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Associated Press A cheerleader from Nampa High School in Nampa, Idaho is thrown into the air as the cheer squad practices their stunts before a game. In a new policy statement released online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics says school sports associations should designate cheerleading as a sport, and make it subject to safety rules and better supervision.
Cheerleading needs sports safety rules, docs say
CHICAGO — Cheerleading isn’t just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation’s leading...
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Sun files Dental hygienist Chasidy Farmer demonstrates cleaning techniques on her colleague Dawnya Brown at Bohle Family Dentistry in June 2011. Kids feasting on Halloween candy all at once isn't as bad for them as a prolonged habit of eating sugar, but stress proper cleaning before bed.
Halloween candy a scare for teeth and parents?
With only a week before fright night, it’s the inevitable thoughts of the sweet and gooey, and sour and sticky, that float through the minds of children, but it’s the images of devilish cavities th...
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Associated Press This Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 photo shows Dr. Marvin E. Buehner in an exam room at his clinic in Rapid City, S.D. Dr. Buehner was instrumental in overturning legislation in South Dakota banning abortions. While the majority of Dr. Buehner's work is delivering babies, he can perform pregnancy terminations only when there is a risk to the mother's life, Dr. Buehner said.
Abortion may be legal, but dozens of states make it difficult
CHICAGO — It’s legal to get an abortion in America, but in many places it is hard and getting harder. Just this year, 17 states set new limits on abortion; 24 did last year, according to the Gut...
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Murray-Calloway Hospital in need of all blood types; donors requested
An ever-present need for blood donations has a local hospital reaching out for help from area residents. Murray-Calloway County Hospital’s Blood Donor Center is in need of all blood types, but e...
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Blood drive in Calvert City announced
The American Red Cross plans to host a community blood drive sponsored by the City of Calvert City and the Calvert City Lions Club on Nov. 12. Donations can be made at the Calvert City Civic Cen...
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Local hospitals recognized as Fit-Friendly companies
Championing the way in promoting healthy lifestyles for their employees, two Paducah hospitals were recognized for reaching gold-level Fit-Friendly companies by the American Heart Association. L...
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BPA linked to hormone changes, study says
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — A chemical found in many common products, including plastic bottles and canned food linings, is linked in a new study to thyroid hormone changes in pregnant women and baby bo...
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Baptist Imaging, lab services expanded to local clinics
Western Baptist Hospital’s outpatient imaging and laboratory services are expanding to new locations. The Baptist Imaging Center began offering X-ray and bone density services recently at Four R...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Dr. Rangsima Collins checks Robert Harris' pulse before performing acupuncture on Wednesday morning at the Acupuncture Clinic of West Kentucky in Murray. Collins is the owner and operator of the clinic which is located at 218 S. 12th St in Murray.
Bristling with possibilities for pain relief
MURRAY —Still considered in the realm of unorthodox by many people and members of the medical community, practitioners point to acupuncture as a viable option for alleviating chronic pain when all ...
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Walters
Keeping the Pulse
Family medicine physician Dr. Jonathan Walters joined the medical staff at Western Baptist Hospital. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Evansville, Walters earned a master’s degree ...
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