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Informational brain health program

Informational brain health program LEETONIA The informational program “Brain Health – Can You


Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley installing state-of-art MRI

Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley’s new 10,000-pound magnetic resonance imaging scanner was lifted by crane Tuesday off the tractor-trailer rig that delivered it. It was placed in a specially designed modular unit attached to the back of the hospital. The $2 million project includes the MRI device, modular building, pediatric sedation suite and other renovations.


A weighty issue for doctors

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA Next time you go for a checkup, don’t be surprised


Well-child immunization

Well-child immunization GIRARD The Girard Health Department’s well-child immunization clinic is


Bananas good or bad for the stomach?

Q. Can you tell me how much acid is in bananas? My doctor told me not to eat them because they could


Cataract surgery available locally

Cataract surgery available locally Eye Care Associates, with offices in Trumbull, Mahoning and


Too much tea leads to nighttime foot cramps

Q. I read on your website that Earl Grey tea can cause muscle cramps. I had been having muscle


Cookies control diarrhea from colitis

Q. A couple of years ago, you offered a recipe for coconut macaroons that helped a young person with


Free Dental Day for Veterans

Free Dental Day for Veterans HUBBARD Braydich Dental, 45 E. Liberty St., is offering a Free


Vodka for rash under breasts

Q. You had a question from a woman suffering with a rash under her breasts, and I would like to


Featured speaker at Ostomy meeting

Featured speaker at Ostomy meeting GIRARD Dr. Gregory S. Huang, a trauma surgeon at St.


Lung-cancer screening

Lung-cancer screening YOUNGSTOWN Humility of Mary Health Partners has launched a lung-cancer


Readers share favorite hiccup cures

Q. Years ago while eating in a restaurant, I started hiccupping badly. I asked the bartender for his


New pain block system for imaging

New pain block system for imaging WARREN Tracy Neuendorf, an interventional pain-management


Cinnamon controls blood sugar spikes

Q. I have been using Saigon cinnamon for about two months as a supplement to my diet and medication