Volunteer drive boosts local habitat and youth programs
Grassland Heritage Foundation seeks volunteers for an April 20 native plant sale during Lawrence Earth Day in South Park. Volunteers help set up, assist sales, box purchases, and teardown. Also, Hidden Valley planting, Kaw Valley Bluebird nest box building, Windsor Lawrence senior activities, Ballard Center admin tasks, BBBS mentorship for Maciah, and more volunteer needs across Douglas County.
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Grassland Heritage Foundation
GHF
Lawrence
South Park
Lth
Massachusetts
Hidden Valley
Bob Billings Parkway
Durand Reiber
Durandi
Sunflower.com
Kaw Valley Bluebird Association
Tammy Steeples
Hotmail
Windsor of
Suzy Jach
Suzy
Jach
Legendseniorliving
Ballard Center
Rural critical access hospitals show higher death rates
A study in JAMA cited by the Lincoln Journal Star finds mortality among Medicare patients at remote critical access rural hospitals rose from 2002 to 2010, reaching 13.3 percent in 2010 versus 11.4 percent at nonrural hospitals. Lead author Dr. Karen Joynt of Harvard cites technology and specialist gaps as factors.
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Lincoln
NEB
Lincoln Journal Star
Journal of the American Medical Association
Karen Joynt
Joynt
Harvard School of Public Health
Medicare
National Rural Health Association
Brock Slabach
Slabach
Airline complaints rise as seats shrink and overbooking grows
Washington report finds consumer complaints to the Transportation Department jumped about 20 percent last year despite improvements in on time performance and baggage handling. SkyWest led in voluntary denials. United posted the highest overall complaint rate while Southwest remained lowest.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Dean Headley
Wichita State University
Headley
Robert W. Mann Jr
Sky- West
Jet- Blue
Virgin America
United Airlines
Southwest
Transportation Department
Memory booster claims for Dr Bresky Four Pillars cure
Dr Arnold Bresky markets a Medicare reimbursed brain health program called Four Pillars of Brain Health. The piece touts a natural memory compound tested with FDA-style controls, claiming memory, focus, mood benefits and youthfully functioning brains, with free trial offers and supplements.
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Arnold Bresky
San Jose
California
Cavalry
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Bresky
Bresky
Medicare
Gene Steiner
Pharmd
Sedona
Arizona
Harvard
Stanford
Scripps
Berkeley
UC Irvine
Joshua Reynolds
Elizabeth K
Rochester
New York
Journal of American Nutraceutical Association
Arnold Bresky, MD
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Kim Bellemere
Grasslandheritage
Gmail
Friends of
Hidden Valley Camp
Board of Directors
Barry Richards
Barry
Ballardcenter.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Douglas County
BBBS
Maciah
Shelly Hornbaker
United Way
Roger Hill
Rhvc
Volunteerdouglascounty.org
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Texas
Kansas
By Joan Lowy
Dr. Steiner
Princeton University
Elizabeth Sould
Princeton
Optometrist
FDA
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