Community groups win Take Time for Kids Grant
Family Support Services of Amarillo earned the Texas Department of Health Take Time for Kids Community Grant Award for its Parenting Education program. The $2,590 grant was one of 14 statewide, supporting local coalitions that include schools, law enforcement, health care providers, churches, businesses, media, child care groups and parents to foster safe, nurturing environments for children.
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Family Support Services of
Amarillo
Texas Department of Health
Charmaine Keller
William R. Archer III
Texas
Commissioner of Health
Breast screening clinics run across Texas towns this week
The Women's Center of the Harrington Cancer Center and Baptist St. Anthony's Health System sponsor community breast screening at multiple sites including Harrington Cancer Center in Coon Memorial Hospital in Dalhart Muleshoe Friona Dimmitt Borger and Borger again with Plains Memorial and Golden Plains Community. Appointments only. cost 75 dollars with Texas Health Department aid for eligible residents. For information call 356-1905 or 800-377-4673.
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Women’s Center of the
Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center
Baptist St. Anthony's Health System
Harrington Cancer Center
Wallace Blvd
Coon Memorial Hospital
Denver Ave
Dalhart
Muleshoe Area Medical Center
S. First St
Muleshoe
Palmer County Hospital
Cleveland Ave
Friona
Hemphill County Hospital
S. Fourth
Plains Memorial Hospital
W. Halsell
Dimmitt
Wallace Bird
Golden Plains
Community cancer and health group meetings list
Panhandle Chapter NMSS holds monthly meeting For Women Only at 45 p.m. Monday led by Ellen Lawrence LMSW Texas Tech Medical School contact Fredricka Gens 468-7500 or 800 FIGHT MS. Prostate Cancer Support Group meets 6 p.m. Thursday at Luby's Cafeteria 45th Ave Canyon Expressway with Dr. Robert Clark contact 385-0773. Amarillo Parkinson Support Group meets 2 p.m. Wednesday at S.C.C.1 Hospital Cafeteria 2828 W 27th Ave contact Melnora Williams 355-7979. Don and Sybilla Cancer Center hosts four weekly support groups for living with cancer 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesdays June 2-23 Amphitheater Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center. Pathways four part series for those who have lost a loved one 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays June 2-23 Amphitheater. Register Gerry Kelly SSP-AGTS Ext 35.
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Panhandle
National
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Ellen Lawrence
LMSW
Texas Tech Medical School
Fredricka
Luby's
45Th Ave
Canyon Expressway
Amarillo Area
S.C.C.1
27Th Ave
Melnora Willias
Don and Sybil Hi Cancer Center
Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center
Wallace Blvd
Gerry Kelly
Internet addicts show multiple psychiatric disorders study says
A study of 14 heavy Internet users found an average of five psychiatric disorders at some point, with many having manic depression, anxiety, eating disorders, or impulse control issues. Researchers note questions about whether Internet use is a disorder or symptom, while medications helped but rarely solved the problem.
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Nathan Shapiro
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Shapiro
American Psychiatric Association
Toronto
Kimberly Young
University of Pittsburgh
Forest fires devastate Mexico’s Chimalapas reserve and wildlife
In Oaxaca and southern Mexico the Chimalapas forests burn with extreme intensity as firefighters battle with limited gear. The fires threaten jaguars pumas toucans and rare flora while smoke reaches as far as Wisconsin and South Dakota. Officials blame revenge stories and government delays amid growing national pride and indifference.
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San Antonio
Mexico
Antonio Juarez
Hell
Chimalapas
Oaxaca
Wisconsin
South Dakota
U.S. Gulf Coast
Texas Tech briefs at Amarillo medical school graduation
Thirty five fourth year students at the Texas Tech Medical Center School of Medicine in Amarillo received doctor of medicine degrees at a commencement in Lubbock Civic Center. Of the 35 graduates, 22 will train in Texas for residency with three staying in Amarillo and four in Lubbock.
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Texas Tech Medical Center
Jeffrey Alvis
Laura Baker
Kenneth Breedlove
Karen Brooks
Ann Carr
Rodney Clingan
Doug Cluff
Liza Cox
Mike Dixon
Brian Eades
Lesca Hadley
Benjamin Harris
David Harrions
Marc Henson
James Hoffman
Greg Hartman
Craig Horton
Brad Kipp
Kevin Kozicz
Alice Loving
Pat Matti
Steve Mason
Audra Ochsner
Greg Olsovsky
Bruce Palmer
Craig Purcell
Panama anti-drug center deal collapses amid fears of U.S. base
In Panama City, President Ernesto Perez Balladares indicated that the multinational anti-drug center planned for Howard Air Force Base would extend U.S. military presence after 1999. The agreement, reached in 1995, faced strong public opposition and comes as Panama weighs a constitutional referendum for his re-election in August.
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Panama City
Panama
United States
U.S
Ernesto Perez Balladares
Americas
Howard Air Force Base
Jimmy Carter
Omar Torrijos
Howard
Perez Balladares
Washington
Rosa Parks Condition Upgraded After Fall in Detroit
Rosa Parks, 85, is reported in good condition after a fall at home. She was hospitalized at Detroit Medical Center for tests that ruled out heart attack or stroke, with no clear discharge date given. Parks rose to prominence in 1955 for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery and has lived in Detroit since 1957, later founding the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in 1987.
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Detroit
Rosa Parks
Rosa and Raymond Parks
United States
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Amarillo Blvd
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