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FSU Celebrates Great American Smokeout
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Last Updated: 6:31 PM 11/18/09 - Music and laughter filled the air at Florida State University. Games and interactive exhibits were on hand to encourage students to clear the air of cigarette smoke. (Full Story) |
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Man's Lung Ailment Caused by Fragment of Fast Food Spoon
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Last Updated: 6:33 PM 09/19/09 - "I know I didn't chow down on a spoon!" declared John Manley, who recently discovered that an eating utensil was the source of his two years of ill health, coughing, vomiting and pain. (Full Story) |
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Health Care-Primary Care
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Last Updated: 6:18 PM 09/13/09 - 50 million new patients? More primary docs a must. (Full Story) |
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Flu Drugs
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Last Updated: 6:12 PM 09/13/09 - New drug fights flu as well as Tamiflu does. (Full Story) |
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Stop Calling it Swine Flu!
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Last Updated: 11:25 PM 09/12/09 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture symbolically slapped the news media on the hand Thursday for perpetuating the term “swine” flu in reports about the new H1N1 strain of influenza that’s spreading across the world. (Full Story) |
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Southwest Health District launches toll-free Flu Hotline
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Last Updated: 9:48 PM 09/11/09 - Southwest Health District launches toll-free Flu Hotline in English and Spanish. (Full Story) |
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30 Day Hospital Readmissions
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Last Updated: 3:54 PM 07/29/09 - Almost one fifth of Medicare beneficiaries who had been discharged from a hospital went back into the hospital within 30 days and 34% were rehospitalized within 90 days. Most of these rehospitalizations were unplanned and represented a cost to taxpayers of $17.4 billion dollars in 2004. (Full Story) |
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Thieves Bleach Bills to Pass for New Money
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Last Updated: 5:56 PM 05/29/09 - Thieves get creative and make fake money using real bills. (Full Story) |
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Stroke Alert Part 2: What Happens During a Stroke
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Last Updated: 9:05 PM 05/20/09 - They say every second counts when you're having a stroke, but how do you know if you're actually having an attack? And what should you do to ensure you make it through? We talked with a local neurologist to find out. (Full Story) |
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Swine Flu Symptoms and Precautions
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Last Updated: 10:35 AM 04/28/09 - Health officials explain the symptoms of the Swine Flu and how to try to avoid it. (Full Story) |
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