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- Green glow = germs for PharmCamp kids
- Viewing their freshly washed hands under an ultraviolet light was cool — until Yuma PharmCamp students were told the funky glowing stuff was germs. When students in the program were asked to wash their hands, they just thought it was part of t... Full story
- Check hearing often, expert advises
- Hearing is a serious issue.That's the message Sherry Appleby at Hearing Aid Specialists in Yuma wants to get across, noting that it's important on a year-round basis to remind people to take care of their hearing. “More than 55 million people i... Full story
- Foundation honors Yuman for $3 million gift
- Will be used for cancer care
- After Richard Michael McDaniel's death last year, the retired electrical engineer and farmer endowed $3 million to the Foundation of Yuma Regional Medical Center for cancer research, education, equipment and treatment in Yuma County.He made the gift ... Full story
Focus on Fitness
- Fine-tune workout to rule slopes
- Folks, ski season is coming. And more than a few of you have asked questions about getting in skiing shape. Even when we're in great shape there are things we can do to help improve our ability to ski better and, if you ski as badly as I do, prevent... Full story
- U.S. needs czar to coordinate health efforts
- America needs a trainer.
- America needs a trainer. The country needs somebody qualified to help whip our butts into shape. That somebody would have the power to command, influence and draw resources from various aspects of the government to help us get in better shape. Thi... Full story
- Gradual shift in habits helps avoid fitness-program rebellion
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs. Folks are aware that too many kids in the United States are overweight or obese. We even know how to reverse the situation and how to prevent it. We know that more physical activity helps. We know ... Full story
Health News (AP)
- Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured CHICAGO (AP) -- A nonprofit group helping to spread the word about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul launched a campaign Tuesday that will target states with high numbers of uninsured Americans and tackle their skepticism with straightforward messages....
- Medicare: Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar - but it also may cause some confusion as patients figure out the new system....
- Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India GORAKHPUR, India (AP) -- A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade....
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