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  • Umar Mycka isn't your average gardener. 'I'm a poison ivy horticulturalist,' he says, 'a gardener who specializes in poison ivy removal.'
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  • When it comes to sunscreens, you don't have to break the bank. But you do have to use it!
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  • We count on sunscreens to protect us from the sun's harmful UV rays.
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  • Breakthrough bioabsorbable splint keeps baby breathing
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  • A new book says cholesterol has little to do with heart disease and people are spending too much time, energy, and money trying to control it.
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  • Tornadoes aren't serious danger here, but kids can fear storms
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  • 50 or higher number may lead to false sense of security
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  • Screening urged for eating problems for all ADHD kids
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  • Had weighed 300+ at highest, goes from size 20 to sizes 7-9
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  • Happy Birthday to the American Cancer Society which incidentally is "the Official Sponsor of Birthdays."
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  • There's no one medical consensus that explains just what causes cellulite.
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  • New option for digestive disorder
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  • FIRST PARAGRAPH (SHORTER)
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  • Family history of breast & ovarian cancer goes back at least 2 generations
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  • Announcement of mastectomy raises awareness and questions
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  • 2 Saudi health care workers sick after treating patient
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  • Judge says politics behind govt.'s refusal to lift age limit
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  • Costs could be in thousands, depending where patients live
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  • A little boy at CHOP, in need of a liver transplant, just celebrated his first birthday with the gift of life from his own father.
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  • The American Heart Association says owning a pet may help decrease the risk of suffering from heart disease.
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  • A new treatment Is helping kids and adults who are allergic to peanuts.
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  • Trading stethoscopes for guitars at World Cafe Live
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  • Could help prevent overtreatment, and its life-changing side effects
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  • Report shows wide differences in pricing, even with nearby hospitals
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  • Extensions, embellishments can cause allergies, permanent damage
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  • Lap Band one of 3 surgical options for weight loss
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  • Do parents' germs prevent allergies - or spread infections?
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  • Light device looks under skin to analyze suspicious spots.
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  • Patients, critics fear being priced out, forced to find new doctors.
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  • Viagra
  • Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill.
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  • Students 'eat up' program on local, seasonal foods
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  • FDA completing review - 40 years after vowing close look
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  • Somerton resident details her struggles with kidney disease
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  • Babies born with heart defect have their best chance in history of surviving. But what happens when they grow up?
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  • Donor's daughter happy to "feel my mother's skin again"
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  • As the motto goes "there's an app for that" and now the mobile market is moving into healthcare.
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  • FILE- In this Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 file photo, actress Angelina Jolie poses for a portrait to promote her directorial debut of the film In the Land of Blood and Honey in New York. Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesdays May 14, 2013 New York Times where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. She says shes kept the process private but is writing about it now with hopes she can help other women. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)
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  • A little boy, in need of a liver transplant, just celebrated his first birthday with the gift of life from his own father.
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