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Tower at SMH will take childbirth options to new heights

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Physician Spotlight: Derek J. Cuff, MD Suncoast Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
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Sleepless Nights May Hurt School Performance of Kids With Asthma
Title: Sleepless Nights May Hurt School Performance of Kids With Asthma
Category: Health News
Created: 5/21/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Pain a Common Problem for People With COPD
Title: Pain a Common Problem for People With COPD
Category: Health News
Created: 5/21/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Antidepressants May Be Helpful for Some Heart Patients: Study
Title: Antidepressants May Be Helpful for Some Heart Patients: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/21/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Removing Tonsils Helps Kids With Sleep Apnea, Study Finds
Title: Removing Tonsils Helps Kids With Sleep Apnea, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 5/21/2013 4:36:00 PM
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Health Tip: Make Healthy Foods Taste Better
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Category: Health News
Created: 5/22/2013 8:35:00 AM
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Health Tip: Protect Your Sight
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Oklahoma tornado damage: almost $2 billion - Tampabay.com

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Oklahoma tornado damage: almost $2 billion
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President Barack Obama plans to tour the damaged areas Sunday. Amid the cleanup, families across the area were planning funerals and grieving for the 24 people killed in the storm. On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office identified the ...
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Teacher faces firing over chronic attendance issues - Northwest News and Tribune

Teacher faces firing over chronic attendance issues
Northwest News and Tribune
During the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years, Sabatelli-Harris was awarded intermittent leave under the Family Medical Leave Act. As a result, no performance documentation regarding her attendance was issued, Browning wrote. Because she missed so ...

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Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:09 pm CDT

Ireland Nugent meets first responders who helped save her - Tampabay.com

Ireland Nugent meets first responders who helped save her
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The reunion at the Sunstar Paramedic headquarters in Largo was a special treat for the Pinellas County 911 dispatcher, three-person Bayflite crew, emergency medical technicians and supervisors who typically never learn the outcomes of the people they ...

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