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New needleless acupuncture therapy reduces diabetics indigestion symptoms
A study from Texas Tech University, El Paso, and the University of Mississippi, Oxford, holds promising results for diabetic patients suffering from indigestion symptoms like nausea, vomiting, bloating and heartburn. The study tested a new method of therapy using a custom-made wireless device to stimulate acupuncture points with electrical waves on the surface of the skin rather than ...
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Bradley holds on to slim lead in Texas
Keegan Bradley will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship after shooting a two-under-par 68 in Texas. Bradley has been at the top of the leaderboard from the outset following a stunning first round of 60 on Thursday. However, Sunday promises to be a fascinating final day with South Korea's Bae Sang-moon making real inroads into Bradley's ...
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Johnson downs Dallas Timbers extend run
Eddie Johnson scored twice as the Seattle Sounders posted their third straight Major League Soccer victory with a 4-2 win against Western Conference-leading FC Dallas on Saturday. Goals from Johnson and Lamar Neagle saw the Sounders go two up within half an hour, only ...
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Faces of Diabetes Belva Robinson
Share your story We are interested in hearing how diabetes has impacted your life. Submit your comments to be considered for publication on this site or in the print edition of the Corpus Christi ...
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Cost of Diabetes Saying goodbye to…
TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMESFriends and family of Mike Reyes, who died in March after years of complications from diabetes, wait for his funeral services at the Holy Family ...
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Cost of Diabetes Reyes family portraits
Michael Zamora/Caller-TimesSamantha Reyes, 14 (from left), sits with mother Danita Reyes and twins Simon and Sophie Reyes, 10, next to a vase of flowers meant for Mike Reyes’ gravesite. After years of complications from diabetes, Mike Reyes, a father and husband, died after having a heart ...
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$590M-plus Powerball 1 winning ticket sold in Fla
DES MOINES, Iowa - It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching all the numbers to win the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said early Sunday.The lone winner was sold at a Publix supermarket location in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told ...
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Harrell looks to deliver series win for Astros
Pittsburgh has been here before. A little more than a quarter of the way through the season, the Pirates sit at 25-18, having won seven of their last nine games heading into Sunday's series finale against the Astros. The last two years, Pittsburgh has started strong only to stumble late in the season and fall short of making the postseason. Clint Hurdle wants to avoid a similar fate this ...
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1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...
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Lighten Up East Texas events winners shed the pounds
cdillard@tylerpaper.com Nacogdoches residents shined Saturday as many were winners of prizes during Lighten Up East Texas' Lighten Up and Play — an event culminating a nearly six-month regional weight- loss contest.Sara McShan, of Nacogdoches, took home the keys to a 2013 Dodge Dart, donated by Allen Samuels Tyler. Emotional at the revealing of her name, she humbly credited her ...
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MLS Seattle 4 FC Dallas 2
FC Dallas . Obafemi Martins also scored for the Sounders (4-3-3), who racked up a third straight win after enduring a five-game winless streak. Johnson' second goal in the 62nd minute game only seconds after Michel had pulled Dallas into a 2-2 tie on an unassisted ...
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Beach to Bay 2013
Michael Zamora/Caller-TimesRunners come off the starting line Saturday at the kick off the first leg of the Beach to Bay relay marathon on Padre Island in Corpus ...
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Stress-busting program caregiver alumni
Coastal Bend Caregiver Support Group will host a Stress Busting Program caregiver alumni begins at 9:30 a.m. May 21 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 3615 Gollihar Road. Registered nurse Debbie Miller will discuss "Communication with the memory impaired." Information: 883-3935, ext. ...
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Driving Safely While Aging Gracefully
The workshop "Driving Safely While Aging Gracefully" is from 2:30 to 3 :30 p.m. May 21 at the Nueces County Keach Family Library, 1000 Terry Shamsie Blvd., Robstown. Presented by Felipa Wilmot, Family Caregiver Program Specialist, for seniors to help assess their driving skills. A person's ability to drive should never be based on age alone. However, changes in vision, physical ...
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Sanchez struggles in Detroits loss to Texas
Texas Rangers Elvis Andrus, left, stands on third base with Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera (24) after Andrus' triple scored teammate Avisail Garcia, not shown, during the second inning of the baseball game Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM ...
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Holland looks to maintain season-long consistency
In a rotation with two rookie right-handers and a converted reliever, Rangers left-hander Derek Holland has become increasingly important to his team. Delivering a level of consistency so far this season, Holland has tossed seven or more innings and allowed four runs or fewer in six of his eight starts. He'll look to give the Rangers that same kind of boost on Sunday against the Tigers in ...
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How much ammonium nitrate is stored in East Texas Plants
The Tyler Morning Telegraph contacted the Texas Department of State Health Services in an effort to check locations in East Texas that store ammonium nitrate, the fertilizer involved in the West explosion last month. The plant that exploded in West last month, by comparison, can store up to 2,400 tons.According to required Tier Two Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory submissions there are ...
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MLB Texas 7 Detroit 2
Elvis Andrus went 5-for-5 with two RBI for Texas Saturday in the Rangers' 7-2 victory over Detroit. Grimm (3-3) broke a personal three-start losing streak, yielding a pair of runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out two. Andrus delivered an RBI triple in the second inning, igniting a three-run outburst, and added a run-scoring hit in the third ...
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4 tornadoes counted from Thursday thunderstorm
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A powerful Thursday afternoon thunderstorm produced four tornadoes as it moved into Louisiana from TexasThe National Weather Service, in a survey released Saturday, says all tornadoes had winds of 90 mph to 100 mph.The storm also brought straight-line winds up to 105 mph in northern DeSoto and southern Caddo parishes.One person was injured west of Waskom, Texas. ...
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Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...
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New Texas law prevents shelter animals from being euthanized in gas chambers
SB398 — Adding language so that the NCAA’s new championship format — a four-team, three-game playoff starting in 2014 — remains eligible for funding through the state's Major Events Trust Fund. This ensures that the Cowboys Stadium is eligible for state funds to help draw the event to North Texas. Effective ...
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Tornado tossed mom 2 sons from their Granbury home as it was destroyed
In a sometimes wavering voice, she spoke with reporters Saturday from John Peter Smith Hospital, just days after a ferocious tornado leveled her Granbury home and ripped Green and her two sons from a bedroom ...
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Arlington interested in luring Cowboys practice facility
ARLINGTON — It has been nearly four years since Cowboys Stadium opened, and city leaders continue to make it clear that they also want Arlington to be home to the team’s headquarters and practice ...
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For more than six hours Wednesday tornadoes raced across North Texas
By the end of the day, the outbreak would produce the deadliest tornado to strike the Dallas-Fort Worth area in more than 50 years. It was also the strongest twister locally in 19 years, an EF4 packing 180-mph ...
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Bomb squad called during arrest of El Paso teacher www.privateofficer.com
The arrest of an Andress High School teacher on suspicion of having an improper relationship with a student led to a massive multi-agency response Friday afternoon when investigators found what were initially believed to be explosives at his West El Paso home. Some neighboring homes were evacuated. Police patrol cars sealed the street. Firetrucks were on site. A Homeland Security SWAT team and ...
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Is the student-beating teacher being used as scapegoat?
Without question, the shocking video footage of a Houston school teacher attacking and beating a cowering 13-year-old student shows something wrong and something that should never ever occur in the classroom. But recent revelations surrounding the events leading up to the incident, and the conditions at the school itself, seem to suggest that this teacher was pushed to the limit by a flawed school system, as well as her own lack of training to deal with the rigors of a stressful and provocative teaching environment.
On April 29th Sheri Lynn Davis attacked a student in her class, the footage has now gone viral on the internet and shows an incident that seems to represent a complete breakdown of the system. In the video the 13-year-old student is seen backed into a corner of the room with Davis standing before him in a position indicative of an imminent attack, the boy cowers down at which point the beating begins. Read more
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