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NEW YORK - Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether - saving the dead.
Danger may come with first heat wave.
The hot spell that is about to assert itself abruptly in the region, perhaps persisting into next week, has the potential to be dangerous, health officials are warning.
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WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans yesterday blocked a global-warming bill that would have required major reductions in greenhouse gases. The move pushed debate over the world's biggest environmental concern to next year for a new Congress and president.
- When hot and muggy weather debuts each year, as is expected to happen tomorrow, many people can be caught unprepared for a variety of dangers, health authorities warn.
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After years of asserting that mercury in fillings was safe, the Food and Drug Administration now says it may be harmful to pregnant women, children, fetuses, and people who are especially sensitive to mercury exposure.
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WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are investigating whether a group of best-selling arthritis drugs heighten the risk of cancer in youngsters.
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WASHINGTON - Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell-phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.
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ATLANTA - Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than their black and white classmates, according to a new federal survey that shows a continuation of a disturbing trend.
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HARRISBURG - Philadelphia would get to keep its two-year-old smoking ban, while the rest of the state would be allowed to stamp out smoking in most workplaces under a compromise bill negotiated yesterday by a joint committee of the House and Senate.
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By now, just by the heft of the tiny ball of feathers, Larry Niles can tell if a small shorebird that migrates through Delaware Bay every spring has reached optimum weight.
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When the neighbors he hired to reduce household injuries were too scared to visit a public housing project, Donald F. Schwarz went himself.
- Pennsylvania State University glaciologist Sridhar Anandakrishnan was standing atop a shifting mountain of ice in west Antarctica as scientists halfway across the Earth were tracking its seismic activity.
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Dear Dr. Dan, I manage a small group of people in a university setting and I have difficulty with one person in particular. During performance appraisals, she gets immediately defensive and behaves as though there is no truth in what I am saying. I always give positive
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WASHINGTON - In an act of ultimate self-sacrifice, millions of human cells commit suicide every day, making your life better by their death.
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Inquirer environmental reporter Sandy Bauers writes on how to live a more ecologically sensitive life.
Dear Dr. Dan,
I manage a small group of people in a university setting and I have difficulty with one person in particular. During performance appraisals, she gets immediately defensive and behaves as though there is no truth in what I am saying. I always give positive
Dealing with breast cancer is an ordeal too many women face. Sandra Long, Inquirer managing editor, tells her story, from diagnosis to drawing strength from faith and friends, in her blog, "In Sandra's Shoes."
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