Yuma News
Somerton Library story time, crafts, programs...
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- Published: 24 October 2016 24 October 2016
Somerton, Arizona - Children of all ages are invited to the Somerton Library for storytime, crafts, programs, and fun! There is no charge to attend any program.
Scary & Safe Trick or Treat Yuma Territorial Prison style
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- Published: 24 October 2016 24 October 2016
Yuma, Arizona - The Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, in cooperation with the Yuma Police Department, is pleased to announce the “Scary & Safe Trick or Treat” at the Yuma Territorial Prison on Halloween night from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.
Fry’s Fuel of Dreams
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- Published: 24 October 2016 24 October 2016
Yuma, Arizona - The Yuma Police Department will proudly participate in the 4th Annual Fry’s Fuel of Dreams event on October 27th from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. Yuma Police Department officers will be pumping your gas at the Fry’s located at 2350 S 4th Ave. This event is to help raise money for the Special Olympics.
Short episodes of abnormal heart rhythm may not increase risk of stroke
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- Written by Carrie Thacker Carrie Thacker
- Published: 23 October 2016 23 October 2016
Dallas, Texas - People with pacemakers or defibrillators who experience only short episodes of an abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation have a very low risk of stroke, suggesting that anticoagulants in this group of patients were not likely to reduce the risk for stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.
Cancer Moonshot Task Force and Vice President Joe Biden Detail Necessary Next Steps to Accelerate Cancer Research and Prevention
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- Published: 23 October 2016 23 October 2016
Washington, DC - The National Cancer Moonshot Task Force and Vice President Biden released recommendations aimed at accelerating progress in cancer in the next five years. The Task Force report followed recommendations from a Blue Ribbon panel last month.
NIMH-Funded Study to Track the Effects of Trauma
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- Published: 23 October 2016 23 October 2016
Washington, DC - By carefully tracking 5,000 people after they have experienced a traumatic event, a just-launched NIMH-funded study aims to provide a finely detailed map of the array of factors that play a role in the development of mental disorders that occur in the wake of trauma. Information coming out of the study should provide a much deeper understanding of the mechanisms that give rise to post-traumatic disorders as well as a clearer basis for predicting who will be affected and how best to target treatment.
Large increases in HIV suppression needed to reduce new infections in critical population
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- Published: 23 October 2016 23 October 2016
Washington, DC - Achieving moderate reduction of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) will depend on significantly increasing the percentage of HIV-infected MSM whose viral load is suppressed to undetectable levels, according to a new mathematical model based on data from Baltimore. Access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy are key to sustained HIV suppression, which dramatically reduces the risk of transmitting HIV to others.