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Oklahoma's mental services suffer cuts 24 min ago | Add a comment A huge question looms for Susan Boehrer. And she figures she has particular insight, because mental illness plunged her daughter into more than 400 days of hospitalization and a violent conduct...

Drug treatment program in Tahlequah loses $300K to new cuts 8 hr ago | Add a comment TAHLEQUAH — Bill Willis Community Mental Health Center in Tahlequah still provides outpatient services for 2,000 people but closed its 20-bed men’s substance abuse program in January to...

Oklahoma Silver Alerts to be placed on Web site Yesterday | Add a comment Dorothy Cassel never forgot the story of her lost uncle. In the early 1960s, Cassel’s uncle, Luther Hamit, who was in his late 80s, walked away from a nursing home and was found frozen to...

Oklahoma surgeon’s creativity saved lives Yesterday | Add a comment Oklahoma’s first heart transplant in 1985 was among many medical firsts by Dr. Nazih Zuhdi, a pioneer in cardiovascular surgery and innovation. Zuhdi was born in Beirut, Lebanon, son of a...

After arrest, former OSU coach Sean Sutton to face drug charges Yesterday STILLWATER — Substance abuse and addiction demons shook the Sutton family again after Sean Sutton’s arrest Thursday on drug complaints. Drug enforcement agents caught the former...

GOP bills set health plan barriers in Oklahoma Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment Republican efforts to distance themselves from presidential proposals for health care reform are striking a nerve with Democrats who call the efforts "troubling.” In the second week of...

Scientist seeks to change views on healthy chocolate Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment SEATTLE — If the healthful benefits of broccoli could be distilled into a pill, veggie haters worldwide would rejoice. But who would choose to get their chocolate fix by gulping a tablet? The...

In brief: Oklahoma group targets smokeless tobacco Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment Group targets smokeless tobacco Health officials are warning that smokeless tobacco doesn’t mean harmless tobacco during Through with Chew Week starting today. Oklahomans who use smokeless...

Oklahoma City health event focuses on families’ lifestyles Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment Oklahomans can get the information and motivation they need to model a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their families at the 2010 Strong and Healthy Oklahoma health event, organizers said. The...

New Mexican tortilla, chili tax debate heats up Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico lawmakers are feuding over tortillas and taxes as the Legislature looks for ways to raise revenue to balance the state budget. A proposal approved Friday by a...

Alcoholism may have tie to love of sweets Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment LOS ANGELES — Most kids like sweets, but for some children there may be an underlying cause for that affinity. A new study finds there may be a link between sweet preference in children and a...

Female vets seek better care Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Kristine Wise remembers driving from San Diego to Victorville, Calif., to visit her brother and seeing haunting messages on the freeway signs. Instead of the speed limit...

DNA reveals ancient man’s appearance, risk of baldness Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment NEW YORK — Scientists have pieced together most of the DNA of a man who lived in Greenland about 4,000 years ago, a pioneering feat that revealed hints about his appearance and even an...

Boredom may be bad for your health Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment LONDON — Can you really be bored to death? In a commentary to be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in April, experts say there’s a possibility that the more bored...

Newborn blood tests drawing debate Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack. After those tiny blood spots are tested for a list...