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Limited progress seen in efforts to bring banks to underserved. (Tales of Two Banks -- Growth and Independence in L.A.).
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WHEN Operation Hope convinced three financial institutions to acquire the banking functions of its three Hope Centers last year in Maywood, Watts and Baldwin Hills, the move seemed to validate its mission of luring financial institutions to serve inner-city customers.
A number of banks have opened branches in poorer areas of Los Angeles over the last decade or so. Some came in reluctantly after the 1989 strengthening of the Community Reinvestment Act, which placed lending, service and investment requirements on banking institutions. Others have seen new ...
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Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review
; Brown, Stephen R. Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman...2003. 254pp. $23.95 The conquest of scurvy played as great a role as any naval battle...Age of Sail. Today we understand that scurvy is a condition caused by dietary deficiency...
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Take C to avoid marginal scurvy
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...for a heart attack because of marginal scurvy, a condition resulting from a lack of...sea voyages when its sailors died from scurvy? Today, we know that sailors of old...blood vessels, hemorrhage and death. Scurvy is considered history now, but recent...
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Scurvy Leads to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Apoptosis in the Liver of Guinea Pigs1
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition
; ...ABSTRACT Insufficient ascorbate intake causes scurvy in certain species. Beyond its known...this might contribute to the pathology of scurvy. Guinea pigs were divided into 7 groups...processing participates in the pathology of scurvy. J. Nutr. 135: 2530-2534, 2005...
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Scurvy on rise among children.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...Byline: Daniel Martin Health Reporter SCURVY is making a comeback among England's...of children admitted to hospital with scurvy soared by over 50 per cent in the past...05 there were 61 children admitted with scurvy in England. But by 2007/08, the latest...
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Scurvy on rise among children.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...Byline: Daniel Martin Health Reporter SCURVY is making a comeback among children in...of children admitted to hospital with scurvy soared by over 50 per cent in the past...05 there were 61 children admitted with scurvy. But by 2007/08, the latest year for...
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A short history of scurvy.
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review
; Scurvy is an ancient disease; its principal cause...acid (vitamin C) deficiency, but when scurvy devastated civilizations such as Egypt...caused by a diet of inadequate nutrients. Scurvy influenced the course of history, especially...
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Sailors and scurvy
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times
; New Straits Times 07-15-2007 Sailors and scurvy Edition: New Sunday Times Section: Sunday People...know about, one that goes way back to a time when "scurvy" was common. Scurvy is a condition where your gums swell and bleed due...
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Scurvy's conquest and sailors' health.
Magazine article from: The Historian
; ...due in part to the control of such sea diseases as scurvy. The control of scurvy, allowing for more prolonged maritime explorations...along the Santa Fe trail in Kansas, which prevented scurvy among troops and pioneers crossing the central plains...
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Early scurvy complicating anorexia nervosa.
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal
; ABSTRACT Scurvy is an extremely rare complication of anorexia...deficiencies. We report a case of early scurvy complicating long-standing anorexia...be increasing in incidence. Although scurvy is unusual, this case shows the importance...
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Scourge of scurvy
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...voyage to observe the transit of Venus, scurvy was one of the most dangerous. Ships...voyages often lost half of their crew to scurvy, a disease caused by a lack of vitamin...Cook did not lose a single crew member to scurvy because of his insistence on cleanliness...
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