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Effingham Co. health department extends hoursTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:16PMThe lazy days of summer are coming to an end. Children are preparing to head back to school. For some, it's time for shots.

New students required to register at LaurelTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:48AMNEW CASTLE — All families who have relocated to the Laurel School District are expected to register children in grades seven through 12. The Laurel district encompasses Harlansburg and Hickory and Slippery Rock townships.

Libya: medical services in Nefusa mountains strugglingTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:43AMMedical services in the Nefusa mountains are struggling to cope with the needs of war casualties and ordinary patients. The lives of many patients are put at risk by a lack of medicines, while a shortage of vaccines could portend an outbreak of ...

Clinic Offering Free Physicals for StudentsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:24PMA new law this year is changing some of the immunization requirements for students in Grand Island Public Schools. And a grant from United Way is helping one local organization provide those services to low-income families.

Retired furniture dealer recounts highlights of career impacted by family, competitive tennis, F. Scott FitzgeraldMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:28PMBy Arthur Lightbourn Contributor If Larry Belinsky could have had his way when he was 18, he would have been a cross between F. Scott Fitzgerald, the writer, and Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire fictional character in Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age novel, “The Great Gatsby.” To Belinsky, retired furniture dealer, champion competitive tennis player, and founder [...]

Dr. Gott: Grandpa's gait abnormality puzzles loved oneMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:09AMDear Dr. Gott: My 75-year-old grandpa has been having a great deal of difficulty walking for about a month. When he went to his doctor to find what was causing the problem, his doctor ordered an MRI of the brain, indicating ataxia as a diagnosis. I can't understand what an MRI of the brain has to do with difficulties walking, and I sure don't know what ataxia is. Summary:  Dear Dr. Gott: My 75 ...

First oral MS drug helps mom get back to a more normal lifeSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:45PMDenise Malchano was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease that attacks the central nervous system, on Jan. 16, 1996. "I lost my whole left side," recalled Ms. Malchano, 50, of Pine, a social worker and mother of a 10-year-old boy. "My face drooped; I lost my gag reflex. I lost everything on that left side."

Health department offering shots for incoming college studentsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:05PMThe Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will offer immunizations commonly required for incoming college freshmen from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at 108 Lee St. E. in Charleston. Appointments arent needed, but all students must bring their shot records wi...

Mina Samuels: In Sickness and In HealthSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:42AM"In sickness and in health." Of all the people to whom we might owe this obligation there is one we often don't notice, one who we cannot abandon -- our self.