Every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone 6 months old and older get a yearly influenza vaccine. And this is especially true for people over age 65, who are at greater risk of serious complications from the flu compared with young, healthy adults. In the United States, it’s estimated […]
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In Canada, kids pick up an ice hockey stick about the same time American kids pick up a Wiffle ball bat. They get their first pair of ice skates not long after they start walking. From Vancouver to Nova Scotia, Winnipeg to Yellowknife, hockey is the national sport of our northern neighbor. So you can
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ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a thief. It robs its victims of the ability to move arms and legs, to eat without choking, to breathe. Eventually, this insidious disease robs them of life, and steals the future from their families. One of our founding partners, Bob Fuerst, is on the board of directors of the
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The 2010 winner of our “My PSA Contest!” was Terrell Grice of Fayetteville. We received the following update from Terrell’s high school video teacher (Patricia Barnard, of Douglas Byrd High School): Terrell Grice has graduated and is now attending Full Sail University in Florida after receiving a generous scholarship based on his video work. He
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Where you store your family’s medications could mean the difference between cure and relapse. Too much heat or humidity can alter the way a medication works, making them lose their potency. If a life depends on proper dosage of a specific medication, this could have serious consequences. An article in The New York Times outlines
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Your backyard patio may have just lost a little ambiance, but it also got a whole lot safer. According to an article on WRAL.com, nine companies are recalling about 2 million bottles and jugs of the gel fuel used in outdoor patio decorations known as firepots. The gels pose a risk of serious burns. The
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tudents and faculty at Brookside Elementary School grieved this morning as they walked past the flag flying at half-mast in remembrance of the colleague and mentor they lost yesterday in a single car crash on I-85 in Gaston County.
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