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  • It may sound surprising, but experts say 70 to 90 percent of child car seats aren't installed properly.
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  • Making a healthy back-to-school checklist
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  • A local doctor is helping to rewrite the book on treating a common foot injury, and his solution should make patients, doctors, and even insurance companies equally happy.
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  • Studies split on benefit of stents; critics question stent if no symptoms
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  • Former President George W. Bush participates in a signing ceremony for the joint use agreement between the National Archives and the George W. Bush Presidential Center Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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  • We are heading into the peak season for West Nile virus, and one local doctor has already treated a patient with the infection.
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  • A local rehab hospital has new technology which could help stroke patients regain more natural movement.
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  • A charity that helps families in the Delaware and Lehigh valleys will be featured on ABC's "Secret Millionaire."
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  • Doctors ignore evidence, prescribe narcotics too soon
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  • Not yet known whether salad mix was source for cases in NJ & 12 other states
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  • FIRST PARAGRAPH (SHORTER)
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  • Shortage can hamper mothers' effort to get, hold jobs
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  • The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid a vitamin B dietary supplement from Healthy Life Chemistry by Purity First because it contains two potentially dangerous anabolic steroids.
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  • FDA
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  • Chances are that about 15 percent of the food you eat - more if your diet includes lots of fruits, vegetables and cheese - comes from abroad.
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  • A new study is reporting that taller women have an increased chance of developing cancer.
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  • New govt. numbers show only 1 out of 3 young women fully vaccinated
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  • Women don't ask, doctors don't ask, leaving women in lurch
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  • Overgrown empty lot on Allegheny Avenue eyed for holistic health project
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  • Cases in 7 states, including New Jersey, worry investigators
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  • 15 companies cited; one company's 'natural' remedy contained prescription drug
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  • Tobacco industry fears black market if access is limited
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  • Local incidents bring home the danger
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  • Many cosmetics and lotions now contain a sun protection factor, or SPF.
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  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants building changes to make stairs more appealing to city dwellers
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  • The Health Department in Philadelphia and surrounding counties continue to warn people to be cautious and take the excessive heat seriously.
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  • Test could speed diagnosis for kids
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  • Home health care workers step up monitoring
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  • Yes, it's hot in July, but heat is still a killer
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  • The elderly are finding ways to stay cool in this extreme heat.
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