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| WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is asking Anthem Blue Cross to justify its plans to raise health insurance premiums by as much as 39 percent for customers in California. more... |
| A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase 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. | |
| Editor's note; This column appears in the Nevada Appeal Wednesday health pages throughout the flu season. Readers interested in knowing more about this topic are urged to visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu or www.flu.gov | |
| More than 30 people showed up Tuesday night for the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting in support of fitness instructor Jerry Vance. | |
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WASHINGTON — A pill to ease a type of mental retardation? An experiment is under way to develop one, aimed at a genetic disorder that might unravel some of the mysteries of autism along the way. |
| Carson City Health Department's food-service inspections for Jan. 19-25 (all scores are on a 100-point scale, with points deducted depending on the severity of violations: | |
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Able Bodies Gym will begin a 10-week course on Tai Chi in 40 Patterns Feb. 18. The class will be 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays through April 22. Cost is $125 and space is limited. |
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| Carson City Health and Human Services reminds parents that children under the age of 10 require two doses of H1N1 vaccine, to be administered at least four weeks apart. Parents whose children have not yet been vaccinated; or whose children have received... | |
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Once a month in a corner room of the Dayton Community Center, a suicide support group meets around a box of tissues. |
| Historically, the national suicide rate does not rise and fall with the economy, according to the American Association of Suicidology. | |
| Much has changed in Nevada since former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher announced in July 1999 that suicide is a public health crisis. | |
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The term is “suicidal ideation.” It means thinking about suicide. The phrase turns up frequently in calls for service to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts. |
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| The last thing Traci Weimer remembers about the morning she tried to kill herself is drinking a gallon and a half of vodka. | |
| Nikki Warren, owner of Tumbleweeds Gymnastics, wants to help fight against the rise in obesity and help Carson City families get fit and healthy while having fun doing it. | |
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WASHINGTON — At his first birthday, John Klor couldn't sit up on his own. A few months later, he was cruising like any healthy toddler — thanks to a special diet that's treating the North Carolina boy's mysterious... |
| Carson Tahoe Cancer Center will host a free symposium “Cancer 101 – Eating well through cancer treatment … when everything tastes like dirt.” | |
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