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Seminar helps those dealing with grief
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Four educational seminars dealing with grief are set for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Carolina First Center.

Seneca woman bitten while handling rabid bat
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A Seneca woman was being treated to prevent rabies after the bat that bit her tested positive for the disease, health officials said Monday.

Future help for disabled is unclear
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Families of the disabled across South Carolina are carrying an added burden, facing with considerable fear the prospect that lifelines they have come to depend on will be cut in state government’s deep reduction in services.
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    Seminar helps those dealing with grief
    Four educational seminars dealing with grief are set for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Carolina First Center. (09/9/10)



    Lives in Peril

    Read The Greenville News' award-winning special report on how Upstate black women are dying of breast cancer at rate higher than the rest of the state, U.S. MORE


    Health facts
    Flu
    The truth about flu
    Prevention, diagnosis & treatment

    For SC flu shot information call the toll-free number: 1-800-27-SHOTS

    To find a flu vaccine clinic near you:
    Visit the American Lung Association web site and try their online flu shot locator.

    Watch for clinics advertised at community centers, churches, office parks, shopping malls, etc.

    Centers for Disease Control Flu site

    Fitness
    Post a question about starting a fitness program. A Greenville Hospital System fitness expert will answer your questions and we'll post them on our Web site.

    Mad Cow Disease
    A human disease related to mad cow is known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is incurable and was blamed for 143 deaths in Britain, which suffered a mad cow disease outbreak in the 1980s. Humans can get it by eating meat that contains tissue from infected animals, specifically from the brain and spinal cord.

    Raw Data: Mad Cow Q&A
    Cuts of beef
    AP interactive

    Answers to frequently asked questions about Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
    Number of cases of BSE worldwide

    National Cattlemen's Beef Association
    FDA Web page
    USDA Web page
    Latest news and transcripts.
    If you've got questions, call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline
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    Regional hospitals
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    Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital, GHS
    Greer Medical Campus
    313 Memorial Drive, Greer
    (864) 848-8200
    Anderson Area Medical Center
    800 North Fant Street, Anderson
    (864) 261-1000
    B.J. Workman Memorial Hospital - a division of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
    751 East Georgia Road, Woodruff
    (864) 560-6083
    Children's Hospital, GHS
    701 Grove Road, Greenville
    (864) 455-8401, or (800) 472-8339
    Greenville Memorial Hospital, GHS
    Memorial Medical Campus
    701 Grove Road, Greenville
    (864) 455-7000
    Hillcrest Memorial Hospital, GHS
    Simpsonville Medical Campus
    729 SE Main St., Simpsonville
    (864) 454-6100
    Mary Black Memorial Hospital
    1700 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg
    (864) 573-3000
    North Greenville Medical Campus, GHS
    807 N. Main St., Travelers Rest
    (864) 455-9206
    Oconee Memorial Hospital
    298 Memorial Drive, Seneca
    (864) 882-3351
    Palmetto Health Baptist Easley
    200 Fleetwood Dr., Easley
    (864) 442-7200
    Patewood Medical Campus, GHS
    200 Patewood Dr., Building A, Greenville
    (864) 454-2400
    Patewood Surgery Center
    10 Enterprise Blvd., Greenville
    (864) 458-7141
    Shriners Hospitals for Children, Greenville
    950 W. Faris Rd., Greenville
    (864) 271-3444
    Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care - a division of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
    389 Serpentine Drive, Spartanburg
    (864) 560-3263
    Spartanburg Regional Medical Center - a division of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
    101 East Wood St., Spartanburg
    (864) 560-6000
    St. Francis Hospital
    1 St. Francis Drive, Greenville
    (864) 255-1000
    St. Francis Outpatient Center of Advanced Medicine
    3 St. Francis Drive, Greenville
    (864) 255-1009
    St. Francis Women's & Family Hospital
    125 Commonwealth Drive, Greenville
    (864) 675-4000
     
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