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Health and Body
Clark County Health DepartmentThink about the future. Does it include becoming a non-smoker? It makes sense: Smokers who think more about the future are more likely to stop smoking, a study suggests. Are you thinking about the future? Are you pondering the idea of stopping smoking?...Tags: Health Treatments, Health
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Mail Call - April 30
“It’s Earth Week. There should be zero tolerance in Hagerstown and Washington County for littering of cigarette butts; burning cigarette butts in roadways, and cigarette butts in our beautiful parks.” — Hagerstown “In regard...Tags: Sales, Interior Policy, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Punishment, Business
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State program helps Floridians quit smoking
Florida voters have given lifelong smokers such as Jack Ferrara new reason to breathe easy. After a number of tries with nicotine patches, acupuncture and hypnosis failed him, the Hollywood retiree finally snuffed out his 58-year cigarette habit —...
Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Osteopathic Medicine, Health Treatments, Acupuncture, Online Media Industry
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Burb's Eye View: Hypnotic response to bad habits
The academic rigors of second-grade math were proving too difficult for a young Ronald Bonk. The mocking numbers overwhelmed him. Bonk chewed on his pencils, hoping the method would provide prescience. The stress roiled. Eventually the habit evolved,...
Tags: Health Treatments, Personal Service
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Throat cancer survivor speaks to Martinsburg High students
matthewu@herald-mail.comAfter throat cancer took his voice box, it took David Briles three years to learn how to speak a complete sentence by burping continuously. The 59-year-old Charleston, W.Va., native never regained much of his ability to laugh again, but was determined...Tags: Students, Tobacco Products, U.S. Marine Corps, Relay for Life, Throat Cancer
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Community Announcements for April 18
Mid-Continent University’s Advantage Mid-Continent University’s Advantage is an accelerated adult degree completion program that brings classes to local community classrooms throughout 27 cities and towns including Somerset, Danville and Mt....
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, The New York Times, Social Security, Ann Taylor, Relay for Life
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Half of Indiana's smokers tried to quit in 2011
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has the nation's seventh-highest percentage of smokers, with more than a quarter of the state's population smoking, but more than half of those people tried to quit in 2011, according to a study. "Most people...
Tags: Heroin, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Adolescent tries to help friends who cut
Dear Amy: I am 12 years old. I have three friends who cut. One of them, "Jane," was a cutter until her parents found out about it and got her a therapist. Jane has shown much improvement and no longer cuts. She is much happier and doesn't miss cutting...
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Love Notes: Swept away by love
Marc Collins was a carefree, 28-year-old Brit looking to blow off some steam when he and a buddy decided to fly to the U.S. for a week's vacation in May 1991. "My friend (David) and I wanted to take in the sights, so we flew to Miami," recalls Marc, now...
Tags: Speedos, Health Treatments, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Nottingham
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Smoking may hurt your job chances
No butts about it -- using nicotine products is not only detrimental to your health, but possibly your job search as well. Especially if you're looking for a job in the health care industry. On Feb. 1, Flint-based McLaren Health Care, which oversees...
Tags: Henry Ford, Respiratory Disease, American Lung Association, Media Industry, Employment
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HIV linked to higher chance of heart attack
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with HIV are almost 50 percent more likely to have a heart attack than those who aren't infected with the virus - even after taking into account their other health risks, according to a new study. Researchers aren't...Tags: Hepatitis C , Education, Medical Specialization, Internal Medicine, Health
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Cigarette labels may educate about bladder cancer
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Graphic warning labels on packs of cigarettes may convince some people that smoking ups the risk of bladder cancer, says a new study from Canada. A survey of 291 people at doctors' offices in Toronto found less than half...Tags: Health Treatments, Canada, Toronto (Canada), Health, Bladder cancer
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