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Monday, 18 June 2012

Good dog, good job? More dogs sit, stay at work

Like any new addition to an office, Dolly had an adjustment period. The hardest part: learning not to bark at the mailman. Dolly is one of millions of dogs that accompany their owners to dog-friendly businesses every day. Even more will join her next Friday for Take Your Dog to Work Day. "I consider it a benefit like health care. It's a huge attraction," said Dolly's...

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Family hopes toddler's struggle inspires others my SA

HANDY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — All eyes are on Avery Faron. The toddler grins as she runs back and forth through her family's Handy Township kitchen, making certain to catch a glimpse of everyone's gaze. Though she appears to be an average attention-craving 2-year-old, when she is placed beside...

Mapping Your End-of-Life Choices The New York Times

FacebookTwitterLinkedinShareShareCloseRedditTumblrDigg E-mailPrint Robert H. Laws, a retired judge in San Francisco, and his wife, Beatrice, knew it was important to have health care directives in place to help their doctors and their two sons make wise medical decisions should they ever be unable...

Your Health: West Nile virus Richmond Times Dispatch

RICHMOND, Va. -- Q: Is West Nile virus a thing of the past? A: No. The virus transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes is still around. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports one human case so far this year. That case was reported in a...

Health Notes for June 18 Richmond Times Dispatch

RICHMOND, Va. -- MEETINGS Families Anonymous, a 12-step fellowship for families and friends who have felt desperate about the destructive behavior of someone near to them, whether caused by drugs, alcohol or related behavioral problems. Any concerned person is encouraged to attend. No dues or fees....

He's the Latino Diabetes Assn.'s keeper of the flame The Los Angeles Times

Randy Muñoz glided among the guests, greeting and hugging them. They were in a posh club 54 floors above Los Angeles, and the windows looked out to a shimmering vista of lighted streets. They swirled cocktails, dined on shrimp and gyoza, soaked up a Latin trio and traded pleasantries. Then...

Lindsay Lohan tweets about "cute" paramedics after exhaustion bout Hartford Courant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress has taken to to explain a bout of that led paramedics to be called to her hotel room, and she joked that emergency medical...

Research shines light on childhood multiple sclerosis BBC News

New research suggests the number of children suffering from multiple sclerosis may be higher than previously thought. It remains a very rare condition and only a third of young people who have an attack will go on to develop MS in later life. But it can have a devastating affect on children and...

OnSite bowls a great game of theater STL Today

Are you one of those people who likes the idea of going to the theater to see a play, but not the idea of sitting still in a red velvet seat for a couple of hours? Has OnSite Theatre got a show for you. OnSite – which has staged plays, mostly brand-new ones, in unconventional locations all over town...

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