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First lady Michelle Obama gets active in the fight against childhood obesity
(02/09/10)WASHINGTON -- By now, it is abundantly clear that Michelle Obama loves french fries. The first lady talks about this "guilty pleasure" all the time, trying to ward off any notion that she is a nutrition nanny even as she cajoles Americans to eat better. Her conversation with the public about the nation's health and fitness is about to get a lot more pointed...
Local look: Childhood obesity
(02/09/10) Local nutrition advocates weighed in on the issue of adolescent obesity and what to do about it. Through our e-mail listserv that reaches members of the health community, they were asked how bad the epidemic is, what lead young children to these unhealthy weights and if weekly meetings with dieticians and exercise experts would help...
Autism risks higher in kids of older mothers
(02/09/10) A woman's chance of having a child with autism increases substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found. "Although fathers' age can contribute risk, the risk is overwhelmed by maternal age," said University of California at Davis researcher Janie Shelton, the study's lead author... 
Praying for a cure: The number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease will triple by the year 2050 - and there's still no way to prevent or cure the condition
(02/06/10)"She just got up and walked out. She doesn't know me today," says Bob Medlock of Sikeston, Mo. The retired preacher is visiting his wife Bernice, an Alzheimer's patient at a New Madrid, Mo., nursing home. "She knows me sometimes," he says. Still, he makes the 40-mile round trip at least four times a week to visit the "beautiful woman" he married 55 years ago... 
Smoking for two (or more): New reports link secondhand smoke to heart attacks
(02/06/10)It's a well-known fact that smoking is an unhealthy habit. But did you also know that smoking is the most avoidable cause of disease and death? That secondhand smoke alone increases the risk of heart disease by 25 to 30 percent? And that at 24.9 percent, Missouri has the fourth-highest rate of adult smoking in the United States? The national average is just 18.3 percent... 
FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds
(02/02/10)WASHINGTON -- Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous. But there's increasing scientific consensus that there's no such thing as a safe tan, either... 
Experiment takes aim at genetic learning disorder
(02/02/10)WASHINGTON -- A pill to ease a type of mental retardation? An experiment is underway to develop one, aimed at a genetic disorder that might unravel some of the mysteries of autism along the way. Chances are you've never heard of the target -- Fragile X syndrome -- even though it's the most common inherited form of intellectual impairment, estimated to affect almost 100,000 Americans. ... 
C.W. Rushing Charitable Trust donates to Junior Achievement
(02/07/10)The C.W. Rushing Charitable Trust recently made a $1,000 donation to Junior Achievement. The money was raised at the 2009 Captain Woody Rushing Golf Tournament held at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson. From left are Austin Rushing and Todd Rushing, both with the trust, Merideth Pobst, the Cape Girardeau district manager of Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley Inc., and Colby Rushing with the trust... 
Nell Holcomb Beta Club collects items for earthquake victims
(02/07/10)The Nell Holcomb Betas worked on a service project to help earthquake victims in Haiti in conjunction with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Convoy of Hope organization. The Beta Club members collected about 2,500 personal hygiene items and $180 and made "Kits 4 Kids" to send to children in Haiti. ... 
Local Shriners donate more than $19,000 to Shriners Hosptials for Children in St. Louis
(02/07/10)Local Shriners recently donated $19,925 to the Shriners Hospitals for Children St. Louis. The Shriners provide free orthopedic and burn care to children 18 and under in hospitals around the country. Today begins the Shriners Hospitals for Children Burn Awareness Week, focusing on preventing burn injuries. Potentate Bill Drake, left, accepts a check from Stanley Grantham, 2010 president of the Cape Shrine Club...
Perryville man completes Infantryman One Station Unit Training
(02/07/10) Army Pvt. Jeremiah McAtee has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. The training consists of basic infantry training and advanced individual training, which is designed to train infantry soldiers to perform reconnaissance operations; employ, fire and recover anti-personnel and anti-tank mines; locate and neutralize land mines and operate target and sight equipment; operate and maintain communications equipment and radio networks; construct field firing aids for infantry weapons among other things. ...
FYI
(02/07/10) The Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau has planned a "Hearts for Haiti" evening of Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine to benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The dinner will feature tabbouleh salad, hummus, biryani rice, chicken tidda, kabobs, chickpea masala and baklava. The meal will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Islamic center on West End Boulevard. Tickets are $10. Carryouts will be available. For more information, e-mail melkarmi@yahoo.com... |
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