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Toss the toothbrush … into the compost

By Kathy Van Mullekom Newport News Daily Press | Sunday, May 20, 2012

Annually, 450 million plastic toothbrushes make their way to landfills nationally, according to recycling experts. The majority of those toothbrushes never biodegrade and will remain …

St. Joseph Hospital wins national award for environmental excellence

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Surgeon joins orthopedic office NASHUA – David Hoang, DO, has joined Granite State Orthopedic Surgery, 8 Prospect St. He joins Robert Davis, MD. Hoang is …

Let kids be kids

Sunday, May 20, 2012

When I tell a story, I usually know how it will end. That isn’t true this time. The story goes like this: Once upon a …

As SIDS fatalities decline, most babies aren’t allowed to snooze on their stomachs

By RACHEL SASLOW The Washington Post | Sunday, May 20, 2012

By the time new parents take their babies home from the hospital, they have been thoroughly drilled on the litany of infant-sleep no-nos. No stomach-sleeping. …

St. Joseph Hospital wins national award for environmental excellence

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

NASHUA – St. Joseph Hospital was given the 2012 Partner for Change Award by Practice Greenhealth, a national membership organization for health care facilities committed …

Hoang joins Granite State Orthopedic Surgery in Nashua

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

NASHUA – David Hoang, DO, joined Granite State Orthopedic Surgery, 8 Prospect St. He joins Robert Davis, MD. Hoang is affiliated with Foundation Medical Partners …

Barkley joins Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

NASHUA – Oliver R. Barkley, PA-C, joined the family medicine department at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua, 2300 Southwood Drive. Barkley is a certified physician assistant. His clinical …

Docs: Premature infant deaths could easily be reduced

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Worldwide, 1 in 11 babies are born too early, a proportion that rises to 1 in 9 births in the United States. More than 1 …

Researchers find infants’ brains show signs of autism at 6 months

By CAROL M. OSTROM The Seattle Times | Sunday, May 13, 2012

SEATTLE – The clue was the kind medical researchers notice. Intent on finding answers about autism, which is now estimated to affect 1 of every …

St. Joseph Hospital wins award for commitment to stroke patients

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

NASHUA – St. Joseph Hospital received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for its success …

Piercings may be popular, but they can lead to problems

Sunday, March 28, 2010

With piercings, tattoos and tanning injections, we’re letting more things get under our skin – or through it – than ever before. Nearly 50 percent …

Concussion research spurs changes in sports

Sunday, October 9, 2011

It’s the season of hard knocks and hard-nosed tackling, stingers and dingers. Except this fall, more than ever, the term “dinger” or “bell-ringer” is more …

Take a step back from emotion of moment

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Emotion can be blinding. Sadness and anger, guilt and shame and fear, pride and even happiness, can twist reality. Strong emotion can make fiction into …

Marriage and fat don’t have to go together

By LAVINIA RODRIGUEZ St. Petersburg Times | Sunday, October 9, 2011

Do weight gain and marriage go together, just like love and marriage? While there are still questions to be answered about this issue, studies have …

Flat remote control helps keep germs away

By JARED LEONE St. Petersburg Times | Sunday, March 21, 2010

Mike Monsky was driving along one day with his son, who was eating a peanut-butter sandwich. When some of the filling spilled on a stray …

New tools allowing people die at home, not in the hospital

By JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY Minneapolis Star Tribune | Sunday, April 18, 2010

Doug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and …

Working out together has benefits for couple

By TERRY TOMALIN St. Petersburg Times | Sunday, April 18, 2010

Ashlie Nalls knew she had found the right match when her future husband said he was interested in doing a triathlon. “We met through his …

New study tailors drugs to breast cancer patients

By MAURA LERNER Minneapolis Star Tribune | Sunday, April 11, 2010

Breast cancer researchers say they could cut years off the time required to test new drugs for treating certain kinds of tumors under a study …

Windpipe check tells smoker risk

By LAURAN NEERGAARD The Associated Press | Thursday, April 8, 2010

WASHINGTON – Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change …

Raising parents well

Sunday, April 4, 2010

PARENTS: Please don’t read this column – it’s for your kids’ eyes only – but please do take reasonable steps to bring it to your …

Replacement parts effective, but don’t always meet expectations

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Whether you’re a weekend warrior or physically worn out by the end of the week, the aches and pains in the lower extremities catch up …

Screening for depression before, during, after pregnancy can help

By POHLA SMITH Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Sunday, March 28, 2010

Amber cried a lot after the birth of her first child, a son. “Small things upset me – not to the angry point, but to …