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Updated: February/10/2010
2 open H1N1 clinics set for Thursday, Friday
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department is holding two open H1N1 vaccination clinics this week but has canceled one planned for Wednesday. >>



Updated: February/09/2010
Study links autism to mother's age
Women who give birth after age 40 are nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism as those under 25, but it is unlikely that delayed parenthood plays a big role in the current autism epidemic, California researchers reported Monday. >>



Updated: February/08/2010
School ban on junk food urged
The Obama Administration will begin a drive this week to expel Pepsi, French fries, and Snickers bars from the nation's schools in hopes of reducing the number of children who get fat during their school years. >>



Updated: February/06/2010
Priest looks for grace as he, wife fight cancer
The Rev. Joseph Keblesh, Jr., is praying that 2010 will be a year of grace. The rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in West Toledo said the first prayer is to find a bone-marrow donor for his wife, Linda. >>



Updated: February/05/2010
Talks take health to heart
Like many working mothers, Michelle Nagle didn't take time to listen to her body. When she was 37, the Sylvania woman suddenly couldn't exercise as much and needed sleep afterward. She attributed the fatigue to recovering from the salmonella poisoning she had gotten from peanut butter. >>



Updated: February/04/2010
Students flip for fund-raising goals to top $10,000
It started as a simple challenge for grade-schoolers: Raise a total of $500 and in turn get to watch cheerleading coaches do a fun routine. It blossomed into a frenzy of fund-raising that has netted more than $10,000 for the American Cancer Society and has the 300 students at Allen Central Elementary School bursting with pride. >>


Updated: February/04/2010
Dental groups to offer free services to children
Owens Community College’s dental hygiene program and the Toledo Dental Society are offering free dental services to children ages 6 months to 18 years Friday. >>


Updated: February/03/2010
Journal retracts study on vaccine-autism link
A top British medical journal has retracted a discredited study that linked the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine to autism and fueled anti-vaccination sentiments in Europe and North America. >>



Updated: January/29/2010
Pregnancy rate among teens in Lucas County falls for second year
Pregnancies among Lucas County teens declined for the second consecutive year, although the rate continues to be higher than it was from 2002 through 2005, according to the state's latest estimates. >>


Updated: January/29/2010
Exhibit explores cartooning skills
Imagination Station's 6,000-square-foot interactive exhibit featuring Cartoon Network characters is scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Saturday. >>


Updated: January/28/2010
PCBs, breast cancer links explored at Wayne State
DETROIT — A study to see whether there's a link between PCBs and breast cancer is part of a Wayne State University scientist's work that has received $775,000 in federal stimulus funding. >>


Updated: January/27/2010
Hospital restrictions lifted in Ohio, not Michigan
With flu cases declining steadily in northwest Ohio, ProMedica Health System no longer is restricting children from visiting patients in its Toledo area, Defiance, and Fostoria hospitals. >>


Updated: January/25/2010
More blood pressure worry: It's linked to dementia
WASHINGTON — If the cardiologist's warnings don't scare you, consider this: Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia. >>



Updated: January/25/2010
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Updated: January/23/2010
True-story film tells of ordeal with rare disease
For Chuck Goethals and several women who help care for him, real life met the big screen yesterday. >>



Updated: January/22/2010
Cancer patients get free stay at Toledo mansion
Cancer patients who travel to Toledo for medical treatment now have a comfortable - and elegant - place to stay. >>


Updated: January/22/2010
Tiny cut in salt may save lives, U.S. medical costs
Consuming just half a teaspoon less salt each day may save as many as 92,000 U.S. lives and as much as $24 billion in medical costs a year, a study found. >>


Updated: January/22/2010
Bowling Green hospital's $42M wing ready for dedication
The community is invited to tour Wood County Hospital's $42 million expansion on Sunday. >>



Updated: January/21/2010
UT updates orthopedics
The University of Toledo Medical Center has replaced its former geriatric psychiatry unit with an inpatient orthopedic and rehabilitation area. >>


Updated: January/21/2010
Study: Sitting too long can be deadly, even with daily exercise
A warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. >>



Updated: January/19/2010
2 area medical units go to Haiti to help
Two medical teams from the Toledo area were expected to arrive in Haiti by early Friday to provide medical help and relief aid to survivors of last week's devastating earthquake. >>


Updated: January/18/2010
Unused swine flu vaccine is piling up
The influenza pandemic that swept the globe and fueled concern that millions of people would die has resulted in an unprecedented glut of vaccine because unexpectedly few people have sought immunization. >>


Updated: January/18/2010
Women's heart forum set Feb. 5 at St. Luke's
Reservations are being accepted for St. Luke's Hospital's annual National Wear Red Day Community Forum for women to learn about heart health. >>


Updated: January/18/2010
Fulton, Sandusky counties offer flu clinics
The Fulton County Health Department has scheduled several walk-in clinics this month for seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccinations. >>


Updated: January/16/2010
Blood donors on Feb. 16 get free Walleye tickets
The Toledo Walleye will host a blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Lucas County Arena’s Aquarium room. >>


Updated: January/16/2010
Fostoria building to be medical office center
The former Norton Manufacturing Co. is to have a new life as a medical office building. >>


Updated: January/15/2010
Red Cross appeals for blood donors
The American Red Cross is seeking donors to increase reduced blood supplies - especially for O negative and B negative - after winter weather caused decreased donor turnout locally. >>


Updated: January/04/2010
St. Luke’s offers classes on quitting tobacco
The Tobacco Treatment Center at St. Luke’s Hospital is offering two six-week sessions for quitting the tobacco habit. >>


Updated: January/01/2010
Health departments set H1N1 vaccination clinics
Some health departments in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan have scheduled more H1N1 vaccination clinics for anyone who wants them. All H1N1 vaccines given by health departments are free. >>


Updated: December/23/2009
Additional H1N1 clinics set for Lucas County
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department has scheduled more H1N1 vaccination clinics for anyone who wants the shots. >>



Updated: December/20/2009
St. Luke's considers merger as losses rise
St. Luke's Hospital is considering merging with another local hospital group - most notably Mercy or ProMedica Health System - as it continues to be shut out of lucrative insurance contracts, its chief executive says. >>


Updated: December/18/2009
Need for H1N1 shots in Lucas County gets more urgent
Lucas County's first known death from complications of H1N1 - of a 52-year-old man with cancer - demonstrates how important it is for people to get vaccinated for the influenza, says the deputy health commissioner. >>


Updated: December/17/2009
Ohio, Michigan say H1N1 vaccine available to everyone
After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states — including Ohio and Michigan — now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups. >>


Updated: December/17/2009
Red Cross sets 12-hour Perrysburg blood drive
In hopes of preventing depleted blood levels during the holiday season, the American Red Cross is holding a blood drive from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Holiday Inn Express, 10621 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg. >>


Updated: December/16/2009
Henry County teen dies of H1N1 complications
A Henry County teenager died last week from complications of H1N1 influenza, the Henry County Health Department said Tuesday. >>


Updated: December/15/2009
Kids' Swine flu shots recalled; not strong enough
ATLANTA — Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday. >>


Updated: December/11/2009
Novel drug combo extends breast cancer survival
SAN ANTONIO — Women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other treatments, doctors reported Friday. >>


Updated: December/10/2009
U.S. says about 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu
ATLANTA — Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000. >>


Updated: December/10/2009
20 vaccination clinics for H1N1 open to all
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department has planned 20 H1N1 vaccination clinics through early next month that are open to everyone who wants them. >>


Updated: December/09/2009
Ohio partners with Giant Eagle, Kroger, Meijer and Walgreens on flu drugs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state is partnering with four large retail chains in an attempt to make sure all Ohioans have access to flu treatment drugs this flu season. >>


Updated: December/09/2009
Sylvania schools site for Saturday H1N1 flu clinic
Sylvania City Schools students can receive H1N1 vaccines Saturday. >>


Updated: December/08/2009
Clinics to offer vaccinations for swine flu to all northwest Ohio residents
Starting next week, northwest Ohio health departments will open their H1N1 vaccination clinics to anyone who wants to be inoculated, not just pregnant women, children, and others in high-priority groups. >>


Updated: December/04/2009
Medicare cuts stay in Senate health-care bill
Casting its first votes on revamping the nation's health-care system, the Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women. >>



Updated: November/30/2009
Toledo area cardiac survivors attest to chilling process
One day in early November, Jack Billings took a three-hour walk that had become part of his normal routine. At first, nothing seemed out of kilter for the 61-year-old Oregon man. Yet by the time he went to bed, his face turned blue and was bloated beyond recognition. He wasn't breathing. He was deemed clinically dead because his heart had stopped beating. >>


Updated: November/30/2009
UM seeks help for lung disease studies
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan is starting two studies of chronic lung diseases, trying to discover why some smokers get them and others don't and whether 24-hour oxygen can help treat them. >>


Updated: November/27/2009
Declining color recognition poses risk in managing pills
As people get older, their vision changes, and telling one color from another can be difficult. >>


Updated: November/27/2009
Tamiflu stays effective in H1N1 fight
Tamiflu resistance in some H1N1 patients with badly weakened immune systems does not reflect a major change in the virus' susceptibility to the frontline drug, the World Health Organization said Thursday. >>


Updated: November/26/2009
Swine flu shots cause no serious side effects
There's no evidence the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the vaccine. >>


Updated: November/25/2009
Holidays could aid swine flu spread
Let us give thanks - and pass the hand sanitizer. >>



Updated: November/23/2009
What's a body mass index, and is it important?
Each month physicians from ProMedica and Mercy Health Partners will write columns about weight loss and fitness. >>


Updated: November/20/2009
AIDS resource group begins monthly talks
AIDS hasn't gone away. >>



Updated: November/19/2009
U.S. health chief rejects mammogram proposal, backs screenings at 40
Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday in an effort to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation two days earlier. A government panel issued a report Monday that said most women don't need mammograms in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50. >>


Updated: November/19/2009
Mercy St. Vincent gets bonus for performance
Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center has received a bonus of about $100,000 as a top quality-care performer in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Premiere health-care alliance project. >>


Updated: November/18/2009
H1n1 flu More vaccine gets to Lucas, Wood counties
The Wood County Health Department has received several thousand H1N1 vaccination doses in recent days, but only a few hundred filtered into its Toledo-Lucas County counterpart yesterday. >>


Updated: November/18/2009
Swine flu vaccine tops Santa's wish list
Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. >>


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