Canada’s largest mental-health hospital to go smoke-free
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) already bans smoking indoors, but starting on July 1, it will also prohibit patients and staff from lighting up anywhere on its downtown Toronto property.
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Health dept. to sponsor ‘Hike for Your Health’
IRONTON — The Lawrence County Health Department will be sponsoring “Hike for Your Health — Diabetes: A Family …
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Mental Health Court gives troubled kids extra chance
ELYRIA – Less than a month in existence, Lorain County Juvenile Court’s Mental Health Court already has had to throw out its first participant – for threatening to stab his therapist. But county Juvenile Judge David Berta, who oversees the newly formed court, remains convinced that giving some kids the mental help they need is a [...]
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Temple-Inland takes health-change charge
Corrugated packaging maker Temple-Inland Inc. took a charge of $3 million in the first quarter due to a change in the deduction for retiree health spending under the recent federal health care overhaul passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama.
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Melanie Griffith: Antonio was ‘amazing’ during my health struggle
Having said she’s beaten back the “monster” she calls her 30-year-old substance-abuse problems, an elegant Melanie Griffith looked the picture of health at her husband Antonio Banderas’s side for Wednesday’s opening of New York’s Tribeca Film Festival. It was certainly a cause for many celebrations.
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UW conference to explore the impact of war on health
Organizations in Seattle are advancing research into emerging and neglected diseases, but what about neglected threats to public health?
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Health deal a win for Queensland: Bligh
Queenslanders can expect more hospital beds, faster elective surgery and better emergency departments under federal health reforms, Premier Anna Bligh says.
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