Three Vallejo residents were hospitalized on New Year’s Day after a household wall heater leaked unsafe levels of carbon monoxide into a home, the fire department announced today.
Firefighters responded to a house at 532 Cypress Ave. at about 9:30 p.m. where a 61-year-old woman was reported to be sick and in need of medical attention, Vallejo Fire Department spokesman William Tweedy said.
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The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging people to consider resolutions for a healthy lifestyle for the New Year. Whether your resolution is to take better care of your general health, lose weight, or quit using tobacco, the DPH offers tips and resources to help you succeed in leading a healthier lifestyle.
Chronic diseases are responsible for 7 out of 10 deaths in the United States, and lead to pain, disability and decreased Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—Police officers stood at the front of a crowded church on Tuesday night, offering what few answers they could to explain why a father would kill his wife and five children before turning the gun on himself.
But residents of the suburban community of Wilmington have heard of such violence before. The Lupoe family, whose seven bodies were discovered shot to death Tuesday morning in their home, represents the fifth mass death of a Read the rest of this entry »
Last year, a Rossmoor couple – we'll call them Joe and Mary Clark – wandered into the Health and Information Fair at Gateway, mainly out of curiosity. The Clarks happened to stop at the Rossmoor Bone Health Club exhibit and picked up some literature.
“May I help you?” asked the representative behind the table.
“No, not really. But thanks,” said Mary Clark, who then added, “It's just that Joe gets occasional Read the rest of this entry »
Michigan residents are having a harder time paying their medical bills because of rising costs and fewer safety nets, according to a state of the state health care report released today.
Locally, the amount of “uncompensated” or “charity” care among hospitals and other health centers in Washtenaw County jumped from $64.6 million to $111.8 million, between 2004 and 2007, according to the report.
The study, which looks at the affordability and accessibility Read the rest of this entry »
Saginaw County health providers and other leaders want to
help residents take small steps toward better fitness and
nutrition.
The Step Up Saginaw community partnership organized by the
Saginaw County Department of Public Health used a $20,000
state Building Healthy and Livable Communities grant to
create a strategic plan and Web site at www.stepupsaginaw
.org.
The site includes projects in the works and basic goals for
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Three Vallejo residents were hospitalized on New Year’s Day after a household wall heater leaked unsafe levels of carbon monoxide into a home, the fire department announced today.
Firefighters responded to a house at 532 Cypress Ave. at about 9:30 p.m. where a 61-year-old woman was reported to be sick and in need of medical attention, Vallejo Fire Department spokesman William Tweedy said.
Firefighters, immediately detecting the smell of natural Read the rest of this entry »
To meet its ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Berkeley is encouraging all 100,000 residents to join support groups to help individuals fight global warming.
Like Alcoholics Anonymous and Weight Watchers, the groups are part social, part confessional and partly about accountability.
“It does sound like AA,” said Timothy Burroughs, Berkeley’s climate action coordinator, who is helping to start the program. “But it’s in the context Read the rest of this entry »
About 50 people, many of them gray and frail, stood in the cold yesterday to protest the planned closure of UPMC South Side.
They said it is a hospital within walking distance of thousands, a place where doctors and nurses know people by name. They worried about losing 800 jobs in the neighborhood. Mostly, though, they talked about how different the South Side would be if it had no hospital for the first time in more than 100 years.
“We can’t Read the rest of this entry »
Campaign to Visit Erie to Rally Residents to Eat Right, Move More and Milk Their Diets ERIE, Pa., Sept. 11
ERIE, Pa., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ — The last decade can be defined by the
ups and downs of different fad diets — which seem to go in and out of fashion
like shoulder pads and hemlines. Yet, long-term success has been slim. Two
out of three Americans remain overweight or obese.