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Around Town: The women's club that could
As a past president of the Thursday Club, I am privy to bits of its history. The club, according to our records, began like this: “Upon invitation sent by Mrs. Jesse Knight, interested women of our valley met at her home in October 1912 and formed...Tags: Influenza Pandemic (1918), Epidemics and Plagues, Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes
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Can Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution solve our obesity epidemic?
"We're losing the war against obesity in the U.S.," says chef Jamie Oliver. "Our kids are growing up overweight and malnourished from a diet of processed foods, and today's children will be the first generation ever to live shorter lives than their...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Twitter, Inc., Diabetes, Obesity, Hamburgers
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Ban Ki-moon: Eradicate polio, finally
As the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva this week, one item on the agenda will be polio, or more specifically, how to finally deliver on an epic promise made a quarter-century ago: to liberate humankind from one of the world's most deadly and...
Tags: India, United Nations, Pakistan, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan
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Getting Fatter: “The Weight of the Nation” addresses obesity epidemic
Channel Guide MagazineAmericans are truly getting fatter. Obesity is now one of our country's most pressing health issues with more than two-thirds of U.S. adults age 20 and over being either overweight or obese. Equally staggering is the fact that nearly one-third of our... -
No easy path to solving America's obesity problems
A couple of years ago, I received an email from an Oregon high school student who was searching the internet for information on one of America's biggest domestic challenges: Obesity. She had a basic question for me: Was former Secretary of Agriculture...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, HBO (tv network), Family
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Lake offers tests for hepatitis — a 'silent epidemic' in U.S.
EUSTIS — In observance of the first National Hepatitis Testing Day, the Lake County Health Department is offering free tests on Friday. Those tested will receive information about different kinds of hepatitis — inflammation of the liver...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Los Angeles Times, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Hepatitis B
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May: a time to celebrate mother
The following guest commentary was written by Jan Mancinelli, executive director, Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan. "No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism of a mother's love," is a famous quote by Edwin Hubbell Chapin....Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rape, Sexual Assault, Diabetes, Abusive Behavior
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Bogus emails are dumbing down the world
There are so many technological advancements for which I am grateful.
Smart phones. Automatic coffee makers. God bless the remote control.
But if I could erase one from the face of the planet, it might be the "All Caps" button on computer keyboards....Tags: Health, MSNBC (tv network), Barack Obama, Vaccines, The Huffington Post
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The medical establishment is ill-suited to deal with America's obesity epidemic
You did a write up on HBO's documentary "The Weight of the Nation" in which you called our obesity epidemic a wake up call for America ("Salad bars take root," May 1). Nothing new here. The alarm bells have been sounding for a while now. I am an...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Obesity, Chemicals
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The Institute of Medicine responds to alarming obesity rate
We heard yesterday about the predictions for American obesity -- nearly half of the population could be obese by year 20-30. Doctors continue now to urge ‘across the board' reforms. An influential group of doctors says obesity is such an immediate...
Tags: Measles, Healthy Diet, Polio, Obesity, Health
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Letters: Weighty matters for Americans
Re "No end in sight to obesity epidemic," May 8 Of course there is no end in sight to the obesity epidemic. If the government can hold a conference that might suggest that Americans consume less junk food, then what makes us believe that the government...Tags: Health, Obesity, Weight, Overweight
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Channel 2 News Investigates: Alaska's Child Porn Epidemic
Channel 2 NewsWhile in jail, awaiting sentencing for charges related to the possession of child pornography, Anchorage inmate Troy McKenzie continued to self-medicate himself with a mixture of newspaper and magazine cutouts of young children. This day of discovery had...Tags: Prosecution, Economy, Business and Finance, Abusive Behavior, Computer Crime, Sean Parnell
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