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Share the Community-supported agricultulture a growing trend locally
 If you want to buy your food locally, there are options beyond the farmers market. You can deal directly with a local farmer.
You can’t be commitment shy, however, if you want a share of the harvest from a local farm. Doing so requires ...more.
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CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was contacted by state health officials earlier... |
Survival of quake victims depends on many factors
NEW YORK (AP) -- A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake. Now, in China, rescuers are pulling out victims days after... |
FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. The Food and Drug Administration last October said it received report... |
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew a... |
Drug combo helps women with advanced breast cancer
A combination of two new-generation cancer drugs modestly delayed the time it took for cancer to worsen in a study of 300 women with very advanced disease who had stopped responding to other treatments. It was the first test of these two highly targeted drugs, Herceptin and... |
More cancer patients having whole breast removed
A growing number of women with early stage breast cancer seem to be choosing to have the whole breast removed instead of just the cancerous lump, doctors are reporting. Mastectomies were standard treatment until 1990, when studies showed that women whose cancers were small a... |
Study finds heart risks in young cancer survivors
Children who survive cancer face a much greater risk of heart problems later in life than their brothers and sisters who did not have cancer, new research shows. Doctors have long known that certain chemotherapy drugs and radiation can harm the heart, but it has been seen as... |
Tips on getting vitamin D for cancer prevention
Evidence is growing that vitamin D, which the skin makes from sunshine, is linked to lower risk of breast cancer and other cancers. But that doesn't mean it's good to get a golden tan - and certainly not a sunburn. Vitamin D also is in certain foods and supplements, though t... |
People over 60 urged to get one-time shingles shot
ATLANTA (AP) -- People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the painful rash, U.S. health officials are recommending. There's a 50-50 chance the shot will prevent shingles for those 60 and up, though the odds get worse the older you... |
9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth the... |
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