A report by the American Academy of Pediatrics says it’s important for parents to talk to kids about drinking before they turn 10. “Surveys indicate that children start to think positively about alcohol between ages 9 and 13 years. The more young people are exposed to alcohol advertising and marketing, Read more…
We all know too well that language is continually expanding. Now a whole new slew of words have been added to the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, and some may surprise you. For example, manspreading, used to describe when men sit spread their legs on public transportation, has Read more…
When we think about where we’d like to live, lots of things come to mind. We want to know about the weather, what the job opportunities are like, the feel of the city, the cost of living, if there are lots of available men, you know all the important things. Read more…
Athletes throughout Northeast Ohio are getting ready to “Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer” in support of children, teens and young adults with cancer at Akron Children’s Hospital’s Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders.Akron Children’s is once again teaming up with Go4theGoal to urge local middle, high school, Read more…
It’s no secret that we have a childhood obesity problem in America, and parents, according to most doctors you should be blaming yourself for it. According to a new poll of physicians, 69-percent believe that parents are completely or mostly to blame for the childhood obesity epidemic. Even 30 percent Read more…
Akron Children’s Hospital has notified 7,664 patient families that a hard drive of back-up transport voice recordings is lost. The recordings do not contain Social Security numbers or financial information, but some include names and information considered to be protected health information. The hard drive was in a locked, secure Read more…
According to a new report by iSheriff, close to 45 percent of Americans have had their health information compromised because of a cyber attack. And over five years, there has been over 143 million patients’ records compromised. And sadly, according to the report, many health organizations don’t even realize how Read more…
“The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over ” campaign by the Wadsworth Police Department has started and runs through Labor Day, Monday Sept. 7. Law enforcement in the city of Wadsworth will be especially diligent in looking for impaired drivers during the next two-plus weeks. Wadsworth Police Chief Randall Reinke Read more…
The Medina County Solid Waste District will start its single-stream recycling drop-off bin program on Thursday August 20th. The District has entered into a contract with the Kimble Companies out of Dover to service the bins that are placed at 54 locations throughout Medina County. In the city of Wadsworth, Read more…
The city of Wadsworth has announced that the rate for customers participating in the natural gas aggregation program for the coming year has been fixed at $3.23 mcf. Wadsworth Service Director Robert Patrick says this year’s rate is nearly 25% less than last years. He says the new rate is Read more…
