Health AIDS training offered by KDHE Red Cross and KState
The KDHE American Red Cross HIV AIDS Network and Kansas State University announce a three day training titled 1998 Basic HIV AIDS Training Fundamentals for Educators scheduled June 16 18 in Lawrence. The program targets educators nurses social workers and health care workers and offers continuing education hours for a fee. Space is limited to about 40 participants and advance registration is required with a 55 materials and snacks fee.
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Awrence
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
American Red Cross HIV/AIDS Network
Kansas State University
KSU
Individu
Barbara van Cortlandt
KCHE
What Goes Up Can Come Down High Blood Pressure Program
K State Research and Extension Franklin County offers a program on hypertension titled What Goes Up Can Come Down. It covers normal and high blood pressure, disease risks, controllable and uncontrollable factors, treatment options, and low sodium foods samples. Register by June 12 or call 229-3520.
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K-State Research & Extension
Franklin County
E State Research and Extension Office
Oregon doctor assisted death ruling by Attorney General
Justice officials said Attorney General Janet Reno decided federal drug agents will not pursue doctors who comply with Oregon’s physician assisted death law. The decision centers on the Controlled Substances Act and does not reflect a shift in opposition to physician assisted death. Oregon voters approved a law allowing lethal prescriptions for terminally ill patients, marking the first doctor assisted death by own action in the nation.
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Washington
Janet Reno
Oregon
Justice Department
Reno
Clinton
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Tee Eh
Aldi Millville Toasted Oats cereal linked to salmonella scare
Health officials identified Millville Toasted Oats cereal distributed by Aldi as the likely source of a rare salmonella outbreak. About 200 people across 11 states have been affected since April with 40 hospitalizations and no deaths. Aldi pulled the cereal from 505 stores in 16 states.
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Chicago
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Millville
Aldi Inc
CDC
Tom Skinner
Aldi
Philip Whitfield
Company
Sickle cell therapy shows promise from Duke study
Duke University researchers report a genetic approach that corrects RNA instructions to convert sickled red blood cells into normal cells. Lead author Dr. Bruce Sullenger says the method fixes the message carried to proteins without altering the underlying genes, offering potential treatment for sickle cell anemia.
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Washington
Duke University
Bruce Sullenger
Science
Duke
Sullenger
Tobacco bill caught in fight in the Senate
In Washington the tobacco bill moves haltingly as amendments pile up and party lines sharpen. Senate leaders clash over a plan crafted by John McCain to raise cigarette prices by $1.10 a pack and use proceeds for states health programs research and anti smoking campaigns.
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Washington
Senate
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Daschle
Trent Lott
John McCain
Arizona
White House
Coping with teen rejection and video game concerns
Dr. Dobson counsels parents to support teens through peer rejection, stressing that adversity builds resilience. He compares roots of character to trees and urges guiding without eliminating challenges, plus setting limits on video game time to prevent obsession and violence.
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Nintendo
Dobson
Vince Hammond
National Coalition On Television Violence
Dr. Dobson
Focus On
P.O. Box 444
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fotforg
Dobson Column Sponsors and Church Listings
Dr. Dobsons column is sponsored by Community Revival Center Church. Kansas State Bank adds Senior Pastor Aston Oglesby. Ottawa Christian Academy lists Pastor/Administrator Dan Oglesby at 2749 Montana Road Ottawa KS 66067. North Baptist Church lists Pastor Paul Winkler at 413 E. Wilson, contact 242-5111. Cherry Street Wesleyan Church lists Pastor Scott Dickinson at 933 N. Cherry, contact 242-5493.
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Kansas State Bank
Aston Oglesby
S. Main
Montana Road
Ottawa Christian Academy
Dan Oglesby
Ottawa
North Baptist Church
Paul Winkler
E. Wilson
Cherry Street
Wesleyan
Scott Dickinson
N. Cherry
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