drug poses 'impossible dilemma'Aug 13, 2014 1:01 am - DAKAR, Senegal - Doctors treating a Sierra Leone physician with Ebola defended their decision not to give him an experimental drug, saying Wednesday they feared it was t...