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Happy Meal toys no longer free in San Francisco
CNNGoodbye, free plastic toys inside Happy Meals -- at least in one major California city. A new San Francisco law goes into effect on Thursday that prevents fast-food restaurants from giving away trinkets, action figures and other toys in their kid's meals...Tags: Health, Family, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Burger King, CNN (tv network)
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One year after Obama's victory
KIAHOn Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, capping his historic bid to become the 44th president. A look at where he stands, nearly one year out: Stimulus: In February, weeks after taking office, Obama signed into law a $787 billion...Tags: Health, Children, Sonia Sotomayor, White House, Values
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9th Annual Children's Health Day
KIAHSaturday, August 15, 2009 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Families Under Urban and Social Attack will host its 9th Annual Children's Health Day at Almeda and Northwest Malls. Children's Health Day will feature eighty community-based organizations that will...Tags: Health Insurance, Children, Social Issues
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McDonald's turns back shareholder proposal on kids' marketing
Tribune reporterMcDonald's Corp. sought to lay out growth plans at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday, while setting up an incoming CEO and defeating a shareholder proposal aimed at measuring the chain's impact on childhood obesity. Proposed by shareholder John...Tags: Health, Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Ronald McDonald House Charities
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Researchers eye saliva for patient testing
No one likes to get stuck with a needle.
But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other health problems.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing say there is a much less invasive and...Tags: Health, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Medical Procedures and Tests, Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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Caught in the cycle of poverty
After months searching for work and feeling increasingly discouraged, Natalie Cole caught a break — an offer of a part-time position at a Little Caesars Pizza shop in Compton. The manager scheduled her orientation and told her she had to pass a food...Tags: Rentals, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Teaching and Learning, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Tom Brady's dad says he'd be hesistant to let son play football today
Can you imagine the NFL without Tom Brady? Well, if Tom Brady had been born 20 years later, that would have been a strong possibility according to Tom Brady Sr. Speaking in defense of Kurt Warner's controversial comments about his sons playing football,...
Tags: Health, Parenting, National Football League, Sports, Kurt Warner
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Valley gets its first children's hospital
Lehigh Valley Health Network on Tuesday officially rebranded as the region's first children's hospital — a hospital-within-a-hospital designation that is the culmination of decades of improvements in specialized children's health care, officials...Tags: Health, Allentown, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Healthcare Provider
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Lehigh Valley Health Network adds children's hospital designation
Lehigh Valley Health Network on Tuesday officially rebranded as the region's first children's hospital — a hospital-within-a-hospital designation that is the culmination of decades of improvements in specialized children's health care, officials...
Tags: Pittsburgh, Health, Allentown, Family, Medical Specialization
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Cell tower is no good for residents
I fear that the fight over the installation of a T-Mobile cell tower on North Avon Street is already a done deal. Why else would the mayor, the planning board and the City Council have changed the law last year that banned such installations in...Tags: T-Mobile
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Expert explains part of health care bill
Daily American Staff WriterThe U.S. Supreme Court will, sometime this summer, rule on the constitutionality of the health care reform bill passed by Congress in March 2010. The bill, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, began to take effect in 2010, but many of...Tags: Labor Legislation, U.S. Supreme Court, Health, Family, Government Health Care
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Vaccine policy should not be one size fits all
Rathi Asaithambi's April 11 op-ed advocating a federally mandatory vaccination policy with no exemptions ("Time to get tough on vaccine refusal") is based on straw man arguments and ignorance of documented adverse effects of vaccines. There is no "anti...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health, Family, Disease Prevention, Vaccines
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