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Dalton cyclist back in saddle
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Mar 07 12:05 AM DALTON, Ga. — Less than a year ago, professional cyclist Saul Raisin had a crash while competing with his French team Crédit Agricole that nearly ended his career, and his life.
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The Number 23 -- sTaRe Network Launches New Book Revealing Satan's Latest Trick
[Press Release] PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 11:01 PM The Number 23 is the title of a new book and a new movie. On Friday the 23rd, a new wave of media will infect our minds, says Howard Campbell, an expert in subversive iconography. Is this mere entertainment or dangerous mind viruses?
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Gazette.Net - Feb 28 8:23 PM These are some of the questions that inspired young scientists from Mount Airy and Parr’s Ridge elementary schools and their families to investigate and present their findings Friday night at the schools’ 11th family science fair.
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Fundraiser for Speech Apraxia in Lycoming County
WNEP 16 Pennsylvania - Mar 02 4:57 AM A widely unknown speech disorder has train lovers and Harley riders in Lycoming County getting together to raise awareness.
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Malpractice suit cites x-ray procedure
Edwardsville Intelligencer - Feb 14 11:59 AM On Jan. 30, another Madison County jury rejected Carr's request for $10.9 million on behalf of the family of a Glen Carbon woman who had filed a negligence lawsuit against Dr. Patrick Zimmermann.
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From the Pulse to the Flying Pig
The Pulse-Journal - 1 hour, 0 minute ago In the Shawnee Elementary School lobby, a flying pig has a place of honor. Behind a white picket fence, the statue is from one of the first pig marathons, said Principal Ericka Simmons.
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Learning more about bacterial meningitis
Los Angeles Times - Nov 17 12:21 AM A student at Crescenta Valley High School has tested positive for bacterial meningitis, and a second is suspected of having the rare but dangerous disease. As a result, hundreds of students received oral antibiotics provided by the county Department of Public Health.
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Product Recalls
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago The following recalls have been announced: Dal Raccolto brand olive products, imported by Cibo Specialty Foods, a division of Colavita USA LLC, because testing revealed the products' pH and water activity exceed the levels necessary to control botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning.
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Health Care Official Elaborate on Septic Shock, Ailment that Killed Local 6-Year-Old
WLOX-TV Biloxi - Mar 02 5:13 PM Students and the community are mourning the death of 6-year-old Alexander Callendar. The Lizana Elementary School student died on a school bus Thursday afternoon, after complications from an abscessed tooth.
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Ranch for abused, disabled animals runs on dedication
USA Today - Mar 06 8:22 AM The Rolling Dog Sanctuary in Ovando, Mont., is home to 80 dogs, cats and horses, most of them disabled blind, deaf, three-legged, neurologically damaged often through abuse or neglect. The ranch is a non-profit founded by a couple six years ago.
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Stimulating Occipital Nerve Eases Cluster Headaches
MedicineNet.com - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago Title: Stimulating Occipital Nerve Eases Cluster Headaches Category: Health News Created: 3/9/2007 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/9/2007
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs - Feb 19 11:48 AM Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) - one type of which was formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome - is an uncommon, chronic condition that usually affects your arm or leg. Rarely, the disease can affect other parts of your body.
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Expert swims against trend of special ed students in mainstream classes
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Feb 14 9:28 PM Although more schools are enrolling children who have disabilities in regular classrooms, an expert in special education made the radical suggestion yesterday that they be "separated from the general school population and given intensive, relentless instruction."
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Wilson to speak to Lions Club
Minden Press-Herald - Mar 07 9:07 AM Miss Louisiana Jamie Wilson will return to her hometown of Minden Thursday to speak to the Minden Lions Club. The club will meet at noon at the American Legion Hall.
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Chain-Reaction Car Crash Kills 3 In Ohio
CBS News - Mar 09 11:00 AM A driver's history of epilepsy may have contributed to an accident in Ohio that killed three Chinese college students. The man's SUV failed to stop at a red light and slammed into another SUV, starting a chain reaction involving 9 cars.
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abasia
Abasia (from Greek: a-, without and basis, step) is the inability to walk due to impaired muscle coordination. The American Heritage Medical Dictionary defines abasia as "Inability to walk due to impaired muscular coordination.a" [1]
The term covers a spectrum of medical disorders such as:
- choreic abasia: caused by chorea of the legs
- paralytic abasia: caused by paralysis of the leg muscles
- spastic abasia: caused by spastic stiffening of the leg muscles
- trembling abasia: caused by trembling of the legs
Abasia is frequently accompanied by astasis, an inability to stand.
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