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Coronado Heights nominated for national historic register

2010-08-25
At its regular quarterly meeting held August 14, 2010, at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka, the Historic Sites Board of Review voted to list two properties in the Register of Historic Kansas Places and to forward two nominations to the office of the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., to be evaluated by their professional staff.

Adaptive sports camp kicks off Monday

2010-08-10
special to the Bristol Press NEW BRITAIN — Hospital for Special Care’s Ivan Lendl Adaptive Sports Camp will kick off its 20th year Monday at St. Joseph College in West Hartford.

E. coli outbreak puts focus on meat oversight

2010-09-03
The first outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.

Drugmakers script social media to push meds

2010-09-03
It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.  A popular New York blogger attended a brunch with fellow "frazzled moms." They took in tips from a style expert and listened to a nurse extol the virtues of Mirena, a birth control device sold by Bayer Healthcare.  The nurse was on Bayer's payroll.

7 natural strategies to detox your body

2010-09-03
You can't avoid all environmental toxins, but you can make it easier for your body to cleanse them.

Your hair knows when you're going to keel over

2010-09-03
So stressed out you feel like pulling out your hair?  Save a few strands for the doctor. It could end up saving your life.

Hit 'Hoarders' returns for third season

2010-09-03
Show is A&E's most popular series among young viewers, something of a surprise given that it's about emotionally ill people living amid mounds of garbage.

Antidepressant patch doesn't help smokers quit

2010-09-03
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An antidepressant drug delivered through a patch on the skin is no better than placebo for helping smokers kick the habit, new research shows.

LA sheriff says almost all pot clinics criminal

2010-09-03
The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.

Ex-egg farm workers say complaints ignored

2010-09-03
U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.

1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection

2010-09-02
A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA

2010-09-03
A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.

West Nile virus kills 15 in Greece, health officials say

2010-09-03
West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

Would you get selective reduction?

2010-09-03
For women carrying multiple fetuses, a medical argument for reducing that number is clear. But the decision isn't always clear-cut.

She drops 100 pounds, gains new world

2010-09-02
I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.

For teens, too little sleep may equal too many snacks

2010-09-02
All those late nights spent trolling Facebook, texting friends, and cramming for tests may be taking a toll on teenagers' diets, a new study suggests.

Build-it-yourself playground helps kids imagine

2010-09-02
He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony.

In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail

2010-09-02
The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.

FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs

2010-09-01
Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some

2010-09-01
Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece

2010-09-02
West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

Flu 2010: 5 things you should know

2010-09-02
Ohio State offensive lineman Andrew Miller wants to be first in line for a vaccine this year. Here are five things you should know.