Monday, July 18th, 2011 at
9:01 pm
Conn woman prepares to walk across Africa
Amy Russell isn’t expecting her walk across Connecticut to pose much of challenge. She’s just going 140 miles, starting Saturday in Granby and finishing next Friday in Greenwich.
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Heat illness can be deadly
Treatment for heatstroke can be strenuous: In one life-threatening case, a College Station doctor had to cut a hole in a man’s chest to pump in ice-cold water. As temperatures this summer remain high, local doctors said the best defense for heat-rela …
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Saturday, July 16th, 2011 at
5:01 pm
Manchester woman to pass through Milford, New Haven in walk across state
MANCHESTER — Amy Russell isn’t expecting her walk across the state to pose much of challenge.
Read more on New Haven Register
Teen girls’ brains hit harder by booze
BINGE drinking can have a long-lasting negative effect on the brains of teenaged girls, hitting them harder than it does young boys, a study shows.
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Teen girls’ brains hit harder by booze
BINGE drinking can have a long-lasting negative effect on the brains of teenaged girls, hitting them harder than it does young boys, a study shows.
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Teen girls’ brains hit hard by binge-drinking: study
Binge-drinking can have a long-lasting negative effect on the brains of teenaged girls, hitting them harder than it does young boys, a study released Friday shows.
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Monday, June 27th, 2011 at
9:01 pm
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s 15th Annual Fetal Family Reunion Gathers Families from Across the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA, June 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Over 1000 people gathered today to celebrate at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for the 15th Annual Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Fetal Family Reunion. The reunion brings together a unique community of families who have shared similar struggles. Nearly all of the children in attendance were prenatally diagnosed with …
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European Physicians Show Strong Receptivity to Drug-Eluting Balloons for Peripheral Vascular Treatment
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than 70 percent of European physicians who currently use drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) in peripheral vascular treatment expect to use them more in the next 12 months
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Drug Treatment Teen Who Left Hospital Found Dead
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have identified a teenager found dead on an Elko hillside as a drug treatment patient who left nearby Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital.
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Monday, June 27th, 2011 at
1:01 pm
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s 15th Annual Fetal Family Reunion Gathers Families from Across the U.S.
Over 200 children treated before they were born by CHOP’s Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, and their families, gathered to celebrate 15 years of Hope. The reunion brings together a unique community of families who have shared similar struggles. Nearly all of the children in attendance were prenatally diagnosed with a birth defect that had potentially devastating outcomes. Babies …
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Fort Bayard may host polytrauma center
SILVER CITY – U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman, both D-NM, are co-sponsoring a bill that proposes Fort Bayard be considered as a possible site for a treatment center for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic bain injury.
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at
10:58 am
Massachusetts Addiction Specialist to Administer New FDA Approved VIVITROL® at 37 Clinical Locations across the State
Punyamurtula S. Kishore MD, MPH, FASAM, of Preventive Medicine Associates, Inc. , the largest outpatient substance dependence provider in Massachusetts, announced today his 37 clinical locations will be offering new addiction treatment options through the use of VIVITROL® , which was approved on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by the U.S.
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Monday, October 4th, 2010 at
5:57 pm
Teen drunkenness levels converge across cultures, by gender
In the past decade, cultural and gender-based differences in the frequency of drunkenness among adolescents have declined, as drunkenness has become more common in Eastern Europe and among girls and less common in Western countries and among boys, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the February 2011 print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of …
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010 at
2:58 am
The Association of Recovery Schools and MRC Join Tens of Thousands of Americans Rallying in 90 Communities Across the …
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Citizens in Minnesota will join over 100,000 Americans to speak out as part of Rally for Recovery! on Saturday September 25, 2010 for National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100728/DC42621LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100728 …
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Monday, June 28th, 2010 at
5:38 pm
Traffic deaths down across Wisconsin, but up in Brown County
Since the first fatal crash of 2010, at 7:40 a.m. on New Years Day, Brown County has been on pace to record the highest number of road deaths in recent memory. So far, 20 people have died.
Read more on Green Bay Press-Gazette
Sunday, May 30th, 2010 at
9:59 pm
Charleston Bakery Moving Across River to South Charleston
A local bakery that has been operating on the west side of Charleston for more than a year is moving to South Charleston.
Read more on WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 at
7:46 pm
Across U.S., Apple Fans Buy the First iPads
Many waiting for the iPad had a vague sense that they were involved in another big Apple moment, although they could not quite say how they would use the new gadget.
Read more on New York Times
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at
10:57 pm
More Town Hall Meetings Than Ever Being Held Across America To Address The Dangers Of Underage Drinking
In recognition of Alcohol Awareness Month in April, communities throughout the nation are conducting town hall meetings to discuss what can be done to prevent and reduce underage drinking. This year more than 1,700 community-based organizations will conduct town hall meetings across the country up from 1,500 in 2008, the last time this national event took place…
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010 at
10:21 am
NCHSAA Coach-Captain Retreat attracts athletes from across the state
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association held its spring 2010 Coach-Captain Retreat over the weekend, the 30th in the history of this program.
Read more on High School OT
Friday, March 19th, 2010 at
9:45 am
DUI, traffic safety checkpoints across S. Fla. Friday
Police agencies from Homestead to Palm Beach Gardens will be establishing roadside checkpoints Friday to make sure motorists are operating safe vehicles and are not driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Read more on Sun-Sentinel
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
9:55 am
ACROSS the BIG SKY
BILLINGS — Prosecutors in Yellowstone County have charged a Billings man after they said he drunkenly drove his kids to meet their mother.
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