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Oct 31 2008

Family’s Personal Tragedy Helps Others Learn the Importance of Flu Prevention

(ARA) – Getting the flu can have serious consequences, especially for children. Every year, children in the United States get extremely ill and some die from influenza (“the flu”) and its complications. Richard Kanowitz knows this all too well — he and his wife Alissa lost their 4-year-old daughter, Amanda, to the flu four years [...]

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Sep 18 2008

Having a Mother with Osteoporosis Can Lead to Increased Risk for Spinal Fracture

Published by Jennifer under Bone Health, Featured, Osteoporosis

Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]

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