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Health knowledge made personal
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Health knowledge made personal
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Wheeling native was one of area's first to receive liver transplant (Daily Herald)
Tue Dec 02 09:20:29 PST 2008
One of the first Chicago area recipients of a liver transplant has died. Jill Terreberry, a Wheeling native and longtime Schaumburg resident, lived more than 20 years after undergoing her historic transplant.
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Center for Closing the Health Gap wins $225K grant (Cincinnati Business Courier)
Tue Dec 02 08:12:07 PST 2008
The Center for Closing the Health Gap will use a $225,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to promote healthy eating in Cincinnati’s Avondale neighborhood, the group said Tuesday.
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Be True (Greenwich Time)
Tue Dec 02 04:35:26 PST 2008
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what Light I have.
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How the mentally ill can protect their health (Everett Herald)
Tue Dec 02 00:01:39 PST 2008
People with mental illness face special health challenges. Yet they often get inadequate medical care. Are you, or a person you know, among them? Here I'll discuss the health care disparities of people in this country with mental illness.
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2009: 'Year of the Gorilla' (Animal Planet)
Mon Dec 01 13:15:46 PST 2008
The U.N. commits to raising awareness about the plight of gorillas in 2009.
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Kick the kids outside - health expert (The Star)
Mon Dec 01 17:32:01 PST 2008
Children spend so little time in outdoor activities it is little wonder so many are getting fat at a younger age, a visiting expert said yesterday.
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World AIDS Day: CWS pays tribute to aids orphaned youths (AlertNet)
Mon Dec 01 13:20:26 PST 2008
Church World Service-USA Monday, December 1, 2008 Making it on their own and together, Giving Hope youth groups now reaching out to the wider community NAIROBI, KENYA -- On the twentieth anniversary of World AIDS ...
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Africa: Church World Service Pays Tribute to Aids Orphaned Youths (AllAfrica.com)
Mon Dec 01 12:32:43 PST 2008
Nairobi — On the twentieth anniversary of World AIDS Day, global humanitarian agency Church World Service pays tribute to the millions of young people in African countries who are heads of households orphaned by AIDS or serving as caregivers for aging grandparents or parents suffering from HIV/AIDS.
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UN, zoo group launch 'Year of the Gorilla 2009' (SpaceDaily)
Mon Dec 01 09:44:25 PST 2008
ROME, Dec 1 (AFP) Dec 01, 2008 Endangered gorilla species will be placed "on a higher pedestal" next year in efforts to raise awareness about their plight and threats to their habitat, a UN expert said Monday.
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The Ultimate Gift: Simultaneous Kidney Transplants (WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago)
Sun Nov 30 06:24:48 PST 2008
CHICAGO (AP) -- After reading a magazine article on living donor organ donations, 55-year-old Lisa Schiralli of Grayslake decided to donate one of her kidneys to a person in need of one.
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