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ISU Extension Offers Events in the 4-H Exhibits Building at the State Fair

AMES, Iowa–Iowa State University Extension returns to the 4-H Exhibits Building, located in the southwest corner of the fairgrounds, for the 2007 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. The building is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, Aug. 9 to 19, and offers dozens of interactive special exhibits.
“Even without the special displays […]

Tobacco taxes may go to child health

WASHINGTON (AP) The nation’s 45 million smokers will probably help pay for the spending increase that Democrats want for children’s health insurance, say analysts familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill.
Democratic lawmakers will push for $50 billion in new funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program over the next five years. To pay […]

Why I braved laser eye surgery

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An eye surgeon has avoided being struck off the register after leaving children’s author Jan Fearnley with blurred vision from Lasik laser work to correct her shortsightedness.
Each year more than 100,560 laser eye treatments are carried out in Britain, mostly Lasik. Complications are said to occur in three to six per cent of […]

Dentists warn new contracts put patients’ health at risk

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Thousands of people could be at risk of illnesses including mouth cancer because of a “shambolic” government contract, dentists claim today.
Some practices had to turn people away this year because health bosses ran out of money to pay them.
It means thousands of people missed regular checks that could detect earlystage oral cancer […]

Study: Over 30% report alcohol abuse

CHICAGO (AP) More than 30% of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives, and few have received treatment, according to a new government study. Alcoholics who got treatment first received it, on average, at about age 30 Д eight years after they developed dependence on drinking, […]