Prevention efforts drive long term drop in cancer deaths
The American Cancer Society notes a 27 percent decline in the combined cancer death rate from 1991 to 2016, about 2.6 million deaths avoided. Houston Methodist Baytown emphasizes early detection, smoking cessation, and a Lung Cancer Screening Program for high risk patients. The hospital also promotes Beat the Pack, a quit-smoking support group, with a June 11 class and a June 26 National Cancer Survivors Month event.
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Shawn Tittle
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Tittle
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital
Houston Methodist Baytown
Head Start facility opens new Baytown site with 180 capacity
HCDE unveils a new Baytown Head Start and Early Head Start facility featuring seven Head Start rooms, five Early Head Start rooms, a training room, offices and two playgrounds. The center will serve 180 students and employ about 45 staff, opening Early Head Start this summer and Head Start this fall as enrollment for 2019 2020 begins.
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Lowery
Baytown
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Garrett Reflects on Time Spent on Facebook
Justa Lanie Garrett, a lifelong Baytown resident, discusses reducing Facebook use to cut distractions and focus on writing ideas and living in the present. She questions posting vacation photos, urges calling friends directly, and promotes embracing restlessness to feel life’s finiteness and seek fulfillment.
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Facebook
Justa Lanie Garrett
Baytown
The Enchanted Hour book review excerpt
A reader reflects on Meghan Cox Gordon's 2019 work The Enchanted Hour and the value of shared reading with children. The piece cites research on early vocabulary, discusses strategies to foster a reading habit, and highlights programs linking families and incarcerated mothers through reading and audio notes. JoAn Martin notes.
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Harper Collins
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Rand Corp
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Women’s Storybook Project of Texas
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Josbook
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