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/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/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/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/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/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 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/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 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/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.>>
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