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Boston Globe
Corn, Wheat Fall After US Farmers Planted More Than Expected
Bloomberg -
Corn prices doubled in the past year to a record on June 27, and wheat jumped 13 percent this month after reaching a record in February. The US is the ...
AssociatedPress
Iowa Hit With Half Of US Crop Damage Wallace's Farmer
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MSNBC
US Team Expects to Keep Kidd?s Win Streak Alive
New York Times, United States -
When he was graduating from middle school, half of his teammates on the United States Olympic basketball team were graduating from diapers. ...
US cagers need to redeem themselves Inquirer.net
Team USA looking to atone for 2004 Olympic disappointment SportingNews.com
Kobe Bryant's time has arrived Los Angeles Times
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Study: Sioux Falls, SD, safest US driving city
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The city's rate improved slightly from last year's average of one accident every 13.7 years. Officials in Sioux Falls again attributed the ranking to strong ...
Study: Sioux Falls, SD, safest US driving city WTHI
Study: Sioux Falls, SD, safest US driving city KGAN
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Canada.com
US deaths in Afghanistan near those in Iraq
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There are 144000 US and 4000 British troops in Iraq. Enemy attacks in Afghanistan have increased every year since 2002, said Maj. Gen. ...
US opposes refugee repatriation Pakistan Dawn
US Advisers Helped Iraq Draw Up Oil Contracts Democracy Now
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
US campaign gets international flavor
Seattle Times, United States -
John McCain, R-Ariz. visits a Baghdad market in 2007 as part of his show of support for the US war in Iraq. As never before in a campaign for the White ...
SOME LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT CONDOLEEZZA RICE The People's Voice
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ChattahBox
Rapid rises in diagnoses in US gay men concentrated in black and ...
Aidsmap, UK -
A total of 36% of all diagnoses were in black men, although only 12% of the US population is black. Moreover, the estimated annual increase in Asian and ...
New HIV/AIDS Report HealthNews
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New York Times
The Evidence Gap Weighing the Costs of a CT Scan?s Look Inside the ...
New York Times, United States -
Some medical experts say the American devotion to the newest, most expensive technology is an important reason that the United States spends much more on ...
How global warming challenges the old Bay Area assumptions
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA -
... bottled water consumed by Americans each year. Flushing toilets account for an estimated 32 percent of the residential water use in the United States. ...

CBC.ca
A teen dream, 19-year-old Inbee Park handles the wind and field
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN -
In 1997, the year before Pak won two majors as a rookie, the LPGA Tour had no Korean players. Today, it has 45. In this year's US Women's Open, ...
Park's US Women's Open victory brings up age-old questions - Golf ESPN
International golfers rule LPGA majors, which isn't a good sign ... The Canadian Press
A Veteran Takes a Bow as a Youngster Takes the Title New York Times
The Australian - BBC Sport
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Times Online
North Korea's Trail of Kidnapping and Terror
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AP This is the event that propelled Pyongyang onto the US list of state sponsors of terror, a designation that took place on Jan. 20, 1988. ...
AssociatedPress
N. Korea to reveal its nukes; ties with US may improve Seattle Times
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Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States. -
PS Mead, L Slutsker, V Dietz, LF Mccaig, JS Bresee … - Journal of Environmental Health, 2000 - questia.com
... In the United States, foodborne diseases have been estimated to cause 6 million
to 81 million illnesses and up to 9,000 deaths each year (2-5). However ...

Trends in Alternative Medicine Use in the United States, 1990-1997 Results of a Follow-up National … -
DM Eisenberg, RB Davis, SL Ettner, S Appel, S … - JAMA, 1998 - Am Med Assoc
... In each year, a majority of respondents reported 1 or ... hospitalizations in 1997 in
the United States totaled $9.1 ... physician services in the same year were $29.3 ...

The Continuing Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes in the United States -
AH Mokdad, BA Bowman, ES Ford, F Vinicor, JS Marks … - JAMA, 2001 - Am Med Assoc
... Obesity and diabetes are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. ...
3-4 Each year, an estimated 300 000 US adults die of causes related ...

Contribution of Increasing CO2 and Climate to Carbon Storage by Ecosystems in the United States -
D Schimel, J Melillo, H Tian, AD McGuire, D … - Science, 2000 - sciencemag.org
... the spatial autocorrelation structure around each station for ... terrestrial ecosystems
of the United States as estimated by ... models (petagram of carbon per year). ...

Mortality Associated With Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States -
WW Thompson, DK Shay, E Weintraub, L Brammer, N … - JAMA, 2003 - Am Med Assoc
... morbidity and mortality nearly every year 1-2 ... role in formulating influenza vaccination
policy in the United States. ... are difficult to estimate directly because ...

Estimated Risk of Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Screened Blood in the United … -
EM Lackritz, GA Satten, J Aberle-Grasse, RY Dodd, … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1995 - content.nejm.org
... Background In the United States, transmission of the human ... We estimated that 15 to
42 percent of ... million donations collected nationally each year an estimated ...

Environmental and Economic Costs of Nonindigenous Species in the United States -
D Pimentel, L Lach, R Zuniga, D Morrison - BioScience, 2000 - JSTOR
... Florida spends approximately $14.5 million each year on hydrilla ... cost an estimated
$10 million per year in recreation ... In the United States as a whole, a total ...

Burden of Migraine in the United States Disability and Economic Costs -
XH Hu, LE Markson, RB Lipton, WF Stewart, ML … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1999 - Am Med Assoc
... Objective To estimate the burden of migraine in the United States with respect to ...
bed rest days for men and 5.6 days for women each year, resulting in ...

Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000 -
AH Mokdad, JS Marks, DF Stroup, JL Gerberding - JAMA, 2004 - Am Med Assoc
... disability. 65 An estimated 20 million persons are newly infected with sexually
transmitted diseases each year in the United States. 66 ...

Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies -
J Lazarou, BH Pomeranz, PN Corey - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1998 - jama.waldenu.edu
... the 39 studies to calculate the incidence of ADRs for each ward type ... additional $1.56
to $4 billion in direct hospital costs per year in the United States. ...
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Each year, an estimated 25 to 40 million people in the United States will feel the infamous itch of poison ivy, a plant found throughout North America that typically grows in the form of a vine, often along riverbanks. For most people, this itchy rash will appear one or two days after they have been exposed to the plant, and it can last anywhere from 10 days to three weeks.

"The allergic reaction from poison ivy is caused by oil in the plant," says Lisa Hammer, M.D., a pediatrician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. "The reaction usually starts with redness and swelling of the skin, which is then followed by either bumps or blisters."

More than 50 percent of people are sensitive to this oil a colorless, odorless resin called urushiol contained in the leaves of poison ivy.

To take the "itch" out of summer for both kids and adults, Hammer offers tips to help treat poison ivy, and advice on how to avoid contact with the three leaves of this poison plant.

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7 tips for treating and preventing the spread of poison ivy

1. Wash the area. "If you come into contact with poison ivy, the best advice is to wash your skin as quickly as possible with soap and cold, running water," says Hammer. Do this within minutes of coming into contact with the plant to prevent the oil from absorbing into the skin. Also, avoid vigorously scrubbing the area or using hot water since these may further open pores or cause more irritation to the skin.

2. Cool off. "People with poison ivy tend to find relief from cool baths or cool compresses," say Hammer. She also recommends massaging the affected area with an ice cube for relief. But don't forget to let the area air dry after soaking or massaging it with an ice cube. Allowing it to air dry will reduce itching and oozing of blisters.

3. Use oral or topical antihistamines. Oral antihistamines such as Benadryl will help to reduce the itch of poison ivy. Hammer also recommends the use of topical creams such as calamine lotion to ease itching.

4. Wash clothing and shoes. Be sure to wash the clothing and shoes you were wearing when you came into contact with the poison ivy. Use soap and hot water to remove any oil that may still be on these items.

5. Give Fido a bath. The rash caused by poison ivy can spread if there are oils from the plant on your pet's fur, or even on other items around the yard such as gardening tools. "Oil can stay on these types of surfaces for up to 5 years," says Hammer. She recommends thoroughly washing both pets and other items that may have come into contact with poison ivy to remove the oils.

6. Stop the rash from spreading to others. The fluid from the sores caused by poison ivy is not contagious. Hammer says that the rash caused by poison ivy will only spread to other areas of the body if the oil from the plant is still on your skin. And the rash will only spread to another person if you have oil on your hand and touch him. Once the oil has been removed from your skin, it is no longer possible to spread the rash to other areas of your body.

7. If the reaction is severe, seek medical attention. Most cases of poison ivy can be handled at home. In rare cases, however, poison ivy can be extremely serious or even fatal. "Occasionally, poison ivy can become a more severe situation in someone who's highly sensitized to the reaction, or if someone is exposed to a large amount of the oil, either by breathing in fumes when the plant is being burned or having the oils enter areas of broken skin," says Hammer.

"If individuals are experiencing a more severe poison ivy reaction, specifically involving the face or the genital area, or there's significant swelling pain or irritation that disrupts their sleep or daily activities, they should seek additional help from their health care provider." In such situations, health care providers can prescribe oral steroids or steroid creams to reduce the itching, pain and discomfort.

"In general, the best advice is to try to prevent coming into contact with poison ivy," says Hammer. "Familiarize yourself with the plants growing in your area of the country and how they look at different times of the year so you can steer clear of poison ivy and other plants that may cause an allergic reaction."
 
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