Discussion on stress

Discussion on stress

Warren

Dr. Thomas Gudaitis from WellnessOne of Warren will discuss stress, what is it and how it affects your health at 1 p.m. Friday at Warren YMCA, 210 High St. NW.

Van purchased

Youngstown

Safehouse Ministries Inc., 100 Broadway Ave., recently purchased a much-needed van to assist with the transportation needs of the young clients in its Residential Services Division.

Funds made available for this purchase were received through a $9,000 grant from The Youngstown Foundation.

Combined matching grants totaling $9,000 also came from the Boardman Rotary Club, Zita M. and Joseph DiYorio Charitable Foundation, Poland Rotary Club and proceeds generated from Safehouse’s recent golf outing.

Safehouse Ministries is an organization devoted to assisting abused and neglected youths and their families.

Premature births

TOKYO

Women with a history of infection with the H1N1 influenza virus appear to be 21/2 times more likely to give birth prematurely, according to research by the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. According to the association, 5.8 percent of pregnant women gave birth prematurely in 2008, but the rate was 14.6 percent among those who had contracted the new type of influenza.

A total of 234 pregnant women were hospitalized due to H1N1 nationwide from May 2009 to March. Of the 178 of these whose delivery dates are known, 26 gave birth between the 22nd and 36th week of pregnancy, which is considered premature.

Vindicator staff/wire reports