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Depression is Most Dreaded Disease After Cancer And Aids
Region: MissouriDepression brings more disabling condition than arthritis or diabetise. This condition worsens when the depressed patient suffers from any other chronic illness. Dr Somnath Chatterji and colleagues asked people from 60 countries taking part in the World Health Survey a variety of questions about their health, such as how they sleep, how much pain they have, and whether they have any problems with memory or conc... more
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St. Louis Mayor Accepts Money from Holcim, Angering Environmentalists
Region: Missouri
St. Louis, Mo - Showing his brazen disregard for the environmental welfare of St. Louis, Francis Slay reported accepting two $5,000.00 contributions on February 9[1] from Holcim, Inc., a Swiss-based company set to open the world’s largest cement plant[2] in Ste. Genevieve later this year. The plant, opposed by the American Bottom Conservancy, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, and the St. Louis Post... more
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Less Anoying version of Windows will be launched next year.
Region: MissouriMicrosoft, the software giant has promised that the next version to be released of their Windows Operating system will be less annoying for the users of the current Windows Vista platform on PCs. The beta version of Windows 7 will be launched early next year. A senior VP of Microsoft's Windows group said of the peskiness of Vista: "We had all the best intentions of helping to secure the PC platform even more, particul... more
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A Look at Catalepsy
Region: MissouriCatalepsy is a condition in which a person loses their desire to move. He does not adjust his body into appropriate and comfortable positions. His arms and legs can be placed in bizarre positions, as though he were a wax figure. A patient with catalepsy is said to be in a catatonic state. He can hold his trunk and limbs for long periods of time in almost any position in which ... more
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A Close Look at Parasitic Diseases
Region: MissouriIt’s a disease caused by a living plant or animal called a parasite. The parasite lives in or on the body of another plant or animal and feeds on it’s tissues. In general, all diseases which are caused by living parasites are called parasitic diseases. Bacteria are living parasites, but so many diseases are caused by them that bacterial diseases are usually g... more
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A Look at Appendicitis
Region: MissouriAppendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. It results from an infection caused by bacteria. The appendix becomes swollen and filled with pus. It may break and cause an infection of the surrounding organs of the body. The pus may otherwise be walled off and form an abscess. An attack of appendicitis generally begins genera... more
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Advantage Biden
Region: Missouri
10 02 08 Advantage Biden By Mary Lyon I had help with this one. I watched Joe Biden and Sarah Palin square off, on CNN, specifically for that network’s audience meters. In this case, it was a group of undecided voters in Ohio, both men and women. What was revealing to me was how the audience reaction dovetailed with my own. You know how it is when you are already sold on a candidate – and you&rsq... more
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Cameron, Missouri Tumor Outbreak Likely Caused by Water Pollution
Region: Missouri
FOX News and KMBC are reporting today that a bizarre flurry of brain tumors in the tiny Missouri town of Cameron have officials looking for causes. The local pharmacist, Steve Erickson, said he realized something was wrong when over a dozen residents were diagnosed with brain tumors in the past seven months. Cameron, Missouri has a population of 6,500. Austin, one brain tumor victim, is just 8 years old. ... more
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Missouri Union Members Get the Facts on Health Care
Region: Missouri
by Seth Michaels , Apr 29, 2008 More than 60 union members, their families and local candidates came together for a health care presentation sponsored by the Northwest Missouri Central Labor Council in St. Joseph yesterday. Members reviewed a video, talked about their personal experiences with the health care system and passed a resolution promising to educate their fellow members about health care and ho... more
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Murder-Suicide in Jamestown Mall
Region: Missouri
Two people are dead today after an apparent murder-suicide in Jamestown Mall in Florissant, Missouri. Eyewitness and police reports say that a man in his 40s shot a woman in front of Jamestown Mall's Sears store and then sat on the ground and killed himself. The identities of the people involved have yet to be released. Jamestown Mall was evacuated but nobody else was hurt in the ordeal. GroundReport will bring... more
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