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Animal Care and Control Celebrates Pet New Year
![Animal Care and Control celebrated "Pet New Year" with the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in an event that promotes pet vaccinations and microchipping.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/242591760-04194921.png "Animal Care and Control celebrated "Pet New Year\" with the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in an event that promotes pet vaccinations and microchipping.")
Channel 2 NewsAnimal Care and Control celebrated "Pet New Year" with the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in an event that promotes pet vaccinations and microchipping. Held at the Alaska Mill and Feed warehouse, the Pet New Year offered discounted rabies...Tags: Pets, Drugs and Medicines, Semiconductors and Active Components, Rabies, Animals
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Deputy Who Tried to Smuggle Heroin in Burrito Gets 2 Years
KTLA NewsDEL AIRE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who pleaded no contest to smuggling drugs into a courthouse jail in a burrito has been sentenced to two years in jail. Henry Marin, 27, pleaded no contest to one count of bringing drugs...Tags: Prisons, Burritos, Prosecution, Organized Crime, KTLA
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Williams announces surprise retirement, leaving hole in Ravens' offense
The long, circuitous ride that is Ricky Williams' football career again swerved abruptly Tuesday when the Ravens' enigmatic reserve running back announced that he was retiring from the NFL. Since early last week, Williams, who reached the 10,000-yard...Tags: Canadian Football, Holistic Medicines, Chester Taylor, Baltimore Ravens, Cedric Benson
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Paula Deen's diabetes: Blaming the victim?
As Southern celebrity chef Paula Deen certainly knows by now, people with Type 2 diabetes are routinely blamed for causing their disease by eating junky food and making unhealthy lifestyle choices. Known for high fat recipes that raise the risk for...Tags: Weight, Diseases and Illnesses, Pancreas, Pharmaceuticals, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock
Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia. Most of the penicillin, tetracycline and other antibiotic drugs used in this country are given...Tags: Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses, Pneumonia, Urinary System, American Medical Association
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Thump thump...your heart needs some lovin'
![Ladies, do you need an excuse to tell your significant other you need a massage? Gentlemen, sick of your loved one complaining about your garlic breath? You can thank us for this blog. Because, February is <a title="HHM" href="http://www.cdc.gov/features/heartmonth/">Heart Health Month</a>, and by getting a massage and eating more garlic, you're just taking care of your heart. Chicago's Pacific College of Oriental Medicine suggests 10 holistic health tips from Traditional Chinese Medicine for a healthy heart and long-term well-being. Here's to keeping your heart thumpin'.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/67786426-02145055.jpg "Ladies, do you need an excuse to tell your significant other you need a massage? Gentlemen, sick of your loved one complaining about your garlic breath? You can thank us for this blog. Because, February is <a title="HHM\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/features/heartmonth/\">Heart Health Month</a>, and by getting a massage and eating more garlic, you're just taking care of your heart. Chicago's Pacific College of Oriental Medicine suggests 10 holistic health tips from Traditional Chinese Medicine for a healthy heart and long-term well-being. Here's to keeping your heart thumpin'.")
Ladies, do you need an excuse to tell your significant other you need a massage? Gentlemen, sick of your loved one complaining about your garlic breath? You can thank us for this blog. Because, February is Heart Health Month, and by getting a massage...Tags: Physiology, Stress, Medical Research, Garlic, Organic Foods
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Health Treatments, Respiratory Disease, St. Joseph Medical Center, Diseases and Illnesses, Pancreas
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University Sells 'Plan B' Pill in Vending Machines
![SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- Students at a college in Pennsylvania can now buy Plan B -- the so-called "morning-after pill" -- as easily as they buy sodas or a bag of chips.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/67907319-07055402.jpg "SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- Students at a college in Pennsylvania can now buy Plan B -- the so-called "morning-after pill\" -- as easily as they buy sodas or a bag of chips.")
KTLA NewsSHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- Students at a college in Pennsylvania can now buy Plan B -- the so-called "morning-after pill" -- as easily as they buy sodas or a bag of chips. The emergency contraceptive is now available in vending machines at Shippensburg...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Plan B (drug), Education, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Chronic conditions' toll tallied
The sunny fact that Americans are living longer, more productive lives has a dark side: More of us than ever live with chronic illnesses that are not only a drag on sufferers' time and energy, but on the nation's pocketbook. The Institute of Medicine on...Tags: Macular Degeneration, Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity, Diabetes
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Why we're fat, Part 2: Heredity plays role in how easily we gain — and lose — weight
For the many Americans genetically programmed to add pounds, the effort to lose weight can seem doomed from the get-go. Mix in other factors no one can change — age, race, birth order — and the struggle becomes even tougher.
Though innate...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Physiology, Weight, Medical Research, University of Pennsylvania
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Philharmonic's 20th season: Broadway, opera, Swingerhead and the circus
Next season, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will offer two operas, welcome back Andrew Lane and Michael Andrew, collaborate with Orlando Shakespeare Theater and turn its attention to Broadway.
And hang on to your programs: The Phil will also...Tags: Arts, Opera (genre), Music Theater, Culture, Music
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Alternative therapies for PTSD
![<span style="font-size: small;">When you think of soldiers, you probably don't picture a group of men doing yoga. But it's one of the interventions for veterans with PTSD.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/214737780-09131342.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">When you think of soldiers, you probably don't picture a group of men doing yoga. But it's one of the interventions for veterans with PTSD.</span>")
When you think of soldiers, you probably don't picture a group of men doing yoga. But it's one of the interventions for veterans with PTSD.
The Veterans Administration is trying alternative therapies like yoga and acupunture to help patients rely less...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Drugs and Medicines
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