Articles filed under Health Crises
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CDC: Preschoolers with ADHD often given drugs before therapyMay 03, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Too many preschoolers with ADHD still are being put on drugs right away, before behavior therapy is tried, health officials say. The Centers for Disease ...
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Constable: Mother's Day a matter of perspectiveMay 03, 2016 5:00 am - My cellphone rings a little late on a weeknight for a work call, so I'm figuring this call probably will be another annoying recording telling me that I won a “luxury cr...
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Chronic insomnia? Docs urged to try behavior therapy firstMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tossing and turning night after night? Don't automatically reach for the pill bottle. New guidelines say the first choice to treat chronic insomnia sho...
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Monkey bars alert: Playground concussions are on the riseMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Playground concussions are on the rise, according to a new government study, and monkey bars and swings are most often involved. Most injuries studied wer...
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Study: Football concussions and resuming play vary by ageMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Younger football players are more likely to return to the field less than a day after suffering concussions than those in high school and college, accordi...
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Bird flu quarantine lifted at last of 10 Indiana farmsMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The last remaining quarantine imposed last winter on southwestern Indiana poultry farms swept by a bird flu outbreak has been lifted, a step official...
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Mosquito tidbits: First wave will hit in mid-MayMay 02, 2016 5:45 am - Mosquito-related things we learned while working on this report: • The mild and relatively dry winter was good for mosquito reproduction, but Clarke Environmental of St....
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As mosquito season begins, will Zika strike here?May 02, 2016 5:00 am - West Nile virus. Sunburn. Lyme disease. Do we need to add Zika virus to the list of ways nature could hurt us this summer? The answer is: No. Yes. Maybe. It depends on w...
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Monkey bars alert: Playground concussions are on the riseMay 01, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Playground concussions are on the rise, according to a new government study, and monkey bars and swings are most often involved. Most injuries studied wer...
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Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky wins in MoroccoApr 30, 2016 7:00 am - RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Top-seeded Timea Bacsinszky comfortably beat qualifier Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 6-2, 6-1 to win the Grand Prix SAR on Saturday. It was a four...