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Lynchburg leaders create plan for "healthier" streets
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefLynchburg leaders are working from the ground up to improve their community. Officials from groups like Lynch’s Landing, Region 2000, the Lynchburg Health Department, and Lynchburg city government have spent the last six months coming up with a...Tags: Environmental Politics, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Environmental Issues
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Senior health fair to provide updated health information
Staff WriterThe El Centro Community Senior Club wants seniors to learn more about their health, and services available to them. Thirty vendors will be at the El Centro Community Center on Thursday, providing updated health information to the community, said Zula...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Floridians living longer but are sicker, study says
Floridians may be living longer, but not necessarily better, according to a new state-by-state report on seniors out today from America's Health Rankings. Although the Sunshine State ranked 30th overall, the first-time report noted some worrisome...
Tags: Medical Research, Orlando Health, Conservation, Diabetes, Medicare
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Resource Center offers healthy options to seniors
Too often, their big, empty space is, well, empty. So officials from UNIMED Health Systems in Pompano Beach have decided to turn their excess space into a senior resource facility. The new center will provide seniors with activities and educational...Tags: Health Insurance, Health and Safety at School, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Pompano Beach
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CareFirst proposes 25 percent rate increase under health care reform
Blaming the cost to implement health care reform, the state's largest health insurer has proposed eye-popping rate increases to state regulators for individuals and small businesses. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield wants to raise rates an average of 25...
Tags: Heritage Foundation, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Care Reform (2009), Phil McGraw, Insurance
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The talk: Pointers on speaking to a loved one about a senior community
There comes a time in our lives when roles reverse. When children look at their parents with "parental" concern. Perhaps they've noticed a change in their health or their demeanor. Or maybe, the adult child has begun to worry about the miles that separate...
Tags: Homes, Family
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House GOP proposes austere, balanced budget
WASHINGTON – Reprising austerity themes that define the party, House Republicans unveiled a budget proposal Tuesday that they say would achieve the ambitious goal of balancing in 10 years, but it has no chance of acceptance by Democrats in what is...Tags: U.S. Congress, Public Finance, The Wall Street Journal, Congressional Budget Office, Paul Ryan
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College news for Feb. 17, 2013
Dean’s¿list Alma College, Alma Mich. — Sophomore Thomas Porter of Danville, a 2011 graduate of Boyle County High School, is the son of Donald Porter of Danville. Eastern Kentucky Univeristy: Joseph Taylor Culbertson, of Danville, a senior...
Tags: Nursing, Crime, Law and Justice, Biology, Religion and Belief, Wildlife
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Arlington Heights senior center looks to partnerships
Months after changes were made to Northwest Community Hospital's senior services, the Arlington Heights Senior Center may now be partnering with other health providers for programming. In January, the Arlington Heights Senior Citizens Commission's...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Commission on Aging swears in new officers
The Washington County Commission on Aging Inc./Area Agency on Aging held its annual general membership meeting with John Barr, vice president of the Washington County Commissioners, swearing in new members of the board of directors and advisory council....Tags: Health Insurance, Physical Conditions, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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W. Kennedy Cromwell III, foreign service officer
W. Kennedy Cromwell III, a retired foreign service officer who spent the majority of his 32-year career in Africa, died Dec. 13 from complications of a stroke at the Fairhaven retirement community in Sykesville.
The former Washington and Annapolis...Tags: Africa, Heads of State, Grinnell College, Idi Amin, Stanford University
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Seniors give their thanks together at Calexico Thanksgiving event
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Carlos Noriega said he enjoys this time of the year, when he can show gratitude for his time on earth. “I get to give thanks to God because I’m 81, so every day is special now. I’m thankful for God giving us an extra...Tags: Holidays, Thanksgiving
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