Health

Safety in the home includes a checklist By SANDY SCHLACHTER Defiance County Health Dept. Home is where the heart is; this is a common saying for just about everyone. Keeping your home safe is vital when caring for your family. There are many things...  Read Story.

Buddelmeyer helps diabetics with exercise program Defiance Clinic's head athletic trainer Scott Buddelmeyer will explain how making small, regular increases in exercise can help diabetics reach their fitness goals at the next free lecture at...  Read Story.

Heart health coalition picks a new logo Members of the Heart Health Coalition of Defiance County met June 10, with seven agencies attending the meeting. New logo designs for the Heart Health Coalition of Defiance County were reviewed and accepted....  Read Story.

It's not so easy to know when to say when, especially when the amount of booze poured in bars, restaurants and clubs varies so...  Read Story.

E. Dean Beck, administrator of the Fulton County Health Center, Wauseon, has received the 2008 Distinguished Service Award from the Ohio Hospital Association...  Read Story.

Should you be uneasy about that refillable water bottle you've been using? Maybe. Health news headlines are yelping about bisphenol-A, a suddenly scary component of plastic that's hiding in plain sight...  Read Story.

Aggressively treating diabetes doesn't prevent heart problems and deaths any better than standard treatment for lowering blood sugar, Australian researchers reported...  Read Story.

After bone cancer forced the amputation of her right leg below the knee, Eileen Casey got even more bad news: Her insurer told her that she had spent her $10,000 lifetime coverage limit on her temporary limb and that the company wouldn't pay for a permanent...  Read Story.

Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: Saving the...  Read Story.

Medical researchers have made strides in the technology to rebuild damaged bone tissue using stem cells, doctors at the University of North Carolina announced last...  Read Story.

Defiance County results from the annual Healthy Ohio Fitness Walk held in May reveal that 616 participants in the county walked 770...  Read Story.

Remember when all fats were bad? (This was around the time that jelly beans were viewed practically as a health food.) Fortunately for your taste buds -- and your heart -- that idea largely went the way of eight-track tapes....  Read Story.

As we head off into a summer filled with prospects of ice packs, bandages and liniment, it's encouraging to know that the majority of the most dangerous of outdoor pursuits are reserved for winter. A...  Read Story.

The black cloak starts at the margins and creeps toward the center of the eye. If untreated, glaucoma and its characteristic tunnel vision can lead to blindness. But tiny,...  Read Story.

The Henry County breast/colon cancer health partnership hosted an awareness program recently at the Henry County Senior Center. The event provided senior citizens with information about Medicare benefits and the importance of cancer screenings. Here,...  Read Story.

For long and sexy life, play by these numbers If hitting healthy cholesterol numbers seems trickier to you than picking a winning PowerBall ticket, you're not alone. Once, the mantra was simply "lower is better." That was easy to grasp. But recent...  Read Story.

Northwest Ohio Nurses Network celebrates 15th year ARCHBOLD -- The Northwest Ohio Nurses Network (NWONN) is beginning its 15th year of providing low-cost continuing education to area nurses. Since the fall of 1992, the non-profit group of long-term...  Read Story.

SHNS Photo Shown is Lorrie Hunter with her father, Robert Henline, of Monroeville, Pa., at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, on Friday, May 16. As do a number of Alzheimer's patients, Henline wandered away from his home on a cold January night...  Read Story.

Local coalition discusses school-related activities Several school-related events were discussed at the May 13 meeting of the Heart Health Coalition of Defiance County. An anniversary luncheon was served. Present at the meeting were representatives...  Read Story.

An increased focus on tracking people with memory impairments By GARY ROTSTEIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One minute, 82-year-old Robert Henline was headed to bed after a nighttime snack of a sandwich and ice cream. The next time his daughter and...  Read Story.