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Latest Health News From Health Monthly
County closes deal on site for new health department facility
Quincy Herald-Whig - Adams County has finally pulled the trigger on acquiring the site for a new Adams County Health Department facility. The County Board learned Tuesday that the Finance Committee, acting on behalf of the board, made a $207,000 down payment for the
10 healthy snacks for kids on the go
Detroit Free Press - Got kids? Then you know about the summer snack dilemma. Home from school, they’re in and out of the kitchen, hovering at the refrigerator to rummage for nibbles on the way to the pool or the soccer field. The question: How to keep their snack
T.O. street vendors go healthy
CNEWS - It will be up to municipalities, which licence vendors, to determine what foods are safe to sell on the street, but the goal is to see menus that are healthier and more culturally diverse, said Health Minister George Smitherman. “We say goodbye to
Sometimes ‘healthy’ hearts can break
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - (c) 2007 W. Gifford-Jones M.D. “How could this possibly happen?” is the usual soul-searching response. A young healthy athlete has left home to play in a sporting event. Then in a matter of seconds, collapses and dies before anything can be done to
Manhattan Pharmaceuticals Completes Dosing Portion Of Two Phase 2a
eMaxHealth.com - Visit with your dental hygienist may result in more benefits than just cleaner teeth and healthier gums — you might even decide to stop smoking, improve your nutrition or check to see if you might be at risk for diabetes. Senate Passes Prescription
Are inmates butting out?; 58% took free help, but sales down 2.5%
Kingston Whig - It was encouraging that so many of them signed up and were going to try and quit, but unfortunately, there was no requirement for the inmates to stop smoking,” Page said. “This next time there will be.” The details of the next cessation
Television industry saw healthy gains in revenues in 2006: report
Ottawa Business Journal - The television broadcasting industry posted an 8.2-per-cent gain in operating revenues in 2006 to more than $6 billion, as both advertising revenues and subscription revenues recorded healthy increases. The gain was the third-largest year-over-year
PSL students give healthy lunch items thumbs up
Fort Pierce Tribune - PORT ST. LUCIE Call it a pizza party with a purpose. Students in the 21st Century summer program at Southern Oaks Middle School munched on three kinds of pizza last week and washed it down with fruit drinks, all under the watchful eye of B. Frank
‘Sicko’ Benefits From Healthy Coverage
Wall Street Journal - Gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore knows how to whip up a media firestorm. All the controversy and coverage surrounding his latest movie “Sicko,” a comic indictment of the U.S. healthcare system, undoubtedly helped push weekend ticket sales to a
Polish doctors, nurses enter 3rd week of sit-in protest over health
International Herald Tribune - WARSAW, Poland: A sit-in near the Polish prime minister’s office by doctors and nurses calling for higher wages and more public health spending entered its third week on Monday, with no deal in sight. The protest, accompanied by strikes at hospitals
