Are CT’s Biggest Losers Up for the Challenge?
Our four biggest losers all came together for the first time to test their fitness.
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Heat stroke warning as country sizzles
Heat stroke warning as country sizzles
With temperatures across the country hitting 40 degrees Celsius, the Public Health Ministry yesterday issued a warning advising people to stay indoors and avoid getting a heat stroke – a lifethreatening condition that claimed seven lives over the past two years.
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• Summer Fun-Camp roundup
• Summer Fun-Camp roundup
Tobacco Camp The Rowan Public Library offers tobacco prevention camps at the headquarters library in Salisbury. The day camps are free and lunch and snacks are provided. Pre-registration is required. Call 704-216-8849. The camps are: – June 17, …
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Penny Lee: President’s Obesity Task Force Findings Should be a Mandate for Congress
Penny Lee: President’s Obesity Task Force Findings Should be a Mandate for Congress
A set of 70 recommendations outlined today by First Lady Michelle Obama and an inter-agency Task Force on Childhood Obesity is so comprehensive, it…
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Jazz Repaying Debt Ahead of Fibromyalgia Drug Decision
Jazz Repaying Debt Ahead of Fibromyalgia Drug Decision
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. is raising about $58.5 million in a public offering to pay off a sizeable chunk of its outstanding debt ahead of an FDA decision on fibromyalgia drug JZP-6 (sodium oxybate), expected this fall.
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Raw milk stirs passions: Recent cases of illness spark debate between proponents, opponents.
Raw milk stirs passions: Recent cases of illness spark debate between proponents, opponents.
CHICAGO — Most of the milk from the dairy cows on South Pork Ranch ends up pasteurized — heat treated to reduce the chance that the people who drink it will get sick.
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Merck says merger with Schering Plough is ‘on track’
Merck says merger with Schering Plough is ‘on track’
The drugmaker said Tuesday that its integration of Schering Plough Corp. is off to a good start, with sales and other operations already combined in the top 20 countries where they operate.
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Ross protecting Abbotsford
Ross protecting Abbotsford
Thank god for Patricia Ross. She should have the support of our Mayor because she’s doing his job in protecting us.
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Light relief for big smoke
Light relief for big smoke
Sydneysiders told to stay indoors or don masks as clouds of bushfire smoke unfurled across city.
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Council on Aging observes Arthritis Awareness Month in May
Council on Aging observes Arthritis Awareness Month in May
DARLINGTON – Society Hill Mayor Valencia Thomas joined clients at the Darlington County Council on Aging and signed a proclamation observing May as Arthritis Awareness Month on May 5.
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