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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsStarbucks spent $110,000 lobbying in 3Q Your Hometown Lima Stations Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:05 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks Corp. spent $110,000 lobbying the federal government in the third quarter, focusing on new rules for food labels and ingredients, health information, banking and trade with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. Starbucks spent $110,000 lobbying in 3Q WRCB Chattanooga Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:03 AM PST Starbucks Corp. spent $110,000 lobbying the federal government in the third quarter, focusing on new rules for food labels and ingredients, health information, banking and trade with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. Former Burlington health advocate sentenced in drug case The Burlington Free Press Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:03 AM PST The former executive director of a Burlington low-income health advocacy group has been sentenced to a five-year prison term in New York state for being found in possession of oxycodone pills and marijuana during a 2010 traffic stop on the New York Thruway north of New York City. Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad to introduce new meningitis vaccine News-Medical-Net Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:01 AM PST "The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, who are in the 'meningitis belt' stretching across Africa, will this month introduce a new vaccine designed to eliminate a particular strain of the often deadly disease," Afrique en ligne reports. Many parents do not think their teens are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss News-Medical-Net Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:01 AM PST National data demonstrate that 1 in 6 U.S. adolescents has high-frequency hearing loss. A new report from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health shows that many parents don't think their teens are at risk. Area seniors become queens for a day Maumelle Monitor Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:01 AM PST Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the 30-plus contestants in the Queens’ Pageant sponsored by Arkansas Home Health Care Association District 1 on Thursday, there were hundreds of people who came out to behold them in their pretty dresses, hairdos and jewelry. Thinking About Quitting Smoking In The New Year? Manxnet Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:56 AM PST The Department of Health is to launch a new free lunchtime drop-in clinic to help smokers quit. The new Quit4You Stop Smoking Service clinic will launch in Douglas on Tuesday, 3 January 2012, and will be trialled until the end of March. £63.8 million - best Christmas present for Children's Hospital NewsWales Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:51 AM PST Christmas came early for staff and children at the Children’s Hospital for Wales today as Health Minister Lesley Griffiths announced £63.8 million funding for major expansion of the hospital. Advancements in medical programs focus of KRV Collaborative meeting Kern Valley Sun Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:35 AM PST George Stahl/Special to the Sun The Kern River Valley Collaborative held their monthly meeting at the Senior Center on Nov. 17. Chair of the meeting, Nancy Puckett of the Family Resource Center, welcomed the attendees including over a dozen representatives of the different government and private agencies around the valley. Puckett said she recently attended the 2011 World Health Association ... Broward mulls request to ban body scanners at airport Sun-Sentinel Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:19 AM PST County might ask TSA to stop using controversial machines Broward County is so concerned with the health of travelers passing through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, it might seek to have the security body scanners banned until they're proven safe â€" a move made just weeks ago in Europe.

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