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3 hrs ago | Amarillo.com

Video games: 21st century epidemic

In the 1980s every teenager in Amarillo was hanging out at Harvey's Pool Hall and Arcade on the weekends.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Amarillo, TX, Kids, Family

7 hrs ago | OhNoTheyDidnt

Tyler Perry Under Fire For Latest Flick 'Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor'

The Positive Women's Network of the United States of America penned a letter and created a petition slamming director Tyler Perry for coming up with a plot they feel is offensive to those living with HIV , demanding a meeting with him immediately.

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11 hrs ago | WSJV-TV South Bend

Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse

A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, Natural Disasters, Prison, California

11 hrs ago | WXOW-TV La Crosse

Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell

The last of the Arellano Felix brothers who founded an infamous Mexican drug cartel has pleaded guilty in San Diego to helping ship hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, Natural Disasters, Chris Christie, US Governors

11 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell

The last of the Arellano Felix brothers who founded an infamous Mexican drug cartel has pleaded guilty in San Diego to helping ship hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, Natural Disasters, Chris Christie, US Governors

13 hrs ago | PakTribune

Another child dies of measles, death toll reaches 97

LAHORE: The death toll following the epidemic of measles in Punjab soared to 97 as another child died in a hospital during treatment here on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Vaccinations, Health

17 hrs ago | Reuters

New bird flu strain may be capable of spreading from human to human - study

The H7N9 bird flu virus may be capable of spreading from human to human and can be transmitted not only through direct contact but also through airborne exposure, researchers at the University of Hong Kong have found.

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18 hrs ago | Suria

H7N9 bird flu can spread in mammals: study

The H7N9 strain of bird flu can spread among ferrets and could do the same among humans under certain conditions, according to lab animal studies on the virus published Thursday.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News, Natural Disasters

23 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Green's failed grooming underscores Maryland's growing therapist abuse epidemic

In yet another example of therapist abuse in Maryland , Clarence W. Green, Jr., 57, of Salisbury was charged last week after a client reported repeated sexual harassment, escalating sexual advances, and exposure by Green.

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Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Natural Disasters, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu May 23, 2013

Deseret News

Suicide becoming an epidemic in developed countries

The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday.

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Related Topix: Suicide, Natural Disasters

Seattle Times

Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu

Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Natural Disasters, Bird Flu, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

EDGE

Ban on Gay Blood Donors Lifted in Canada; Restrictions Remain

Gay men in Canada can now donate blood, but there's a catch: You must not have had sex with another man in the last five years.

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Hudson Hub-Times

Ohio election review finds no voter fraud epidemic

Ohio's elections chief said Thursday a first-of-its-kind statewide review found instances of voter fraud in the battleground state during last year's presidential election but not rampant abuses.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mike DeWine, US Senate, Republican, Natural Disasters

The Honolulu Advertiser

22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus, health officials say

GENEVA>> World Health Organization officials said today that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample.

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Related Topix: Bird Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Natural Disasters

PhysOrg Weblog

Researchers suggest boosting body's natural flu killers

A known difficulty in fighting influenza is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Immunology, Biology, Science

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Abuse of painkiller drugs is an epidemic in the U.S.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of painkillers prescribed in a single year could medicate every adult living in the U.S. around the clock.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Drug Testing

AlertNet

GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk -Finnish ...

GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Narcolepsy, Medicine, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Natural Disasters, Vaccinations, Influenza

Science Daily

Swine flu pandemic of 2009 more deadly for younger adults

Deaths from flu pandemics tend to skew younger than those from seasonal flu because of "antigenic recycling," or the fact that some parts of flu viruses have already made the rounds.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza, Bird Flu, UC Irvine, Vaccinations

Wed May 22, 2013

Reuters

When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name?

For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of names.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, India, World News

Albany Times Union

Editorial: Treatment unbecoming

As if rampant sexual abuse in the military wasn't bad enough, now we learn that untold numbers of victims who complain about it are drummed out of the service.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US Politics, Opinion