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Pima Community chancellor planning to step down Washington Examiner Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:02 AM PST The Associated Press The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. Pima Community College chancellor Ray Flores says he plans to step down by the end of this year. Flores publicly announced his pending retirement Friday, saying his recent health problems had made him reconsider his priorities. He's been at the Tucson junior college since 2003 and turns 70 in April. Flores had a quadruple bypass in October ... AZ animal advocates warn of fatal dog disease Washington Examiner Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:02 AM PST The Associated Press The Associated Press PHOENIX Animal advocates are warning Arizona dog owners about an often fatal disease that's on the rise this year. The Arizona Humane Society has issued a health alert about distemper. Distemper is a highly contagious disease that is shed in secretions of infected animals and spread by breathing. The virus infects the lymph nodes and spreads to the blood ... Attorney general files U.S. Supreme Court brief urging court to uphold health care reform Lake County News Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:29 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO â€" California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Friday led 10 states in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the high court not to invalidate the federal health care reform law in its entirety if that court decides the minimum coverage provision is unconstitutional. HEALTH MATTERS: Living with multiple sclerosis The Lawrence Ledger Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:27 AM PST Multiple sclerosis can be a frustrating disease, as it is largely unpredictable with disabling symptoms that typically come and go. In Kyrgyzstan has increased the number of citizens who complained of neurotic disorders Baku Today Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:26 AM PST Number of kirgizstancev in hospital with neurological disorders such as sleep disorders, hallucinations, depression, phobias, psychomotor disturbance and low mood following the 2011 year, increased by 7% from 18% in 2010, up to 25% in the year 2011. On the 26 January informed the head of the Department of the National Center for mental health Sabir Musabaeva KirTAG. LAWRENCE: Students plan trip, aid to Haiti The Lawrence Ledger Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:24 AM PST Aiming to help in the rebuilding efforts in Haiti, a group of students from The Pennington School is planning to spend spring break in the island nation, along with a group of volunteers including medical and health care professionals from the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville. Cumbrian man accused Muslim of ‘planning bombs’ The News and Star Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:15 AM PST A Penrith man who accused a Muslim of “planning bombs” has been given a conditional discharge because of his mental health problems. Haley: Mental health agency has suffered The Greenville News Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:05 AM PST The state Department of Mental Health's proposed $80.7 million 2013 budget is aimed at preventing a further erosion of services after four years of budget cuts. "Mental health issues impact parents and sisters and brothers and children and coworkers â€" all the people in our life," Gov. Nikki Haley said. Waitrose and Boots call time on health products tie-up icWales Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:57 AM PST SUPERMARKET Waitrose will no longer stock beauty products from health chain Boots after a trial failed to meet the expectations of both businesses. Teachers union wants school board to get speed up cleanup of vermiculite containing asbestos in area schools The Peterborough Examiner Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:54 AM PST When a plow truck struck a water tap on an outside wall of Keith Wightman Public School last winter, it opened a floodgate of health, safety and labour issues with the discovery of insulation material containing asbestos.[...]

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