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Ohio introduces new opioid prescription guidelines for acute pain

Mahoning County officials hope new prescribing guidelines will help curb area epidemic


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Adaptive sports organization offers free clinics

Adaptive sled hockey, basketball, and soccer are among the adaptive sports programs.


By LAURAN NEERGAARD

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON Patients emerging from cancer surgery want


ServSafe food class

ServSafe food class AUSTINTOWN The Mahoning County District Board of Health is offering a two-


Spearmint tea solved problem of sex drive

Q. I am a 34-year-old woman with a 53-year-old husband. I love him so much, but he has erectile


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Charity run to benefit Austintown Middle School student

Seventh-grader Cameron Jaros was diagnosed with leukemia in May.


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Quick-response team should help with overdose epidemic, officials say

The attorney general’s office awarded Mahoning County $125,000 to help establish the team.

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Free safe-sleep event

Free safe-sleep event BOARDMAN Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley is offering a free


A trick for stings by fire ants

Q. My young daughter was stung on the hand by fire ants. Her hand began to swell. We called her


Trump administration slashes funds for... Health care sign-ups

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) Affirming its disdain for “Obamacare,” the Trump


The top five songs for the most recent one-week sales period on iTunes:

The top five songs for the most recent one-week sales period on iTunes: v “Look What You Made Me


How to overcome unsightly beard flakes

Q. I get bad beard flakes, flaky dry skin and redness on my temples, the bridge of my nose and my


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Construction begins on home for girl who received liver donation

A $10,000 donation from the Cafaro Foundation is helping Trumbull County Children Services, a county family and a host of volunteers break ground on the construction of a housing addition to help a young girl who received a donated liver.


Sen. Brown pushes legislation to keep fentanyl out of U.S.

The senator visited the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force in Boardman for Overdose Awareness Day Thursday


Recovering addicts speak at Mahoning County Ohio Can Change Now event

An emotional, tearful and solemn candlelight vigil Thursday for 68 people who died of substance use disorder/overdose concluded the third annual Fed Up: International Overdose Awareness Day here.